Kerala focusing on caravan tourism in a big way

TBM Staff - Mumbai Sunday, 27 February 2022, 9:00 AM

After houseboats, Kerala Tourism is betting big on caravan tourism — ‘Keravan Kerala’ — for the post-pandemic revival. Kerala Tourism Minister PA Mohamed Riyas said investors had registered, evincing interest in setting up 120 caravan parks, while 353 entrepreneurs had registered to run Continue Reading

Kerala announces to reopen traditional route to Sabarimala Temple

TBM Staff - Hyderabad Monday, 13 December 2021, 10:33 AM

According to TOI, the Kerala state government has decided to open the traditional route to the Sabarimala temple from Pampa via Neelimala, Apache medu, and Marakoottam. As per the data from the Health Ministry, the southern state currently has a little less than 40 thousand active cases. The decision was taken during a meeting held […]Continue Reading

Kerala introduces responsible tourism tag for hotels, resorts

TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 11:35 AM

Kerala introduced a ‘responsible tourism’ (RT) classification for hotels and resorts, giving a thrust to environmental protection and ecological restoration through tourism. Launching the RT classification software and online application portal for standardisation schemes, tourism minister PA Mohamed Riyas said this initiative, based on sustainable management, Continue Reading

Kerala makes registration mandatory for adventure tourism providers

TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 29 October 2021, 12:18 PM

In a major step towards maintaining standards and regulating services offered by the adventure tourism providers, the state government of Kerala is perhaps the first government to have asked all such operators for mandatory registration. As per the recent move taken by the state government, the adventure tourism operators providing services in air, land and […]Continue Reading

Kerala government sets up revolving fund to help tourism sector workers

TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 14 October 2021, 10:04 AM

The Kerala Government has set up a revolving fund to provide interest-free loans up to ₹10,000 to those employed in a wide range of activities in the tourism sector without any collateral security. The aim is to revive the pandemic-hit industry that provides jobs to thousands. The revolving fund will have an initial corpus of […]Continue Reading

Kerala govt to slash motor vehicle tax on tourist caravans by one- fourth

TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 1 October 2021, 10:17 AM

The Transport Department of kerala has agreed in-principle to slash vehicle tax on tourist caravans to one-fourth, considering the potential of caravan tourism in revving up tourism and employment in Kerala. Transport Minister Antony Raju agreed in-principle to such a proposal from Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas at ‘Keravan Kerala’, a joint workshop of Tourism […]Continue Reading