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Issue No. 125 - January 2004

Kerala Tourism Newsletter

ISSUE: 125

JANUARY 2004

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Kerala Tourism bags Galileo-Express Travel and Tourism Award

Close on the heels of the prestigious FICCI award, Kerala has bagged the first ever Galileo-Express Travel and Tourism Award for the Best State Tourism Board. ...

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Kerala Tourism bags FICCI awards for

Constituted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) the prestigious awards came as a grand recognition to Kerala Tourism for its outstanding contributions in the field of tourism promotion. ...

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Kerala Tourism launches the first model

With the inauguration of the model Tourism village in Kumbalangi, Kerala Tourism has given a fresh lease of life to this small backwater village, near the Kochi city, which had so far remained in the dark. ...

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30% growth expected in tourism sector, says Tourism Minister

According to the Minister for Tourism, Prof. K. V. Thomas, the Tourism sector in Kerala is expecting a 30 percent growth this year. ...

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Tourism Project proposals worth Rs. 9,500 million on the cards

As the New Year is stealthily peeping through the corners with a bundle of new joys and wonderful aspirations, the Travel and Tourism sector in Kerala too seems all set to celebrate the coming year with a handful of exciting tourism project proposals. ...

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Set up support infrastructure for medical tourism, says Minister Prof. K. V. Thomas

Addressing the conference of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in Chennai, Prof. Thomas stressed on the need to create an adequate support infrastructure such as better air connectivity and insurance for developing medical tourism in the country. ...

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Rural Tourism to be promoted in Aranmula

The Government of India (GOI) and The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is considering Aranmula as the only centre in the State to launch its Endogenous Tourism Project initiative....

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Tourism Department to introduce

With an eye on promoting water sports and better facilities for the domestic as well as the foreign tourists, the Kerala Tourism has decided to introduce two luxury pontoon boats and 13 inflated speedboats in the beautiful backwaters of Kerala....

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It is Central Asia's turn to admire God's Own Country

It was a momentous occasion as far as Kerala Tourism is concerned, when it received the first ever tourist contingent from Kazakhstan, couple of days prior to the New Year. ...

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First chartered flight with tourists from Holland lands at Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala has emerged as the new traveller's destination in Holland. The first chartered flight from Holland carrying 91 tourists arrived at the Thiruvananthapuram ...

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Leisure Zone to be set up at Shankhumukhom beach

It seems that the coming year would soon witness strong winds of change sweeping over the beautiful Shankhumukhom beach in the State capital. ...

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Central team arrives in Kerala to prepare a report on the major tourist hotspots

A central team under the leadership of Central Tourism Joint Secretary, Mr. Amita Khan Tilak recently visited Kerala to prepare a report on the major tourism hubs in Kerala....

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KTDC introduces manuals to standardise services

As part of its ongoing efforts to improve the service standards in its chain of properties, the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) has introduced manuals that have codified and documented the various procedures in crucial operations, recipe, procurement, accounting and administrative wings. ...

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"Palace on Waves"launched in the Alappuzha back waters

As part of the MICE Tourism project being promoted by the Kerala Tourism, a house boat with a conference hall has been launched in the Alappuzha backwaters. ...

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Traveller facilitation Centre set up in KSRTC bus stands

Aiming at the effective promotion of Travel and Tourism within the state, Kerala Tourism in association with the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), has established a traveller's facilitation centre at the KSRTC bus stand in Kochi. ...

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