Tourism News

Kerala Tourism begins database build-up of service providers

Published in Newsletter Issue No. 188 - 01-April-2009

Kerala Tourism recently launched a massive data collection exercise that would soon provide it with a comprehensive database on service providers in the hospitality sector of Kerala. The database would serve as a resourceful one for Kerala Tourism, taking into account its use while giving shape to various developmental programs in the tourism sector. The information as part of the database would help Kerala Tourism to plan, analyze and implement programs in future. The database would cover details of service providers in the category of hotels, home stays, houseboats, ayurveda centres etc. The ongoing data collection has so far been able to collect details pertaining to nearly 4000 service providers. The database can soon be accessed through the official website of Kerala Tourism –www.keralatourism.org.

The database currently being developed would also be useful for tourists, who could have updated information with regard to service providers and would also be the case with stakeholders in the industry, who could keep a tab on the available tourism related infrastructure.