Issue No. 102 - February 2002

Kerala Tourism Newsletter

ISSUE: 102

FEBRUARY 2002

Tourism News
Five National Awards for Kerala Tourism

Kerala Tourism received five national awards in various categories for the performance in the tourism sector....

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Kerala - best tourism performing state.

Kerala tourism has received the national award of excellence for the best tourism performing State in the country for 2001-2002....

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Keralatourism.org ?best tourism site in country.

Keralatourism.org, the official site of the Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala, has received the national tourism award of excellence 2001 ? 2002 for ?Most innovative use of IT / best tourism web-site / portal?. ...

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Best tourism film award

Kerala Tourism received the award for Best Tourism Film / Audio Visual Presentation for the films ?Water Colours by God? and ?Temple of Healing Ayurvedic Kerala?....

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Awards for Spice Village and Marari Beach

Spice...

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Casino selected for international gourmet festival

The Casino Group of Hotels, Kochi, has been invited to participate in the ninth gourmet festival to be held from January 25 to February 2, at St. Mortiz on the Alps, in Switzerland....

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KTDC offers insurance package to tourists

The KTDC has introduced a comprehensive insurance package for tourists staying at its premier hotels....

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Govt. to invite private stake in Aakkulam project

The Kerala tourism minister Prof K. V. Thomas announced here today that the Government would invite private participation for the development of the Aakkulam Tourist Village....

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South Indian Tourism Minister?s Conference .

A two day conference of the South Indian Ministers of five states Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Andhra Pradesh was held recently....

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Central aid for backwater tourism

An amount of Rs. 1 crore has been sanctioned by the Centre to the State for preparing a master plan for development of backwater tourism in Kerala as a follow-up of the Kumarakom package announced by the Prime Minister after his visit to the tourist spot....

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'Focus on Tourism Sector '-World Bank Institute Vice President.

The implementation of projects in the tourism sector based on proper action plan will change the face of economy of Kerala according to Mr Vinod Thomas, Vice President World Bank Institute....

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MoU for eco-city project .

The State Government and Kottayam municipality signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Eco smart, an agency of the Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services ? owned by the Central Bank of India ? for the Kottayam -Kumarakom (KK) eco-city project....

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Paul McCartney in God?s own country

Sir Paul McCartney and his girlfriend Heather Mills arrived in Kochi from Bombay on a chartered flight on January 2 and spent the next 14 days in the State before leaving for Colombo on January 16....

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