Issue No. 110 - October 2002

Kerala Tourism Newsletter

ISSUE: 110

OCTOBER 2002

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Stage set for the second Kerala Travel Mart at Kochi

Gaining popularity and touted as one of the best platforms to interact with rest of the travel world...

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Tourism minister makes a fervent appeal for bringing foreign tourists directly to Kerala.

In his appeal to the Central Government, the Minster for Tourism Prof. K.V.Thomas stated that a system should be put in place to enable foreign tourists to touch the international airports in Kerala, instead of disembarking at other metro cities of the country. ...

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Rs 5 million Central Government assistance for Kaladi-Malayattoor tourism development

As part of Kaladi-Malayattoor sector tourism development, the Muthalapadi area will get a Central Government financial assistance worth Rs 5 million for its beautification programme. ...

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Scope for tourism marketing with Sri Lanka

The prospects of joint tourism marketing with Sri Lanka travel trade are being explored by the State Tourism Department. ...

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Tourism: Varkala gets project worth Rs 290 million with Kovalam bagging 3.8 million

The master plan for a project worth Rs 290 million, envisaged to transform Varkala into a prominent tourist destination in India has been prepared by the NATPAC for the District Tourism Promotion Council. ...

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Arabian Travel Market

As part of the Dubai Airport Expo, Kerala will have its representation in the Arabian Travel Market slated to begin from May 6 to 9 next year. ...

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A face-lift for Neyyar Boat Club

The Government sanctioned a sum of Rs 1.1 million for modernizing the boat club at Neyyar Dam, which attracts great number of tourists including those coming from abroad. ...

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Kovalam to be made waste-free zone

The Department of Tourism has drafted a project called ?Zero Waste Kovalam? worth Rs 7.1 million, intended to make the international tourist destination ? Kovalam into a waste-free zone. ...

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Kerala and Maharashtra to team up for joint ventures in tourism

The states of Maharashtra and Kerala will join hands to devise a project for bringing tourists, both domestic and foreign to their respective states and also for active propaganda and campaigning for tourism at overseas venues. ...

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Thenmala to be made a genuine eco-tourism destination

Thenmala eco-tourism, country?s first planned eco-tourism destination is well set with its foundations firm. ...

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Tourism should also conserve our natural wealth and heritage: Chief Minister

?A tourism development with superior quality and aimed at conserving the state?s natural wealth and heritage should be the hallmark of Kerala?s tourism sector,? said the Chief Minister Mr.A.K.Antony. ...

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State economy should benefit from Tourism: Chief Minister

The tourism sector has immense potential to brighten up the economy of the state in a big way, said the Chief Minister Mr.A.K.Antony, while inaugurating a two-day national seminar on ?Tourism-People to People,? organized by the Department of Tourism and the Ernakulam Press Club at Hotel Taj Residency in Kochi. ...

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Chief Minister calls for a Clean Kerala

The Chief Minister Mr.A.K.Antony stated that in order to transform the tourism assets of the state as virtual paradise, it is high time we should evolve an effective mechanism to tackle the menacing problem of waste management. ...

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New Additional Director for Kerala Tourism

Ms.Tinku Biswal is the new Additional Director (General) for the Department of Tourism. A post-graduate in Physics, she belongs to the 1997 IAS batch. ...

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New Additional Director for Kerala Tourism

Ms.Tinku Biswal is the new Additional Director (General) for the Department of Tourism. A post-graduate in Physics, she belongs to the 1997 IAS batch. ...

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