It is a calm day for a boat ride, the breeze is a gentle caress. Conditions are ideal on the almost-winter-like day. The waters of the Periyar around Kadamakkudy are still, glass-like. At a distance one can see poles that make up Chinese fishing nets as they mark the outline of the river. The silence […]
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Women tourists taking a boat ride through the interiors of Kumarakom. At her office room attached to a single-storey house in Maravanthuruth, a village that abuts Vembanad Lake, Ambily M. Soman, who runs an ethnic kitchen and a women-only travel group, has been busy charting a schedule for the next couple of months. A few […]
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Vallachira Panchayath Onagosham The Onam celebrations of Vallachira—‘Vallachira Panchayath Onagosham’— is set to go global. A Responsible Tourism Company, The Blue Yonder, along with Kerala Tourism is pivoting the festivities of the village, 15 kms from Thrissur, as a showcase for travellers. A pre Onam festival held in July 2023, had 25 vloggers and industry stakeholders […]
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Bioluminescence witnessed in Kumbalangi | Photo Credit: Vivek Udaya In Kochi, all roads currently lead to Kumbalangi. The postcard-pretty fishing village, approximately 15 kilometres from Ernakulam, has been hosting a natural neon party. The vast stretches of shrimp farms lined along with the backwaters have been shimmering in bioluminescence, a phenomenon that makes it glow […]
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Authentic, engaging and meaningful story telling that aroused the curiosity of travellers and made emotional connect with captivating visual content held the key to wooing tourists in the age of new media publicity, said expert speakers at the fourth International Conference on Tourism Technology (ICTT) held here on Friday. Even as conventional advertising is on […]
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A young girl takes a selfie with the audience of the ongoing 61st Kerala School Kalolsavam, the State School Arts Festival, at the Captain Vikram Maidan in Kozhikode on Friday | Photo Credit: Sakeer Hussain Asia’s biggest. Kerala School Kalolsavam, the State School Arts Festival, has been described thus for decades. The numbers could actually […]
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Competition to grab the attention of cruise-loving tourists is getting intense in the Kochi backwaters, what with the Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC) and the State Water Transport Department (SWTD) gearing up to launch three high-end, sea-going tourist vessels in the November-January tourist season. A couple of private players too have readied their […]
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Kerala is second home for 90-year-old UK citizen Daphne Clara Richards, a solo woman traveller who arrived in Kochi on Tuesday on her 31 st visit. A hard-core lover of the State and its people, she has been spending over a month each year in the State since 2002, residing mostly at a popular resort […]
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Ten winners of Kerala Tourism’s culinary contest 2020-21 are currently on a week’s family trip across the State’s northern and central regions, enjoying the scenic beauty and local legends besides relishing a lavish feast on Thursday as part of Onam celebrations. The visitors, five of them from abroad, enjoyed the taste of varied local dishes served […]
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Minister for Tourism P.A. Mohamed Riyas said while Rajasthan was a popular destination for such weddings, Kerala too had good potential Minister for Tourism P.A. Mohamed Riyas said while Rajasthan was a popular destination for such weddings, Kerala too had good potential The possibilities of destination wedding in the State will be tapped, Minister for […]
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