Category: Kerala

The Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu has said that the Kannur airport will be provided with all possible help to make it fully operational by September this year. After meeting with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Prabhu has directed Chairman, Airport Authority of India and other officials from the Ministry to take all possible steps to make Kannur Airport as a point of call for foreign airlines. During the meeting, the Kerala Chief Minister has requested for the intervention of Civil Aviation Minister for granting permission to foreign airlines to operate from Kannur and direct Indian airlines to operate ... Read more

Kerala Tourism is once again in the limelight. And, this time it takes the credit for launching one of the biggest advertising campaigns in the national level, aimed to mesmerize the domestic tourists. Joining Kerala Tourism, is the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which has offered the exteriors of the coaches of the Delhi metro trains to adorn the vinyl graphics highlighting a collage of images from God’s Own Country. The campaign by Kerala Tourism includes the spectacle of a huge canvas, depicting the state’s soulful natural beauty such as serene beaches, emerald backwaters, lush hill stations, and exotic wildlife.

 “Government has been taking necessary steps to start a Yoga naturopathy center with international standards”, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. He was inaugurating the event organised by the state government in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, to observe International Yoga Day “Yoga is a form of exercise that helps in keeping several diseases away. It does not belong to any religion. There were efforts underway to hijack Yoga and colour it with religious connotations.  Such efforts should be discouraged”, he added.

Tourism programs of the state will be carried out in line with the responsible tourism policy, reiterated Tourism Minister Kadakampalli Surendran. Our responsible tourism policy is not just to promulgate in meetings or to display on carnivals, he added. He was inaugurating the training program for the tourism resource persons selected by the Responsible Tourism Mission at Thiruvananthapuram on 19th June 2018.

On the seventh day of the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018, the yoga delegates visited Muniyara Dolmens after the regular morning yoga protocol. The jeep safari through the bumpy roads and the misty hills of Munnar was a new experience for the delegates. The dolmens in this region are called Valivadu or Muniyara. The Muniyara Dolmenoids are prehistoric dolmens, belonging to the Neolithic Age. Dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edges and covered by a fifth one called cape stone. “The dolmens have been included in the tour as the place is favoured by wellness travellers for meditation ... Read more

First quarter of the tourism year depicted substantial increase in the number of tourists in Kerala. Number of tourists (local and foreign) during the first three months of the year shows 17.87% increase than the previous year. 6,54,854 more  tourists visited Kerala during this period, which is the highest rate of increase since a decade. Same period in the last year, the number of tourists visited Kerala was only 36,63,552; while it is 43,18,406 in 2018. The number of indigenous tourists shown 18.57% increase so far. In 2017, increase in the number of local tourists for the whole year was ... Read more

The Kerala Boat Race League will evolve into a world-class tourism product, said Kadakampally Surendran, Minister for Tourism, Kerala. He was speaking at a press conference held today to detail the Kerala Boat Race League. “The government and the Tourism Department have been taking various new measures for achieving stupendous growth in Kerala’s tourism sector. For that, it was important that we came up with new tourism products. Projects like Malabar Tourism development and Jadayu Rock Tourism Project were all part of this. Now, we have the Kerala Boat Race League, which will be a big boost for both Kerala Tourism ... Read more

Guests and ministers congratulated ATTOI for conducting the Yoga Ambassadors Tour 2018 – first of this kind in the country. While talking at the inaugural event, Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State, (I/C), Ministry of AYUSH Government of India, congratulated ATTOI and stated this is an inimitable attempt from the part of the organizers and can be followed by others. ATTOI has organized this practically difficult event within record time. Ayush Minister also congratulated the Kerala Tourism Ministry for the generous support extended by them for making the event happen. In his keynote address, Kadakampally Surendran, Minister for Tourism, Government ... Read more

The Yoga Ambassadors from almost 20 countries have arrived in the Kerala’s state capital, Thiruvananthapuram on June 13. The yoga team was first received by the ATTOI officials from the Trivandrum International airport. On their arrival at The Leela Raviz Kovalam, the delegates were given a traditional welcome by the hotel.

The Yoga Ambassadors has performed some yoga steps before the inaugural event at The Leela Raviz Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram.

The Yoga Ambassadors has received a grand welcome at The Leela Kovalam on the inaugural day of June 14. The yoga ambassadors were welcomed to the event with ‘Panchavadyam’, the traditional native temple orchestra of Kerala.  

Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State, (I/C), Ministry of AYUSH Government of India has inaugurated the Yoga Ambassador’s Tour at Leela Convention Centre in Thiruvananthapuram today. Inaugurating the event the minister told that he is very happy that ATTOI and Kerala Tourism took the concept of a yoga tour and execute it with such grandeur. “Kerala’s clean environment and the rich tradition of Ayurveda has contributed to this. Going beyond Ayurveda, Kerala and its neighbouring Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu together have a few renowned Yoga destinations like Shivandanda yoga ashram, the meditation centre at Vivekanada Rock in Kanyakumari and the ... Read more

Kerala Tourism has launched a video to greet Islam followers on the occasion of Eid-ul-fitr. The video is aiming to attract travellers to Kerala during the festive season by projecting the festive theme, cuisine and ambiance. The video highlights life of an Islam devotee family on a day during the holy month of Ramadan. The video titled Eid Mubarak lasts for 90 seconds. The video can be watched from the following link: It depicts how a day in holy Ramadan starts for a devotee. Formal prayers, preparation of food, breaking the fast etc are pictured in a very beautiful way. Kerala ... Read more

Yoga Ambassadors Tour would enhance the growth of tourism in Kerala, said Tourism Minister Kadakampalli Surender in the Kerala Legislative Assembly today.  While answering the queries of MLAs – Prathibha Hari, A N Shamsheer, C K Hareendran, and U R Pradeep- the minister stated that the Tourism ministry has taken all the necessary steps to facilitate the Yoga Ambassador Tour Programme, which is to be conducted on June 14 2018. The tourism ministry targets 50 per cent increase in the number of domestic tourists and 100 per cent increase in foreign tourists by the end of 2021. Propaganda are already ... Read more

  There has been speculations about the safety of travellers to Kerala due to the recent Nipah outbreak. Though the state government has assured many times that it is safe to travel anywhere in Kerala except the four northern districts in the state where Nipah has hit, many has raised concerns about travelling. Today, eliminating all the confusions, the Health and Family Welfare Department, Ministry of Kerala has issued a notification regarding withdrawal of the advisory to the travelers to abstain from travelling to Kerala. The said advisory was issued on 22nd and 25th May on the outbreak of Nipah ... Read more