Kerala Tourism is planning to attract domestic tourists through innovative campaigns on web portals, social media, television channels, radio, music streaming channels and OTT (over-the-top) platforms, once the pandemic eases. Impressions lasting from 1-6 minutes will be featured on 14 web portals as part of the online ad campaign at a cost of ₹1.18 crore, […]
Category Archives: Kerala
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Aug
Aug
COVID 19 has changed the world order and the Travel and Tourism industry has been the worst hit. In order to usher in the new normal and build trust in travellers to travel again World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has come out with a global standard. WTTC has curated a ” SAFE TRAVELS STAMP […]
15
Aug
Aug
The eco-tourism centres that were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic will start to function from August 19, the chief wildlife warden has said. The centres will be reopened in stages, following strict safety protocol. With the closure of the ecotourism centres, people who were dependent on forest resources had lost their livelihoods. This had […]
India, Kerala, News, Round Up
Authorities should stop pretending to be asleep, as our fuel is burning out
09
Aug
Aug
By Swaroop Kallada, Secretary – Tourism Professionals Club It’s a bad time for the entire world. When the virus was detected in Wuhan, we were a little bothered about its consequences but never knew our lives would come to a standstill. It’s a reality now that our passion alone cannot drive us to the end […]
Kerala, News, Top Three Stories
Tourism Care Foundation hopes to give loans to needy employees shortly
08
Aug
Aug
By Sheik Ismail, Member – Tourism Care Foundation (TCF) Founded in April 2020, the Tourism Care Foundation (TCF) is a non-profit organization whose objective is to help and support people who have lost their jobs and businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically in the tourism industry. One day my friend, Gafoor, called me and over […]
India, Kerala, News, Round Up
FICCI invites Sajeev Kurup to be chairperson of Ayurveda Tourism Task Force
08
Aug
Aug
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has proposed creating an Ayurveda Tourism Task Force, with an objective of bringing all the key stakeholders on a common platform. The task force will plan and strategize on a road map to develop Ayurveda Tourism by working closely with the government and co-create solutions […]
India, Kerala, News, Second Headline
Convert vacant houses into Airbnb-type accommodation: Thummarukudy at ATTOI webinar
06
Aug
Aug
Kerala should look to convert its vacant houses into Airbnb-type accommodation to increase the state’s carrying capacity, Muralee Thummarukudy said on Thursday. Delivering a talk at the online webinar organised by the Association of Tourism Trade Organisations India (ATTOI), Thummarukudy said Kerala has over one million vacant homes, which can be effectively utilised to generate […]
India, Kerala, News, Top Three Stories
Kadakampally Surendran to inaugurate ATTOI’s much awaited tourism webinar today
05
Aug
Aug
The virtual webinar organised by the Association of Tourism Trade Organisations India (ATTOI), to discuss the future of tourism will be inaugurated by Kerala’s tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran later today. The webinar features two eminent individuals – Claudia Wagner, managing director of German tour operator FIT Reisen and Muralee Thummarukudy, Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction […]
04
Aug
Aug
The Association of Tourism Trade Organisations India (ATTOI) is organising a webinar on August 6, featuring two eminent individuals – Claudia Wagner, managing director of German tour operator FIT Reisen and Muralee Thummarukudy, Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Nations Environment Programme. The theme of the webinar is “We will overcome”. While Claudia Wagner […]
India, Interview, Kerala, News
Old Wine in Used Bottles: Jayachandran slams tourism associations that fail to consult stakeholders
03
Aug
Aug
VG Jayachandran, CEO of Tour Designers, says product development and research must be the main functions of the State tourism department, not marketing. At present, in the name of marketing, millions are spent which never hit the target, he says. Any organisation, which doesn’t have the participation of all stakeholders, will not find a place […]
India, Kerala, News, Top Three Stories
ATTOI’s tourism webinar on August 6, featuring Claudia Wagner and Muralee Thummarukudy
03
Aug
Aug
The Association of Tourism Trade Organisations India (ATTOI) is organising a webinar on August 6, featuring two eminent individuals – Claudia Wagner, managing director of German tour operator FIT Reisen and Muralee Thummarukudy, Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Nations Environment Programme. The theme of the webinar is “We will overcome”. While Claudia Wagner […]
02
Aug
Aug
The Confederation of Kerala Tourism Industries (CKTI) is seeking urgent financial aid from the government for the survival of the sector that has been ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. The confederation said the government should take additional measures to help the 15 lakh employees who are directly linked to the travel/tourism/hospitality segment. Meanwhile, following a […]
India, Kerala, News, Top Three Stories
ATTOI warns that suicides in the tourism sector will rise, if government apathy continues
01
Aug
Aug
The Indian Government and the State Government of Kerala should be held responsible for their criminal negligence towards the struggling travel and tourism sector, tourism body ATTOI has contended, citing instances of employees committing suicide. While many other countries, both developed and developing, have come forward with plans to support the industry, the Indian government […]
Kerala, News, Top Three Stories
Kerala expects tourists to start visiting state in next 1-2 months: Minister Surendran
01
Aug
Aug
Kerala Tourism will increase its cooperation with other state tourism departments and the Central Government to avoid issues in inter-state travel, said Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran on Friday. The Minister said he expects tourists to start visiting Kerala Tourist Places in the next one or two months. He was speaking at the concluding session of […]
America, Kerala, News, Round Up
No visa extension for Johnny Pierce who shot to fame saying Kerala is safer than America
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Jul
Jul
The Kerala High Court has refused to grant any relief to Johnny Paul Pierce, a 74-year-old US citizen, who had sought extension of his stay in India as he feels safer in Kerala than in America. The high court said that extension of visa tenure of foreign nationals is the exclusive domain of the Government […]