Tag: Kerala Tourism Department

Kerala Travel Mart Society (KTM) is organizing a Covid Vaccination Drive in collaboration with the Kerala Tourism Department, to give priority to those who are working in the tourism sector. The aim is to make Kerala the first 100% tourism-vaccinated state in India by providing complete vaccination to those working in the tourism sector and other tourism associates. The motive of KTM is to declare the tourism sector safe by vaccinating everyone who is a part of it. This is essential for the re-opening of tourism in Kerala. To reach this goal Tourism Department has introduced priority vaccination for the ... Read more

SKAL International Club Trivandrum a group of Hospitality and Tourism professionals is organizing a heritage tour titled as “LET’S GO METRO TO RETRO” on 27th February from 3 pm to 6 pm in a heritage double-decker KSRTC bus in association with the Kerala Tourism department and other travel and tourism associations. The trip starts from Kowdiar covering the major heritage spots like Vellayambalam, Kanakakkunnu Palace, Public Office, LMS Public Library, School of Arts, St. Joseph Church, Pazhavangadi, East Fort, and concluding the trip at Kovalam. The main aim of this heritage trip is to promote the history of Thiruvananthapuram and ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: Unique Travels The Kerala Tourism Department, in association with Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS), will launch a programme to train tourism guides in the state. The programme aims to create a pool of trained tourist guides with a firm understanding of the job and excellent proficiency in languages. As part of the programme, 150 regional guides and 50 state level guides will get proper training. The programme will be inaugurated by Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran on February 27 at the International Training Centre of KIITS at 10 am. Dr Shashi Tharoor, MP, will deliver the key-note address at ... Read more

Kerala Tourism has launched a micro website with the details of ecotourism centers in Kerala. Kadakampally Surendran, Tourism Minister inaugurated the website on 27th October 2018. The web site has information of 47 eco-tourism centers and hundreds of details in 35 eco-tourism centers, 75 videos, over 200 images and e-brochures containing more than 30 pages of 10 centers. The website has more than 500 pages. The web site also gives details of various trekking routs, which will be beneficial to adventure lovers. It also provides information of popular tourist centers like, Silent valley, Eravikulam National Park, Parambikkulam, Periyar tiger reserve, ... Read more

The Kerala Tourism Department is all set to give a new face to the much-famed boatraces in Kerala. From this season onwards, the boatraces would be held in the IPL model,  which will include Nehru Trophy boat race at Punnamadakkayal in Alappuzha to the Presidents Trophy boat race in Kollam. Christened as Kerala Boat Race League, the race will be conducted from 11 August 2018 to 1 November 2018. The decision was taken in a meeting convened by tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran. The Nehru Trophy boat race will be considered as the qualifier and the league competitions will continue on its ... Read more