Tag: Rebuild Kerala

While Kerala tourism is recovering from the havoc of the recent rain and floods, eminent personalities from different walks of life have taken up the campaign set forth by the Kerala Tourism Department to propagate that Kerala is all set to receive tourists. The campaign exhorts to post a picture or video of Kerala with hash tags #VisitKerala, #MyKerala,#KeralaTourism, #WorldTourismDay, #ItsTimeForKerala and #KeralaIsOpen etc. Tweet by Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakmpally Surendran, Ex-Uninon Minister Shasi Tharaoor, prominent film actor Prithwiraj Sukumaran etc. have already participated in the campaign. As per the officials, they are receiving overwhelming responses ... Read more

While Kerala is bouncing back from the havoc caused by the recent heavy rain and devastating flood, discussions are on regarding the rebuilding of Kerala with a new vision, than just mend the damages. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, has put forth the concept of a ‘Nava Kerala’ (New Kerala), while re-constructing the state and invited opinions and suggestions from people from all walks of life. E M Najeeb, President of Confederation of Kerala Tourism Industry and Senior Vice President of Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), has shared his views on rebuilding Kerala, with Tourism News Live. Being ... Read more

Tourists from Australia arrive at Kochi Airport (Screen shot from video of tourism minister) Kerala has been getting back to normal after the devastating rain and flood that has caused terrific damages to the state’s infrastructure and economy. Tourism was one among the major sectors experienced widespread damages. However, with the tireless efforts of the state tourism department and the government machinery along with the selfless support of the tourism fraternity, the state has been reinstating most of its tourism destinations to normal. To add to the joy and confidence of the tourism sector, the first chartered flight carrying around ... Read more

An aerial view of the flood affected state While Kerala is bouncing back from the havoc caused by the recent heavy rain and devastating flood, discussions are on regarding the rebuilding of Kerala with a new vision, than just mend the damages. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, has put forth the concept of a ‘Nava Kerala’ (New Kerala), while re-constructing the state and invited opinions and suggestions from people from all walks of life. P K Anish Kumar, President of ATTOI (Association of Tourism Trade Organizations of India) is sharing some of his ideas to rebuild Kerala. Being in the ... Read more

Kochi Airport Kerala has been getting back to normal after the devastating rain and flood that has caused terrific damages to the state’s infrastructure and economy. Tourism was one among the major sectors experienced widespread damages. However, with the tireless efforts of the state tourism department and the government machinery along with the selfless support of the tourism fraternity, the state has been reinstating most of its tourism destinations to normal. To add to the joy and confidence of the tourism sector, the first chartered flight carrying 60 tourists from Australia will land at Kochi International Airport on 15th September ... Read more

Lakshmi Menon with Chekkutty, the doll A group of designers are making soft dolls out of the stained and torn handloom cloths, the remains of the rain and floods that affected many lives in Kerala. The handloom cloths are collected from the flood affected Chendamangalam in Eranakulam, a region famous from its handloom products. During the floods, handloom sarees worth lakhs were damaged. Normally the damaged cloths would be burned, as the stains would not be fixed by washing. At this point of time the volunteers come forward with the idea of making dolls out of the stained cloths and ... Read more

Kerala’s popular tourist destination, Thekkady, famous for the Tiger Reserve and wild life sanctuary, which has been closed following the rains, is returning to its normal days. The ban on tourism and operation of heavy vehicles, following rain and floods, has revoked last day by the District Collector. As soon as the restrictions have lifted, tourists started flowing to Thekkady. Lots of people came to Thekkady lake to enjoy boating. Members of different organizations operating in the region have come to experience boating after the havoc created by the rigorous rain. Most of the roads to Thekkady have damaged due ... Read more

Disrupted by the devastating rain and flood, the lives in Kerala have been striving to bounce back from the chaos. Kerala tourism sector have also been passing through one of its bad times in history. It was just recovering from the bruises given by Nipah virus outbreak; then came the unpredicted rain and flood. Still, everyone is hopeful to reinstate the golden days of the Gods own Country. The main tourist destinations of the state like Munnar, Thekkady, Alappuzha, Kumarakam etc. are returning to normalcy. The inflow of tourists has been slow following the cancellation of Nehru Trophy Boat Race ... Read more

Ban on tourism and operations of heavy vehicles in Idukki, imposed by an advisory on 9th September 2018 has been lifted with effect from 31st August 2018. The new advisory issued by Jeevan Babu,  District Collector of Idukki, on behalf of the District Disaster Management Authority, states that the advisory banning tourism and operations of heavy vehicles in the Idukki District has been revoked by this order. The ban on tourism and operation of heavy vehicles was imposed following insessant rains that caused flood and landslides in the state. In Idukki, most of the major roads had been closed due ... Read more

Kerala is slowly recovering from the devastating floods that caused widespread destruction to the state. Some of the areas are still under water. The state government has formulated plans to rebuild Kerala, but the things are beyond the capacity of a state government. Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of Kerala, has been appealing to the world to contribute generously to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund to take Kerala back to its golden days. Donations and relief aids have been flowing from around the globe to help Kerala to arise from the disaster of the century. Here is one such ... Read more