Indians make up for the slack in Kerala tourism
6 years, 4 months ago

Indians make up for the slack in Kerala tourism

Live Mint  

Kerala became an essential fixture on the international travel circuit in the early 2000s, emerging as the world’s fastest growing tourist destination for international travellers, and kept up the momentum through investments and marketing. Kerala tourism hotspots Domestic tourism is concentrated in three districts—Ernakulam, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram—while foreign tourists choose to visit Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram. In 2017, Ernakulam district accounted for 22% of the total domestic tourists, and 42% of the total foreign tourists. In 2017, foreign exchange earnings amount to ₹ 8,393 crore, a quarter of the total revenue generated from tourism, up 50% since 2013.

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Expanding tourism for leisure and jobs
1 month, 1 week ago

Expanding tourism for leisure and jobs

Hindustan Times  

Given India’s under-tapped tourism potential, the Centre’s ₹3,295-crore assistance to 23 states to develop 40 less-known tourism sites is a welcome initiative. States will be required to develop the sites within two years under Union tourism ministry oversight, and then operate and manage the same. The Centre is urging the states to explore possibilities of partnering with the private sector …

Kerala: Tourism minister reveals most popular places of 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala: Tourism minister reveals most popular places of 2022

Live Mint  

In recent years, tourism activity has skyrocketed in Kerala. According to Kerala's Tourism Minister PA Muhammad Riyas, 1.88 crore domestic tourists visited the state in 2022. "1.88 crore domestic tourists visited Kerala in 2022. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the maximum number of domestic tourists who used to visit the state in a year was 1,83,84,233 which has now risen to …

Kerala expanding experiential tourism into little known spots
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala expanding experiential tourism into little known spots

The Hindu  

Kerala hosted 1.33 crore tourists in the first three quarters of the year, marking an increase of 1.94 per cent from the pre-pandemic year. Raising its profile beyond its celebrated image as a land of enchanting natural beauty, the emphasis now will also be on activity-driven and experiential tourism that would take visitors to the interiors of the State to …

Covid-19: Kerala tourism sector hit hard by the pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: Kerala tourism sector hit hard by the pandemic

India Today  

Alappuzha, the home of the houseboat industry in Kerala, looks like a haunted destination now, with the district caught in the pandemic dragnet. The houseboat industry is just one part of it; the tourism sector itself is in peril in Kerala having lost three consecutive seasons for the first time due to the pandemic. “The tourism sector has been the …

Tourism in a lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

Tourism in a lockdown

India Today  

The Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, over a hundred kilometres south of Bihar’s capital Patna, is a renowned world heritage site. Visited by domestic and international tourists and pilgrims alike, the site has helped boost tourism in Bihar, with the number of tourists going up from 28.9 million, including 923,000 foreign tourists, in 2015, to 35 million in 2019, with …

Kerala Tourism eyes 10-12% rise in footfalls, earnings in current fiscal post-worst deluge in a century
5 years, 3 months ago

Kerala Tourism eyes 10-12% rise in footfalls, earnings in current fiscal post-worst deluge in a century

Firstpost  

Kerala Tourism is targeting a healthy 10-12 percent growth in both arrivals as well as in earnings in the year to March 2020 as the state has returned to normalcy after the worst deluge in a century had ravaged the entire state last year, a senior official has said Mumbai: Kerala Tourism is targeting a healthy 10-12 percent growth in …

Floods trigger tourism fears: Department forced to rework calendar
5 years, 4 months ago

Floods trigger tourism fears: Department forced to rework calendar

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: Heavy rains followed by floods and landslides in August in successive years have forced the tourism industry to rework its calendar amid indications that this pattern may continue in the coming years. We too are concerned about climate change and its impact,” said Abraham George, National Tourism Advisory Council member and managing director of Intersight Tours and Travels. He …

Floods in Kerala, Karnataka: Relief for flood-hit parts of southern India as water level recedes in many areas
5 years, 5 months ago

Floods in Kerala, Karnataka: Relief for flood-hit parts of southern India as water level recedes in many areas

Firstpost  

In a relief to flood-hit areas of Karnataka and Kerala, rains have eased out as water levels reside in some parts of both these states In major relief for flood-hit areas of Karnataka and Kerala, rains have eased out as water levels reside in some parts of both these states. According to ANI, in Kerala, the weather is holding even …

Domestic, foreign tourist arrivals go up in Kerala after floods
5 years, 5 months ago

Domestic, foreign tourist arrivals go up in Kerala after floods

Live Mint  

Thiruvananthapuram: Riding on a swift recovery from one of the worst natural calamities, Kerala has regained the pre-floods tourist footfalls, registering an impressive growth rate of 14.81 per cent in the second quarter of the current year. Particularly satisfying for Kerala Tourism was the fact that it bucked the negative trend in foreign tourist arrivals in the aftermath of last …

international travel groups call for courtesy tour
6 years, 4 months ago

international travel groups call for courtesy tour

Deccan Chronicle  

Alappuzha: Tourism may be down but not out in Kerala as international travel groups have called upon backpackers to tour the state to help it rebuild itself after the floods. Rather than avoiding the state following the disaster, we encourage our travellers to do the exact opposite beca-use bringing tourism income to a devastated community is the best way to …

Did Kerala’s geography both aid and hurt flood relief operations?
6 years, 4 months ago

Did Kerala’s geography both aid and hurt flood relief operations?

Live Mint  

Kerala has a unique distribution of population among its towns and villages. Each bar in figure 1 shows the number of towns or villages in that population bucket, and it becomes very apparent that Kerala is very different from the other states in India. In other words, the largest 50% of towns and villages in Kerala account for 75% of …

Kerala floods impact a fifth of India’s coffee production
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala floods impact a fifth of India’s coffee production

Live Mint  

Kerala is the second largest coffee producing state in India, contributing to over a fifth of the country’s total production and employing over 44,000 people. Kerala is second only to Karnataka, which accounts for 70% of the country’s coffee production, most of it coming from Kodagu region. Coffee plantations in Kerala While Kerala accounts for 20.8% of India’s coffee production, …

400 dead. Crores lost. The cost of the Kerala floods
6 years, 4 months ago

400 dead. Crores lost. The cost of the Kerala floods

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Battered by torrential rains, Kerala is witnessing the worst floods in a century. The second spell of monsoon fury since 8 August worsened the situation, as heavy rains for days compelled the administration to open the shutters of the dams, which led to flooding, leaving low-lying areas submerged. The India Meteorological Department said Idukki and Palakkad districts have …

How the Kerala economy fared before the floods
6 years, 4 months ago

How the Kerala economy fared before the floods

Live Mint  

As the torrential rains abate in Kerala, the focus is slowly turning towards how the flood-hit state will rebuild its economy. Between 2011-12 and 2016-17, the Kerala economy grew at a much slower rate than India’s GDP growth rate. In absolute terms, Kerala’s gross domestic product stands at ₹ 6.17 trillion..but per capita income has always been higher Ranked 12th …

The economic implications of the Kerala floods
6 years, 4 months ago

The economic implications of the Kerala floods

Live Mint  

Thiruvananthapuram: Over the past week, the entire state of Kerala is in the grip of a massive, unprecedented flood: the last time anything like this has happened was in 1924. Kerala is essentially a consumption state, but consumption is now going to be adversely affected as many people have lost their livelihood. Kochi international airport has been closed for over …

Livelihoods hit as tourism bears the brunt of Kerala floods
6 years, 4 months ago

Livelihoods hit as tourism bears the brunt of Kerala floods

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Livelihood is set to be a big challenge for Kerala in the coming months, with the floods having taken a toll of the ₹ 30,000 crore tourism sector that accounts for 10% of the state’s gross domestic product and employs around 1.4 million people. It might take two to six months for tourism activity to revive,” said a …

Kerala suffers 80 percent tourism cancellations, government says overall loss due to floods is Rs 8,316 cr
6 years, 5 months ago

Kerala suffers 80 percent tourism cancellations, government says overall loss due to floods is Rs 8,316 cr

Firstpost  

Floods due to the unprecedented monsoon fury in Kerala have wrecked the tourism industry and seriously impacted the plantation sector, which are among the major revenue sources for the state. Thiruvananthapuram: Floods due to the unprecedented monsoon fury in Kerala have wrecked the tourism industry and seriously impacted the plantation sector, which are among the major revenue sources for the …

Kerala floods: Rain fury hits monsoon tourism
6 years, 5 months ago

Kerala floods: Rain fury hits monsoon tourism

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: Monsoon tourism has taken a huge hit in the wake of the unprecedented rain and floods and the Nipah virus scare. He said that tourists from the Gulf and North India mainly arrive for monsoon tourism, but the Nipah virus scared them first. "They come for monsoon tourism as part of a package and would visit multiple places. The …

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