Green signal for heritage train hopes
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Budget proposal for exploring its tourism potential
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Budget proposal for exploring its tourism potential
The prospects of a heritage train chugging along the Munnar tea gardens has become brighter with a Budget proposal for exploring its tourism potential.
Munnar had a monorail known as Kundala Valley Light Railway launched by the British. It was totally destroyed in the devastating floods in 1924 (Great Flood 99). Though efforts were made to restore the facility, it was abandoned as the damage was irreparable.
Visitors to the KDHP (Kanan Devan Hills Plantation) Tea Museum in Munnar can see a wheel of the train in addition to pieces of the rail kept on gates of some historical buildings.
Work on Beypore Marina to begin on January 5
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The ₹5.9-crore project will be completed in nine months
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The construction of a curved designer wall along the coastline for safety and beautification will be one of the major undertakings in the first phase of the Beypore Marina project.
The ₹5.9-crore project will be completed in nine months
Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran will open the first phase of construction work of the Beypore Marina tourism project on January 5.
The Tourism Department will spend ₹5.9 crore for the mega project, which involves improving all basic amenities at the popular beach tourism destination.
KSINC poised for growth, despite setback
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It records profit of ₹1 crore in 2019-20; crosses business of ₹20 crore
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The revenue from Nefertiti, the luxury cruise vessel owned by KSINC, went up from ₹69.84 lakh to ₹2.4 crore in the last fiscal.
It records profit of ₹1 crore in 2019-20; crosses business of ₹20 crore
The Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC), which recorded a profit of nearly ₹1 crore in 2019-20, crossed business of ₹20 crore by the third quarter of the financial year 2020-21, despite setbacks caused by the COVID-19 socio-economic conditions, Prasanth N., Managing Director, KSINC, said.
The Kochi-based public sector undertaking focuses on inland water transport, coastal shipping, and tourism. The revenue from
Munnar witnesses heavy tourist inflow
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Most hotels and resorts booked to capacity for festival season
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Most hotels and resorts booked to capacity for festival season
After a hiatus, Munnar is witnessing heavy tourist inflow with most hotels and resorts booked to capacity.
The Christmas/ New Year season, aided by a drop in mercury level, is attracting tourists.
An official at the District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) in Munnar says there is a spurt in tourist inflow from December 20. Normally, Munnar witnesses a high turnout from December 20 to January 5.
Most hotels and resorts have been fully booked from December 25 to 27. The number of daytime tourists is also on the rise. These are positive trends indicative of normalisation of tourism activities at the hill station, he says.
Pandemic-hit sector anticipates revival during the upcoming festival period
Grappling to sustain amidst the unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism industry is looking forward to the Christmas-New Year period for revival.
As a sign of improvement, houseboats, hotels and resorts are seeing an surge in bookings, though nowhere near the pre-COVID-19 times.
Houseboat tourism, one of the mainstays of the sector anticipates the upcoming festival period will kickstart the long journey towards normalisation.
“The houseboat industry is not out of the woods yet. With no foreign tourists, we now depend entirely on domestic tourists. A majority of them come from different parts of Kerala, while a small number arrive from other States. Usually, the sector does brisk business during the Christmas-New Year period with tourists from other States and foreigners arriving in good numbers. This year, there is no such rush. However, there are signs of revival. Houseboats