INDIA - Kerala improves tourism facilities

TTGasia.com, Nov 16-22, 2007

KERALA is adding new infrastructure and festivals to draw tourists, and authorities have been allotted a budget of US$7.63 million to do so in the current financial year.

International tourist arrivals increased by 20.05 per cent from January to June 2007, compared to the same period last year.The state is spending US$1.27 million to develop 10 “town squares”. Kerala Tourism director, Mr Sanjay Kaul, told TTG Asia: “Town squares with sufficient open space at important centres will act as tourism nodes.” He said tour operators could utilise the spaces to assemble and move to different tourist attractions.

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