The private boat tourism in the backwaters of Kochi might become more systematized and specialized soon with the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA), taking care of the Marine Drive walkway, planning to build a jetty complex for tourist vessels. The idea is to build …

The surfacing of Kochi as the ‘gateway’ of Kerala is costing Thiruvananthapuram a lot. The State capital is losing out to the commercial capital regarding medical tourism. Until recently, Thiruvananthapuram had been the hub of medical tourists coming to Kerala. …

The Kerala Tourism department will take steps to build up Kochi as a chief tourism hub of the state, due to its prospective for growing water tourism along with food / heritage / spice tourism. The Kerala tourism department is …

A tourism circuit will come up soon that would connect historic churches and temples along with the expansive paddy fields and farming lands in and around Mulanthuruthy, located off Kochi. With water bodies on both sides, Mulanthuruthy was awarded the …

With incessant rains during the past one month deterring tourist arrivals in most locales in Kochi’s suburbs, stakeholders are hoping on elaborate village and beach festivals which will commence in December, to reignite interest in tourism locales in Ernakulam. The …

Of late, Kochi restarted its outbound tourism after going through a long gap of almost one-and-a-half years. It started with a group of 24 tourists from Kerala who took their first trip to the US. In this city, outbound tourism …

ibis, a smart economy brand from the Accor stable, has announced the appointment of Sita Lekshmi as the General Manager of ibis Kochi City Centre. The appointment of Lekshmi is a testament to ibis’ belief in women leadership. In her …

Beaches in Kochi witnessed a huge footfall on Sunday with the destinations, except Fort Kochi being reopened for visitors. The District Collector has postponed the reopening of the Fort Kochi beach to mid-November in order to guard against people thronging …

With the onset of October, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism sector of Kochi, mainly homestays, hoped for a new beginning with the tourism industry to open after a gap of six months. However, with increasing number …

The Kochi district tourism department is utilizing the restrictions imposed due to pandemic as a chance to reconstruct its infrastructure. The district department is all geared up to improve tourism infrastructure of Kochi in all the main 11 tourist spots …