Kerala Tourism targets 100% tourism inflow with the inauguration of Kannur International airport

With the inauguration of the Kannur International airport, Kerala is the only state in India to have four international airports. The Kerala Tourism department on Tuesday said it plans to boost foreign tourist inflow by 100 % and domestic tourism by 30% in next couple of years.
The new Kannur international airport hopes to establish Malabar, which shares boundaries with Coorg, Coimbatore and Mysore, as the new tourism gateway to South India.

“With the inauguration of the Kannur International Airport, the world can now wake up to the wonders of Malabar. Kerala Tourism will leverage upon established destinations in North Kerala like Bekal and Wayanad, whilst giving thrust to lesser known micro destinations in Kannur and Kasaragode districts, like Valiyaparamba backwaters, Kuppam and Ranipuram,” said Kadakampally Surendran,the tourism minister for Kerala.

The 5th edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale art festival is underway in Kochi and will run till 29th March, 2019.

“Kerala has always promised to be an enriching experience for travellers, and art has been the crux of our tourism initiatives. It is our mission to peg Kerala as a soul stirring travel experience. We begin this year with a weeklong potpourri of dance forms at the Nishagandhi Dance Festival, which just concluded last weekend in the capital city, and have many other festivals planned for the rest of the year including the Nishagandhi Monsoon Festival" said Rani George, tourism secretary for the government of Kerala.

Kerala Tourism said it will now embark on an ambitious marketing campaign in 2019 with a series of partnership meets being organised in 10 cities across India including Jaipur, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, and Madurai.