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In 2003, Kerala, became one of the fastest-growing tourism destination in the world. [13] In 2012, National Geographic's Traveller magazine named Kerala as one of the "ten paradises of the world" and "50 must see destinations of a lifetime". Travel and Leisure also described Kerala as "One of the 100 great trips for the 21st century".
[1] In 2016, the World Travel & Tourism Council calculated that tourism generated ₹ 14.02 lakh crore (US$160 billion) or 9.6% of the nation's GDP and supported 40.343 million jobs, 9.3% of its total employment. The sector is predicted to grow at an annual rate of 6.8% to ₹ 28.49 lakh crore (US$330 billion) by 2027 (10% of GDP). [2]
Location of India. India is a country in South Asia.It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.4 billion people), [a] and the most populous democracy in the world.
Kerala was a relatively unknown state among tourist circles until the early 1960s. The first initiative to popularize Kerala as a tourist destination was undertaken by Travancore's Prince Consort Col. Godavarma Raja (husband of the then Queen of Travancore) started Kerala Tours Limited to popularize key tourist locations in Travancore Kingdom ...
Idukki district is the largest district in Kerala with a total land area of 4,61,223.14 hectares. [2] When the independent India merged smaller states together, Travancore and Cochin states were integrated to form Travancore-Cochin state on 1 July 1949. However, North Malabar and South Malabar remained under the Madras state.
The urban councils of Kerala date back to the 17th century, when the Dutch Malabar established the municipality of Fort Kochi. In 1664, the municipality of Fort Kochi was established by Dutch Malabar, making it the first municipality in the Indian subcontinent, which was dissolved when the Dutch authority got weaker in the 18th century. [3]
The Department of Tourism is a major government ministry under the Kerala Government that regulates and supervises tourism in Kerala.Kerala Tourism is the fastest growing state tourism department in the country and the ministry has been often adjudged as key department that aggressively worked on to make Kerala Tourism into Top 100 Superbrands.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has more than 970 Telephone exchange in Kerala. Income Tax Department has offices at Thiruvalla, Thodupuzha, Guruvayur, Kalpetta, Tirur Palakkad and Kasaragod besides 8 stations mentioned above. All the twelve Public sector banks in India has a total of 3,285 branches in Kerala.