THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran said that the state government had formulated projects worth Rs 600 crore for the development of Malabar tourism. The Malabar Cuise Tourism project alone will cost more than Rs 300 crore. “Already Rs 15 crore has been sanctioned for the construction of boat jetties and walkways along banks in Pazhayangai and Parassinikkadavu,” the minister said. The minister's announcement has come after Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide book publisher in the world, had picked North Kerala among the top 10 Asian spots.
“Tourist traffic to Malabar will increase once the waterbodies and art forms in Valappatanam, Kuppom, Perumba, Ancharak-kandi, Mahi, Thalassery, Neeleshwaram, Tejaswini, Vilaya and Chandragiri in Kannur and Kasargod are promoted," the minster said. He said that the tourism propsects of North Kerala would vastly improve with Kannur airpoort becoming a reality. Mr Surendran said that a Rs 43-crore resort would be constructed in Muzhupp-alingad beach in Kannur.
