Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 -- The Revised Budget for 2021-22 presented by Finance Minister K N Balagopal will give a big thrust to the revival of the pandemic-battered tourism sector in Kerala, State Tourism Minister P A Mohamed Riyas said on Friday.
"The proposals in the budget will expedite the Government's plans to tap the post-pandemic tourism potential by converting the crisis into an opportunity, with greater emphasis on Responsible Tourism initiatives," the Minister said.
Novel projects like Malabar Literary Circuit and Bio-diversity Circuit proposed in the budget will strengthen Kerala's accent on cultural, heritage and environmental tourism and enhance footfalls to more new areas, Riyas added. For these two projects, an amount of...