Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 -- In good news to tourists, history enthusiasts and nature buffs, Kerala Tourism has launched projects to set up a digital museum and raise a Miyawaki model forest at the Kanakakunnu Palace in the heart of the state capital.
While launching both the projects at a function at Kanakakunnu Palace on Monday, Minister for Co-operation, Tourism and Devaswom, Kadakampally Surendran, mooted the idea of formulating a Travancore Heritage plan, on the lines of the Muziris, Alappuzha and Thalassery heritage projects.
The Minister said Miyawaki model forest, coming up at five cents on the Suryakanthi grounds, will be replicated in all major tourist centres of the state.
The two schemes underscore the state's policy of prom...