Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 12 -- Kerala attracted 2,22,46,989 tourists in 2024, which marked a substantial increase of 21 percent from the pre-pandemic period, Minister for Tourism and Public Works P A Mohamed Riyas told the State Assembly on Friday.
This huge upsurge in tourist arrivals shows that in the last couple of years the state has been erasing its previous record in arrival of tourists, the Minister informed the house during the Question Hour.
The K-Homes project, announced in the 2025-26 state budget for increasing accommodation for tourists by making use of unoccupied homes near major destinations, will be implemented initially at Kovalam, Kumarakom, Munnar and Fort Kochi, the Minister said.
The K-Homes project will take the gro...