Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 -- Kerala Tourism on Monday launched the first phase of its ambitious Barrier-free Kerala tourism project, making 70 destinations across the state disabled and elderly friendly, becoming the first state in India to implement UN World Tourism Organisation's call for 'Tourism for All. Inaugurating Phase One of the project, Tourism Minister for Kadakampally Surendran said, "Our objective is to make all tourism centres accessible to the differently empowered by 2021. Special tour packages for differently empowered tourists, both domestic and foreign, are being planned together with Responsible Tourism Mission."

Kerala has become the first state in India to implement UN World Tourism Organisation's call for 'Tourism ...