Medical Tourism in Kerala

A green paradise known for its life expectancy highest, lowest rate of infant mortality and health system more advanced in India. And its technology for health care which is the equally renowned medical centers around the world. Wherever you find some medical practitioners most respected in the world at work.

In the land harvested by hand by the traveler National Geographic as one of the ten paradise of the world. Wash with a coastline of 600 km long and lined by some recent bouts rights demeurants of tropical forests in tropical evergreen. Blessed by a unique network of ponds that criss cross the villages of picturebook. Cooled by hill stations and gardens mist-clad spice that stretch endlessly. Feeling better already?

If you look at plastic surgery, the correction of the congenital malformation, surgical reconstruction of breast and other beauty enhancing services highly specialized cosmetic surgery, offers Kerala surgeons and experts to take care of your needs. The dental treatment are also a priority for tourists to Kerala because even the consulting firms the most complex replacement jaw to cost 50% less than international rates. Access to the latest technology and specialized orthodontic clinics are also easier to Kerala. Without leaving a dent in your budget.

While a surgery for hip replacement costs up to U.S. $ 12,000 outside India, the process would be completed in less than one third the cost here in Kerala. At a more common dental refilling a regular cost of around 400 in Austria would cost a single 10 in Kerala. Generally, scores show that most consulting firms in India cost just 1 10 costs in Western countries. And through different categories, tourists are discovering that there is a difference in the cost of attraction approximately 60-70% on medical treatment in most institutions of higher quality here. With the increase in queues to the National Health Services and other services after sale of government health and insurance services throughout Europe, it is no surprise that thousands find the cure perfect in God 's own country.

Kerala 's internationally - medical institutions identified attract travellers Europe, USA, Middle East and even countries like South Africa. A portion of Kerala 'most acclaimed institutions of health care specialty Lakeshore s includes Hospital, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, the hospital SUT, the Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences and a few others. Equipped with up to 20 departments of specialty and super-specialty services offering hundreds of doctors in each establishment. And with technology automated latest service meticulous and aesthetically furnished environments, tourists enjoy some of the best equipment they can find anywhere in the world.

Kerala, the tip of south-west of India is true on the travel corridor linking Europe and the Middle East with the Far East and Asia Pacific. Three international airports connect Kerala to all corners of the globe. In addition, a wide network of railways and roads offers easy connectivity to any part of the country.

Kerala Eco Tourism Initiatives

Most of tourism in areas normal today is not eco-tourism and is not therefore sustainable. Eco-tourism can be distinguished from nature tourism by its emphasis on conservation, education, responsibility for passenger and active community participation. It becomes clear that tourism increased the normal sensitive sectors in the absence of planning and the appropriate management can become a threat to the integrity of ecosystems and local cultures. The numbers of visitors increasing the environmentally sensitive areas can lead to significant environmental degradation. Similarly, local communities and indigenous cultures can be nuies many ways by an influx of foreign visitors and wealth. In addition, fluctuations in climate, exchange rates, and political and social conditions can make excessive dependence on tourism business risk. However, this growth creates significant opportunities for conservation and benefit the local community. Eco-tourism can provide income if necessary to protect national parks and other sectors normal income that could not be provided by other sources. In addition, eco-tourism can provide a viable alternative economic development for local communities few other options produisantes income. By the way, eco-tourism can increase the level of education and activism among travellers, making officials more enthusiastic and more effective conservation.
The change that the concept of eco-tourism was introduced in the tourism sector of Kerala has been enormous. He boarded a new era of tourism in Kerala, with its close approach to nature and conservation of natural resources with the greatest care and concern. Now it Ranipuram, the scenic hill station of the area Kasaragod awaiting rejuvenation through initiatives eco-tourism. Mr. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Minister of Tourism, officially launched a project eco-tourism in Ranipuram June 1, 2008. 30.56 million rupees project aims to develop basic amenities as well as road Panathady, a panchayat border, a base camp.

More Tourism Based developments in Cochin, Kochi

Cochin (Kochi) known the world over as queen of the Arabian Sea is the commercial capital of Kerala. Kochi is a metropolis with a population of modern and Western perspectives on life. Although a modern metropolis Kochi is pleased tourist a 's. This is a place where there are places frozen in time if it is the colonial era, a well-preserved remains of a princely state, natural beauty of beaches, lakes, rivers, lagoons and vibrant rural infact of the life where every thing one can find is here and can be easily accessed on any day. Kochi is just about the centre of Kerala. is basically a collection of islands and peninsulas close. Ernakulam is the commercial center and forms the main land. The two main railway stations and bus stands are located here. Fort Kochi and Mattenchery oval for an island just west of Ernakulam. Willington Island which houses the bottom lies between naval and strong Ernakulam Kochi.

The hosting of the first real marina in India, poised to stop the race prestigious Volvo Ocean, it seems that Kochi has not yet found such a glorious chance periods. Now, to add to all these, projects worth 180.41 million rupees have been sanctioned under the rehabilitation programme for tsunami for the overall development of Kochi.

The regions of high Kochi, Cherai, Munambam and Munakkal derive benefit from the project. Three desalination plants at Chellanam, Mulavukad and Kadamakkudy, construction of a dam, dredging operations in Perumpadappu - the pool of Kumbalangi and renovation of thirty-nine roads are some of the development programmes under the project.

Kochi was one of the world 's most beautiful ports. A cruise led by waterways winding you focus on several strange spots including the city of Jewish, where Jews arrived from AD 52, Yemen and Babylon. Half the fun of visiting Kochi spell on local ferries.
It must offer palaces, forts, beaches, pools, old churches, boat racing snake, Kathakali, museums and convinence of the big city.

Certainly, the commercial hub of Kerala, the city of Kochi is where the ancient civilization mixes with elegance with modern life. Right from the initial years, Kochi had cultural and trade relations with the outside world. It had also experienced episodes of palpitation of the European colonial rivalry.
An interesting point to note is that Kochi is probably the only city in India formed parts of three states, namely two princely states of Travancore and Cochin and the Malabar British.
In 1976, the village panchayats of Edappally, Vennala, Vyttila, and Palluruthy were merged with the municipalities of Ernakulam and Mattencherry to form the company Cochin.
Today with a normal, the port and filled ponds all times serene, beautiful lagoons, islands wood and a magnificient seascape, Cochin is the queen of the Arabian Sea.

Vieux Fort Cochin with Kochi, Mattencherry and its adjacent areas is famous for several sites of historical importance. The street Francis 'church, the Cathedral of Santa Cruz, and Chinese fishing nets (Fort Cochin), the Dutch palace, the synagogue and ecclesiastical beakons important cross Coonen (Mattancherry) to the past era where old Kochi had cultural and trade relations with Arabia, Rome and China and a vibrant history of European imperialism then. The old houses, particularly in Fort Cochin, still maintain the old colonial charm, with some neighborhoods réminiscents hamlets strange in Holland, England and Portugal. The population is highly cosmopolitan even today engaged in active trade.

The Navy is catching up gradually as another retail center occupied. The commercial complex lively GCDA along the seafront includes the kaleidosope several trading houses and other establishments, fast food and cafes, and a series of stores. Some luxury apartments, hotels and elegant office buildings are located one or the other side of the main road Shanmugham ending at the junction of Supreme Court on the northern end, where the palaces of Mohan RAM - the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Kerala is located. An evening stroll along the promenade of water-side is a hobby.

Close on Broadway despite its name - parallel to the east of the road Shanmugham is among the city 'streets oldest and occupied s procurement, where the best purchases include clothing and spices. The market Ernakulam force is also located next to Broadway.

Park Avenue: The green lungs of the metropolis as they say, well-shaded avenue park struck a tree gets its name from the parks admirably extended beyond its western side ovelooking pools of Lake Vembanad and having viewpoints Kochi impressive host. The ancient temple of Siva, the old buildings of government, the General Hospital, the main boat jetty, the office of society Kochi, the district court, and some of the city 'training institutions s very good are located beside the picturesque boulevard.
The gallery Academy of Kerala Lalitha Kala of contemporary art is of interest along the route of Durbar Hall. which branches to the east of the southern tip of the avenue park.

Kadvanthra: Half a kilometre east of Kochi centre is Kadavanthra, the seat of authority greater development of Kochi and the stadium indoor Rajiv Gandhi - the second largest of its kind in India. The contiguous areas of Gandhi Nagar, Giri Nagar and Elamkulam residential premises are enormous. Panampilly Nagar, also mainly residential areas located before Kadavanthra and reach the city centre, is home to Malayala Manorama, Kerala 'publishing house Main s. The office of Director General, Telecommunications and the regional passport office are also located.

From the upper town: The city 's suburbs include mainly residential colonies mixed with small commercial enterprises. Kaloor is located two kilometers from the city centre. The new Express and Financial Express Indian Mathrubhumi, Deshabhimani, four major newspapers have their offices Kochi located here. Kaloor has also become an important sporting event with his Jawaharlal Nehru stadium of 55,000 capacity.

Willingdon Island was linked to the mainland by bridge Venduruthy road-cum-railway, this man made island, named for the former viceroy of India, Lord Willingdon, was created with the dredged material while deepening the port of Cochin. The island, about four miles long, is divided into two areas - defense and civilian. The command includes the former shipbuilding and naval airfield. The civilian side includes the port is under the trust left Cochin. The customs office and many other central government institutions are located here. The island is also over a busy railway terminus, part of the city 's most luxurious hotels, and a very large number of trading houses. The settlements housing for staff, schools, hospitals, banks and parks are the island 's other highlights.

Pathanamthitta Districts Tourism Potential

Pathanamthitta has one of the most tourism potential of Kerala which is to be identified. This small area blessed with the glory of nature has won acclaim as one of destinations for eco-tourists as the finest. The camp Konni elephant, a rare resort where you can go see detailed the life of tuskers, attracts travellers from different regions of the world. Now, Konni was chosen as the location of the management of tourism destination in the area. The Council will focus on the development of various tourist destinations in Pathanamthitta. The establishment of the Council will complement the tourism opportunities of Konni as well, it is planned. The cooperation of the forest department will also be sought in this matter.
A tourist information centre will be built on the banks of the river Pamba. The proposed centre would have an Internet cafe and a shopping mall sales for the mirror metal Aranmula and locally available items of manual work. Regardless of Konni, a center facilitating pilgrims at Ranni and a project to develop tourism in Perunthenaruvi are other priorities in Pathanamthitta.
About Pathanamthitta District
The youngest in the area of Kerala districts nestles his head on the western slopes of the ghats and extends to deposits of low land rice around the area of Alappuzha. The area consists of three divisions namely normal land-low against the interior and ends rights mountain Highland.The by western ghats and down inside the centre, down to the gardens of land against low-and cocunut the western borders of the disrict of Alappuzha. The topography of the area oscillated sharply. It starts from the large hill slopes covered with thick forests on the east along the mountains down to the valleys and small hills to flat ground trees coconut in the west. Pathanamthitta wrote on the terrain of Kerala can properly be called the headquarters of pilgrimage tourism in the state. Sabarimala, a indou important centre of pilgrimage attracts crores of pilgrims from different parts of India and the state. The area has more or less the same climatic conditions prevailing elsewhere in the state namely, the dry season from December to February. and the hot season from March can. The climate is generally moderate, temperature amount of 20 C to 39 C. The South West monsoon from June to September monsoon and north-west from October to November provide fairly good rain.

Kerala Tourism Road Shows

With campaigs in New Delhi and Chandigarh, Kerala Tourism began its national tour, which is intended to attract more travellers nationally to God's own country. Held between July 3, 2008 to August 29, 2008, tours or road shows are planned to cover cities like Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai. Around 40-50 major trading partners are present. "Kerala Tourism sees the tour as an ideal platform to interact with national customers" said Said M. Sivasankar, Director, Kerala Tourism.

Ponmudi to receive more tourism based projects

Ponmudi one of the hill station located on the northern part of kerala is not a highly visited tourist destination. One of the reason for that could be the distance from trivandrum airport to reach the destination and other reasons might be the lack of facilities for tourists to enjoy the destination. Only local tourists visits the hill station especially during holidays or vacation times.

As per the news from the kerala tourism department Ponmudi, the beautiful hill destination in Thiruvananthapuram, will soon be a picnic place of international standards. The minister of kerala tourism has said this while inaugurating the development activities of Ponmudi, which will be made to a charge of 60 million rupees. Accroding to the minister development plans includes, a park for children, well-lit roads, family restaurants, chalets, gate and planting saplings on both sides of the road have been given priority in development plans.

Kerala Tourism Revenue

According to kerala tourism minister Mr. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in two years, the income of the tourism industry recorded a growth of 10000 million rupees. Many tourism projects are planned to be implemented with the assistance of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. The government has focused and focussing on infrastructure development of tourist destinations to provide better facilities for the tourists. The eco-tourism in the State be given better facilities, such as construction of the tree-top boxes. Mr. Venu, V., Secretary, Kerala Tourism, saw higher revenues as a reward for visionary initiatives of Kerala tourism deaprtment. With good health, ecological and responsible entrepreneurship, Kerala tourism has already become a model for many other states in india.

Kerala Travel Mart - 2008

With 290 international and 550 national registration of buyers, Kerala Travel Mart, to be held from 21 to September 23 in Kochi recorded a commendable response. The fifth edition of the prestigious event will be attended by international buyers from 50 countries, informed Mr. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Minister of Tourism. He added that delegates from South Africa and Brazil have already confirmed their participation.

A new software has been established in connection with KTM to facilitate contacts between buyers and sellers to the mart. The number of booths has increased by 25 per cent and all the booths have been sold. The KTM 196 is composed of modules, 76 tables and 16 houseboat terminal.

Ongoing Dream Season in Kerala Tourism

The Dream Season package submitted by the Kerala tourism to lean months from April to October beneficial and transform the state into a year round destination, gave good results with many tourist destinations in the State strengthened with the package. All service providers who have registered for the package, affluent received a good participation rate business wise. Mr. Venu, V., Secretary of Tourism of Kerala, known that the success of efforts to transform the state into a destination for all seasons. Efforts are to make a wonderful monsoon season in Kerala, which is as important as a successful season under the traditional system of medicine, Ayurveda, the more international attention, "he added.

International Convention Centre, Aakkulam, Trivandrum

Kerala Tourism has never been reluctant to dream, to innovate. The draft International Convention Centre in Akkulam is one such dream, with Mr. VS Achuthanandan, Chief Minister, laying the foundation stone of the International Convention Centre Complex (ICCC) at Akkulam on June 4, 2008. The Rs.8050 million project should be a real boost to tourism opportunities for the state.

Mr. Achuthanandan said that the government will give top priority to the tourism sector, with many focusing on development projects. The Presidency of the function, Mr. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Minister of Tourism, has qualified as one of the proudest moments of Tourism of Kerala. "This is a giant step towards the development of the capital and the tourism sector," he said. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Venu, V., Secretary of Tourism of Kerala said that " MICE (meeting, incentive, conventions and exhibitions) tourism will get a whip - not only in the city, but also in the South - once the first phase of the ICCC is controlled. " Mr. Sivasankar, Director of Tourism of Kerala, has extended the vote of thanks.

A plenary hall with a capacity of 1500 people, a hi-tech hall, three meeting rooms, eight meeting rooms and a VIP room will be the facilities offered by ICCC. Beyond that, there will be a five star hotel, 25 luxury cabins, gym, spa, marina, water sports and a terminal.

Award for Kerala Tourism Website

Kerala Tourism bags the award for Best Site in the category of tourism, set up by PC World, a leading IT magazines in the country. Websites of Incredible India and Gujarat Tourism were the runner ups having secured the second and third positions.

While announcing the prize, the Committee observed: "The competition was really difficult with almost all states of India with its own tourism site and a handful of them providing information on different of tourism importance, one can visit. After a very good look at all these sites, we finally fell to three sites-Tourism Gujarat, India incredible tourism and Kerala tourism. Being very well structured And with a very clean and visually attractive design, Kerala Tourism has taken the accolades far from the beginning. The use of technology has been quite impressive with a good search option that is one thing that most sites were lagging behind. The well-organized categories, it was easy for anyone to browse through the contents. On the whole, well-designed site with all the subtleties supported.

Close behind was the website of incredible India(the official website of tourism department of india), which has impressed with the overall design, performance and also for the diversity of its content. Tourism Gujarat finished third mainly due to the impressive amount of information packed in the given space.

Nehru Trophy Boat Race

Snake boat races are wonderful celebrations that make life alive in the beautiful backwaters of God's own country. Held during ONAM, the harvest festival in August / September, is one of the biggest team sport in the world. And in this league the Nehru Trophy boat race is one of the outstanding snake boat races of Kerala.
Perhaps, the most famous too, this annual regatta is held on Punnamada Backwaters Alappuzha district on the second Saturday of August each year. The main attraction of the regatta is competition from vessels or snake Chundanvallams. These boats stretch of about 100 feet long, with a raised rear, like raising the hood of a snake. They are usually ranks by men numbering around 100; rowing in unison and in an aggressive manner.
The racecourse, with a length of about 1370 m, is divided into several tracks for the conduct of the competition. When they are promoting through various avenues, it appears as the rapid movement of snakes. The rowers splashing oars in unison with the rhythmic chants. The movement of vessels in the competition are so fascinating that viewers come into harmony with the excited mood surrounding uproars.
In addition to the races chundanvalloms (snakeboats) and the small craft, the event offers many fascinating sites such as water ceremonial processions, spectacularly decorated floats and boats. It is the ambition of all expensive clubs boat to win the prestigious trophy Nehru, who is regarded as a matter of pride and prestige.
History
The history of Nehru Trophy Boat Race is associated with the visit of late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India to Alappuzha. The first race was an impromptu one conducted in 1952 in honor of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who visited Alappuzha. In this race boats snake, 'Nadubhagam Chundan' was first. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who was delighted and excited by the performance of the oarsmen, jumped into the "Nadubhagam Chundan", forgetting all security measures. The boat proceeded to the jetty boat carrying the Prime Minister. After his return to Delhi a few months later, in December 1952, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru donated a silver trophy, which is a replica of a snake boat placed on a wooden abacus. The trophy bears the following inscription above his signature; To the winners of the regatta, which is a unique feature of community life in Travancore - Cochin. "This trophy came later to be known as the Nehru Trophy, and the bottom of a large memory Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the people celebrate the Alappuzha Nehru Trophy Boat Race each year.
Venue : Punnamada Backwaters, Alappuzha district.
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