Monday, November 29, 1999

Kerala to woo tourists with serviced villas

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Usha Ram Manohar Kochi, May 18 (PTI) Exploring new options to meet the growing demand for room space in God''s Own Country, the Kerala tourism department has launched a new initiative serviced villas. The serviced villas will be independent, furnished homes preferably built in Kerala architecture style.The villas will have a minimum of one room and maximum of six rooms or 12 beds for guests besides a well equipped kitchen with a cook well versed in Kerala cuisine and a qualified person who can speak English. "The new scheme will increase accommodation options in the state and is aimed at providing comfortable stay facilities of standardised high quality to visitors and supplement accommodation availability," Tourism Director M Sivasankar said. "The aim is to provide affordable accommodation at various destinations. Apart from providing a clean and affordable place of stay for tourists, villas will offer a never before opportunity to experience authentic Kerala at its best," he said. Lot of enquiries have poured in for the scheme from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Pathnamthitta, Wayanad and Idukki. This scheme is different from homestays as the property owner need not stay in the house. "In homestays, the main regulation is that owners or their relatives should stay in the property." .

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