MoU to promote Kerala tourism in St Petersburg

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Tourism will sign a Memorandum of Understanding  with the tourism department of St Petersburg to promote tourist inflow from the  second largest city in Russia to Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi.

 

A meeting between Kerala Tourism secretary G. Kamala Vardhana Rao and consul general of India in St Petersburg, Arun Kumar Sharma, with Rimma Sachinova, deputy chairman, St Petersburg Tourism, on Thursday  decided on the MoU.

 

Kerala Tourism had earlier conducted a road show in St Petersburg on September 21. This was followed by OTDYKH Leisure 2015, a four-day international trade fair for travel and tourism held in Moscow.

 

The ten Kerala trade partners, who participated in the road show along with the state delegation, were Abad Hotels and Resorts, Ayurvedamana Group, CGH Earth, Kairali - The Ayurvedic Healing Village, Niramayam Heritage Ayurveda Retreat, Poovar Island Resort, Somatheeram Ayurveda Group, The Paul Resorts and Hotels, The Raviz and The Silver Tips.