Aymanam tourism wins WTM award
The Hindu
Honour in the One to Watch Award (Indian category)
The plans to convert Kottayam as a special hub of experiential tourism has received a major boost with Aymanam, a village in a backwater landscape here, bagging the One to Watch Award (Indian category) by the World Travel Mart (WTM).
Tourism Director Krishna Teja received the award at a function in London recently. The award was in consideration of the tourism-related activities carried out in the village from April 2018 to March 31, 2020.
The project to develop Aymanam, an adjoining village of the internationally renowned Kumarakom, was launched by the Responsible Tourism Mission Kerala in 2018. The project, prepared and executed under the leadership of K. Rupesh Kumar, coordinator, RT Mission, envisaged development of tourism products and services that are 100% locally owned.
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