Budget tourism trips give a shot in the arm for cash-strapped Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
The Hindu
The curated trips include travelling along scenic routes to destinations such as Malakkappara, Munnar, Vagamon and Arippa
It is a Sunday. The mood is upbeat at Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) depot at Palakkad. Five 35-seater KSRTC buses are ready to leave for the hilly terrain of Nelliyampathy, 70 km away. The journey starts at 7 am, with stop-overs at picturesque locations such as Varayadumala, Seetharkundu viewpoint, Pothupara tea estate, Kesavanpara viewpoint and Pothundy dam. Ticket charge per head is ₹600, including food.
This is one among the budget tourism trips — over 20 of them — rolled out by the Corporation, which take passengers through with breathtakingly beautiful valleys, hills, forest cover, waterfalls and tea estates in a KSRTC bus or aanavandi, as it is colloquially called because of its emblem with two elephants. One bonus of the trip is getting glimpses of monkeys, Indian bison, elephants, deer...
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