Kerala to rank hotels with silver, gold, diamond, green status

Thiruvananthapuram: The  state gover nment has  launched a project to rank  hotels in the state as per its  standard. Tourism Minister  Muhammad Riyas inaugurated project performance  also in encouraging regional  participation, promotion of  local dishes, special priority  to women and transgenders  and so on.

The list of the hotels that  are classified will be available on the website of Kerala tourism and Responsible  Tourism Mission. Green  classification certificate  will be rendered to the hotels which obtained 80 percent score in environmental  criteria. The hotels have to  bring strict control on the  greenhouse g as emission  standards to achieve the  green certificate.

After issuing the green  status, the government will  endorse the hotels through  its websites and offer priority. The facilities and details  of the hotels will be made  available on the special website which helps the tourist  to select the hotels according to their preference.  Homestays, houseboats and  Ayurveda tourist centres  that have already acquired  the certificate of responsible tourism will be made  known through the website.  The mission also focuses on  innovative ways to realise  financial benefits for the locals who reside near hotels.  The procedures of application submission will be simplified and will soon switch  to online mode.

He added that caravan  tourism and food on road  will be introduced extensively in the state. Vaikom  model food on wheels will  be established in the selected centres of all districts in  the state. -(PTI)

 Nalgonda  (Telangana): Telangana’s  Pochampally village  was selected as one  of the best tourism  villages by the United  Nations World  Tourism Organisation  (UNWTO) on Tuesday. The prestigious  award will be given  at the 24th session  of the UNWTO  General Assembly  on December 2,  2021, in Madrid.  The Union Minister  of Culture, Tourism  and Development  of North Eastern  Region G Kishan  Reddy congratulated  the people of the  village and said,  “Pochampally’s unique  weaving styles and  patterns received  special focus through  Prime Minister  Narendra Modi’s  mantra of ‘Vocal for  Local’.” -(AGENCIES)