They say the airline will be a boost to tourism
The Confederation of Accredited Tour Operators
(CATO) has expressed their readiness to support the ambitious Air Kerala
project by guaranteeing seats from different cities within the country to
Kerala and purchasing 50 per cent of the seats in the proposed airline.
CATO is an umbrella organisation of 30-odd
government-approved tour operators.
“The filling of seats from different
destinations will be a boost to the State’s tourism industry, and will check
the exorbitant air fare increase by different domestic carriers, especially to
Kerala,” CATO president Abraham George and secretary P.K. Anish Kumar said.
High airfares
CATO pointed out that the status of domestic tourist
flow to the State over the past few months was not encouraging owing to high
airfares in domestic sector. Even though October is the beginning of tourist
season in the State, they said tour operators were upset over the very low rate
of booking.
“Kerala is not an affordable destination to
families of four or more members as the air fare itself is more than Rs.50,000
(for four persons) for travelling from Mumbai or Delhi to Kochi or
Thiruvananthapuram,” the office-bearers said.
Mr. Anish Kumar said the CATO had decided to
support the Air Kerala venture to maintain a steady and sustainable growth of
tourism. “Air Kerala will play a vital role for the next boom for tourism in
God’s Own Country and CATO will provide all support for the airline’s smooth takeoff,”
he said.
· Domestic tourism hit by high air
fares: CATO
· ‘Booking rate dismal though
season has begun’
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/air-kerala-tour-operators-ready-to-buy-50-seats/article4011813.ece
really a nice blog....
ReplyDelete