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Ernakulam has topped the State successful home tourer arrivals post-COVID, Minister for Tourism and Public Works P.A. Mohamed Riyas has said.
“Kochi is receiving the highest fig of visitors successful the State. Therefore, the maturation of Kochi’s tourism assemblage is intrinsically linked to Kerala’s wide tourism development. The State’s tourism prospects emergence successful proportionality to the advancement of Kochi. Kochi volition diagnostic prominently successful programmes aimed astatine attracting much planetary tourists to the State,” the Minister said.
He was speaking aft inaugurating a modern toilet block, a recently installed interactive play area, and an open-air gym astatine Subhash Bose Park successful the city.
Kerala’s tourism maturation is steadily approaching an all-time precocious post-pandemic. Over 1.19 crore home tourists visited the State successful the archetypal six months of 2025, marking a 10.50% summation compared to the erstwhile year. This fig besides represents a 33.75% emergence implicit pre-COVID levels. The fig of planetary tourists reached 3.83 lakh during the aforesaid period, reflecting a 6.87% summation from the erstwhile year, Mr. Riyas said.
Subhash Bose Park serves arsenic a exemplary for modernising nationalist spaces crossed the State, the Minister said. The renovation of the parkland marks a important milestone, pursuing the Tourism department’s plan store focussed connected processing nationalist spaces. The task plan, prepared by the Kochi Corporation, was handed implicit to the department. The government’s argumentation of creating otherwise abled-friendly spaces has been afloat implemented successful the modernisation of the park.
“The toilet complex, which includes a toilet for the otherwise abled, feeding room, speechmaking room, and a mini cafeteria, sets a benchmark for different parks successful the State. Amenities antecedently seen lone successful overseas countries volition present beryllium made disposable successful Kerala’s nationalist spaces. Waste from the toilet analyzable volition beryllium treated and reused done an integrated attraction installation established with fiscal assistance of ₹35 lakh from Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. The interactive play country for children and the unfastened gym are being developed astatine the parkland with an concern of ₹2.50 crore successful collaboration with the Tourism department,” Mr. Riyas said.
Mayor M. Anilkumar inaugurated the mini cafeteria astatine the park. T.J. Vinod, MLA, and Deputy Mayor K.A. Ansiya were among those present.
