Kerala Tourism Department
The official website of Kerala Tourism is
www.keralatourism.org, one of the most popular travel websites in India.
The site contains exhaustive information on God's Own Country- Kerala,
including more than 175 photographs, video and audio clips that can be
downloaded.The website is currently available in English, Malayalam, Hindi
and other four international languages viz. French, German, Italian,
Spanish & Chinese. On an average, the site gets 1,25,000 visitors a month
and a visitor spends around seven minutes on the website.Kerala Tourism
bagged the prestigious 'Award of Excellence' instituted by the Government
of India for the 'Most Innovative Use of Information Technology / Best
Tourism Website / Portal' during the period 2000-2001, 2002-2003,
2005-2006 respectively. Among the State Tourism Departments of India,
Kerala Tourism is the first to receive the award. Kerala Tourism Website
also bagged Net 4 PC World Web Award 2008 for Best Indian Website in
Tourism category, instituted by PC World Magazine. International
recognition to the department's online initiatives came in the form of
Pacific Asia Travel Association's (PATA) Gold Award for the best E-
Newsletter in the year 2005. The newsletter currently has a worldwide
subscription of nearly 85,000. The website became functional on 24
December 1998. The site is updated every month.
Awards-Kerala Tourism Department
•World Tourism Travel Council Tourism for Tomorrow
Awards
•One of the three finalists in the Destination Category - Kerala, 2006 ITB
Berlin
•Das Golden Stadttor Award for the Print campaign, 2007
•Das Golden Stadttor Award for Best Commercial, 2006
•Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
•Gold Award 2009 for Marketing "Dream Season in Gods Own Country"
•Gold Award 2008 for Culture - Utsavam, Kerala Arts Festival
•Gold Award 2008 for Consumer Travel Brochure - Kerala Tourism Theme
Brochure
•Gold Award 2007 for Culture - Aranmula Cultural Village
•Gold Award 2007 for Brochure - Destination Brochure Kit
•Grand Award for Environment - Zero Waste Kovalam, 2006
•Gold Award for Ecotourism - Kumbalangi Tourism Village, 2006
•Gold Award 2006 for Publication Ayurveda: The Mantra of Niramaya
•Gold Award for the best E-Newsletter, 2005
•Honourable Mention for Culture, 2005
•Gold Award for Culture, 2004
•Gold Award for Ecotourism, 2004
•Gold Award 2004 for the best CD-ROM Ayurveda: The Mantra of Niramaya
•Gold Award 2003 for the best CD-ROM, Kerala: The Green Symphony
•Gold Award for Marketing, 2003
•Grand Award for Heritage, 2002
•Pacific Asia Travel Writers Association (PATWA)
•International Award for Leisure Tourism, 2000-2001
•UNESCO Asia-Pacific
•Heritage Award - Honorable Mention - Arakkal Kettu, Kannur, 2006
•New York ad Festivals
•Finalist Award - Kerala Tourism - 2005
•Government of India
•Most Innovative Adventure Activity -International Paragliding
Championship, 2007-08
•Best Responsible Tourism Project - Better Together- Responsible Tourism
Initiative, Kerala, 2007-08
•Best Tourism Film / Audio Visual Presentation 2007-08 for DVD Rhapsodies
from God's Own Country
•Best Performing Tourism State, 2006
•Best Maintained Tourist - Friendly Monument - Sakthan Thampuran Palace
2006
•Most Innovative Use of Information Technology, 2005-06
•Best Performing Tourism State, 2005
•Best Maintained Tourist - Friendly Monument, 2005
•Best Publishing 2004-05 for Book on Ayurveda
•Best Marketed and Promoted State, 2004
•Best Maintained Tourist - Friendly Monument, 2004
•Best Innovative Tourism Project, 2004
•Best Promotion Literature, 2004
•Best Publishing 2003-04 for Book on Panchakarma
•Best Performing State for 2003, 2001, 2000 and 1999 - Award for
Excellence in Tourism. (For rapid growth, development and advancement in
the tourism sector)
•Best Practices by a State Government, 2003
•Best Eco-tourism Product, 2003
•Best Wildlife Sanctuary, 2003
•Most Innovative Use of Information Technology, 2002-03
•Most Tourist-friendly International Airport, 2002
•Most Eco-friendly Destination, 2002
•Best Tourism Film, 2001
Most Innovative Use of Information Technology, 2000-01
•Outlook Traveller - TAAI
•Best State that promoted Travel & Tourism, 2000-2001
•Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
•Award for Best Marketing, 2003
•Award for Best Use of IT in Tourism, 2004
•Galileo - Express Travel & Tourism
•Award for the Best State Tourism Board, 2006
•Award for the Best State Tourism Board, 2005
•Award for the Best State Tourism Board, 2003
•Net4 PC World
•Award for Best website in the tourism category, 2008
•Indian Association of Tour Operators' (IATO)
•Award for the Best Award for the Best CDs, 2004
•NDTV Business Leadership Award in Travel Category, 2007
•CNBC Award
•Best Tourism Board, 2009
•Best Travel Destination 2009
•Best State Tourism Board - Kerala, 2007
•Best Travel Destination - Thekkady, 2007
