Many high-end properties have full occupancy, revival slow for budget properties
Even as the hospitality sector is showing a degree of uneven recovery after the prolonged lockdown necessitated by COVID-19, leisure travel to motorable tourist destinations across Kerala is showing a steady increase.
High-end properties are registering full occupancy and bookings are picking up in budget properties. Since uncertainties still prevail over international travel, the main driver behind this partial recovery for the tourism sector is the domestic leisure traveller.
Outbound luxury travellers in the State, left with fewer options, are on the lookout for exclusive short domestic vacations within the State. Inquiries have also started pouring in for year-end holidays during Christmas and New Year. “The stakeholders of the industry should make the most of the demand for short tours from the Kerala market,” a Kerala Tourism Development Corporation official said.