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Showcasing the best of Kerala’s vibrant folk and ritualistic art traditions, the seven-day cultural festival ‘Utsavam 2021’ has got off to a colourful start, featuring hundreds of artistes in 30 venues across the state.
Leading folklore artists representing various traditions were honoured at the function with the Utsavam Puraskaram. The festival offers a venue for scores of performers representing a wide variety of folk, tribal and ethnic traditions that flourished in different parts of the state. This year, the event assumes added significance as it has come as a big support to artists hit by sweeping disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had its grim impact on the cultural domain as well.
Pandemic-hit sector anticipates revival during the upcoming festival period
Grappling to sustain amidst the unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism industry is looking forward to the Christmas-New Year period for revival.
As a sign of improvement, houseboats, hotels and resorts are seeing an surge in bookings, though nowhere near the pre-COVID-19 times.
Houseboat tourism, one of the mainstays of the sector anticipates the upcoming festival period will kickstart the long journey towards normalisation.
“The houseboat industry is not out of the woods yet. With no foreign tourists, we now depend entirely on domestic tourists. A majority of them come from different parts of Kerala, while a small number arrive from other States. Usually, the sector does brisk business during the Christmas-New Year period with tourists from other States and foreigners arriving in good numbers. This year, there is no such rush. However, there are signs of revival. Houseboats
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