"Responsible tourism will be the key to the ambitious government plan of giving 500,000 more people jobs by 2021," said Kerala Tourism Secretary Rani George, while addressing the industry in the ongoing Kerala Travel Mart. The state's tourist destinations have reopened after the natural calamity hit during August.
Around 12,800 families are direct beneficiaries of the industry, besides another 50,000 indirect beneficiaries, she said. The government has dedicated a tourism portal -- tourismcarriers.in -- for job generation. In 2017, Kerala received 15 million tourists, 1 million of them foreigners.
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