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HOUSE BOATS Luxury Cruising Through The Back Waters Of Kerala
Kerala ruled by the mighty chera Dynasty and called as God’s own Country in the tourist map of India is a small piece of paradise on earth which according to the mythology has been reterived from the sea as the great saint parushuram has throwed the axe in to the sea and this beautiful slice of land is formed. Kerala stretched by a long coastline exotic beaches back waters lagoonsand fresh water lakes all together making Kerala a ultimate tourism destination and a back water tourism destination in particular.Kerala is called keralam in the local dialect as keralam as coconut is found in abundant in the state which is called Keram or coconut in lacal dialect.Kerala has all together 14 dist and Trivandrum as it states capital.
Taking about House Boats house boats in odlen days was called as ‘kettuvallam’ and was used for carrying cargo during olden days. But with the due course of time this traditional boats has been conveted in to luxurious residential boats of 5 star category ranging fromRs 6000 to Rs20000 per night House boat building as well as house boat operation has been a great bisiness in kerala today It has been a source of income and earning for a lot of family livimg in and around the back waters Lot of pain and craftmanship is needed in designing the house boat and making in to its best.To our suprise we find that not a single nail is used in the construction of the house boat as it is tied together and a particular fish oil is applied which act as water proof for the boat. Today we can find house boats ranging from one bed room to five bed room house boats and now a days even conference can be organised inside the house boat even hpuse boats are also coming with swimming pool on the top and roof garden thus giving the best of its experience to the touristSPA and Ayurvedic treatement is also provided insided the hose boat for the tourist on demand.Now a days govt as waell as the tourism dept is taking a lot of step to maitain the bio diversity as well as to preserve this properly Star gradation is provided to each house boats looking at there performance and maintanence professionally trained drivers are deyploed to drive the house boats Some of the most important house boat operrators are Pulikaytical rainbow cruise saromasomatheeramgraceetc
There are two places in India where House Boatsd are operated one in Jammu and Kashmir and the other is Kerala the ony difference between this two is that kerala house boats are movable but on the other hand kashmir house boats are stagnant . Any how house boats should be a source of entertinment as well as a livlihood for the local people
About the writer: RAVISH MATHEW SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTDEPT OF TOURISM STUDIESPONDICHERRY UNIVERSITYPONDICHERRY ravish_kerala2005yahoo.co.in
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