Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 27 (UNI) The Kerala Government will examine the possibilities of setting up a tourism university in the state to tap immense opportunities offered by the fast-growing sector, Tourism Minister PA Mohamed Riyas has said.
The Minister was addressing a felicitation ceremony, ‘Take Off ‘23’, organised at Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS) ahead of World Tourism Day.
In Kerala, tourism has plenty of scope to further develop and generate a large number of employment for youths with proper skills and training. If a university is set up based out of KITTS this immense potential of tourism sector could be tapped fully, Shri Riyas said. In such a scenario, food craft and hospitality institutes could also be brought together, he said.