Startups to help Kerala breathe new life into caravan tourism

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The efforts of the tourism department to revitalise caravan tourism — one of its much-touted projects — with the aid of Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) are gaining pace. It is learned that the expression of interest (EoI) floated by KSUM to design and develop caravan parks and an exclusive mobile application for caravan tourism has received an overwhelming response from startups.

According to official sources, 20 startups have expressed their interest in designing and developing caravan parks and around 25 have shown interest in developing the mobile application.

Kerala Tourism plans to set up at least 10 caravan parks in the state to revive the ailing caravan tourism. Launched in 2021, Keravan Kerala (caravan tourism) failed to make any traction in the tourism industry owing to a lack of caravan parks. There are only two operational caravan parks – at Vagamon and Malampuzha – and around 13 caravans in the state.