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`Kerala backwaters best in the world'
Our Bureau
Kochi
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Oct. 1
THE Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club has chosen the backwaters of Kerala as the best backwaters in the world.
The club has also conferred club membership for Kerala Tourism and has given the authorisation to use the distinction on all documents promoting backwaters in the State.
Mr Guy Rousset, President, and Mr Bruno Bodard, Secretary of the Club, announced this at the ongoing Kerala Travel Mart 2004 being held at Le Meridien International Convention Centre, Kochi.
The Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club, based in France, was established in March 1997 in Berlin (Germany) with the intention of promoting and preserving heritage all over the world. The main aim of the association is to promote these exceptional bays by sharing mutual problems and encouraging respective population to recognise the immense value and universal dimension of their heritage.
Kerala is blessed with a 900-km backwater network and in recent years had become a major international tourist attraction.
Backwaters are spread out mainly in four districts - Kottayam, Kochi, Alapuzha and Kollam. The largest backwater body, the Vembanad Lake spreads through Alapuzha and Kottayam districts.
Among the tourist destinations that have been featured in the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club include Diego Suarez Bay, Madagascar, Stockholm Bay, Sweden, Cape Cod Bay, USA, Todos Santos Bay, Brazil among others.
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