Tourism industry estimates losses worth Rs 20 bn due to Kerala floods

Sabarimala temple, on which the pilgrim tourism of the state highly depends, has suffered losses to the tune of around Rs 1 bn

The tourism industry in Kerala is estimating losses worth Rs 20 billion due to the floods which include Rs 15 billion as the opportunity lost during the last two months and another two to three months. Sabarimala, one of the major pilgrim centres in South India, has seen a loss of around Rs 1 billion and is expecting the situation to remain bleak during this pilgrimage season if at least a bridge is not built for the pilgrims to travel to the Lord Ayyappa Temple. The government has said that it would hand over the task of building two bailey