The official website 'www.volvoracecochin.com' was launched by Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) Chairman Cherian Philip in the presence of N Ramachandran, Chairman, Cochin Port Trust and Dr. V Venu, Secretary, Tourism, Government of Kerala.
It is for the first time in the 35-year history of the Race, regarded as the ultimate in ocean racing competition, that an Indian port has been chosen for the stopover..
Kochi will witness a ten-day visual extravaganza of the most exciting water sport action that India has ever witnessed between December 3 and 13 this year. Apart from the world's fastest ocean racing yachts with state-of-the-art technology backup, the event will also attract hundreds of other luxury yachts and sailing vessels of different depiction. The Race will commence its round-the-world marathon sailing in October 2008 and cover more than 39,000 nautical miles, visiting 11 ports across the world.
Starting from Alicante in Spain, it would stopover at Cape Town, Cochin, Singapore, Qingdao, Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Galway, Goteborg and Stockholm, before reaching the finishing line at St. Petersburg. The Race is the ultimate in world-class water-sporting competition on the extreme edge of adventure, drama and endurance. The stopover will enable the global corporate sponsors to hold networking conclaves with leaders of Commerce and Industry of the host country at the stopover ports.
The Race and the stopover events would be extensively covered in electronic, print and news media across the world, ranging from newspapers to lifestyle and glamour magazines.Port sponsor and co-sponsors for the India stopover event will be finalised by the Cochin Port Trust and the Kerala Tourism shortly through a bidding process..
Apr 15, 2008
Official Website Launched for the Volvo Ocean Race.
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Indian tourism industry is growing at a greater pace. Every year the number of tourists to India are increasing. But foreigners who are visiting India or destinations in India are only during the months from October to march. It is about 5 to 6 months. This period is the tourism season time and the months other than these months in the tourism calender are off season months. During off season there wont be much foreign visitors to India we could find only local and regional tourists in the destinations.
It is interesting to know that at the time of off season the rates in the hotels and resorts will be much less and the travel agents will be charging only less for their services offered. If you are thinking in a cost effective manner it is better to visit destinations in India during off seasons.
Indian tour planner a travel agent has launched off season packages for kerala. The packages ranges from 4 days to 10 days. visit keralatours.indiantourplanners.com kerala tours to find kerala tour packages.
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