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HOUSE BOATS
House Boats are one of the main attractions of Kerala tourism. Backwater cruising include Houseboats at and which indeed is their major revenue. Houseboats means a boat made by tying together pieces of wood. Unbelievable as it may sound, not a single nail is used in the making of a Houseboats.
The houseboats are classified in accordance with the safety and service standard. With the aim of sustaining the unique tourism project of Kerala the House boats, the department has defined the guidelines for classification. The classification will be in three categories namely ‘Gold Star’, ‘silver star’ and ‘Green Palm’ certificate.
HOUSE BOAT
A house boat fulfilling all the essential conditions prescribed by the department and another five of the ten optional conditions will be awarded the status of ‘Gold Star’. Those fulfilling the essential conditions will be awarded ‘Silver Star’. Houseboats which satisfy the essential conditions and adhering to eco friendly measures prescribed by the department will be awarded as ‘Green Palm’.
An innovative entrepreneur at Alumkadavu in Kollam district converted a traditional boat used for transporting goods ('kettu vallam') to a houseboat with facilities for the stay of tourists, there starts a new phase of tourism.
KERALA HOUSE BOATS
From two boats in the early Nineties, the number of houseboats has now gone up to about 200.Meanwhile,the small single - room houseboat has been replaced by large houseboats with several rooms. Many of the present houseboats are air -conditioned .
At the early stage, traditional boats are used to be converted into houseboats, but now very big ones are specially built as houseboats. While most of the houseboats of the initial days used to be poled, the present ones are fitted with engines. The earlier outboard engines have been replaced with inboard engines which use diesel as fuel.
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