Posts Tagged ‘Houseboat Tourism’

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Cruising and Nightstay in Houseboats – Alleppey Backwaters

Alleppey is a small district in Kerala, which has grown in importance as a backwater tourism center. It attracts several thousands of tourists from India and all over the world every year who come here to enjoy the serene marine beauty of the state. Because of various lagoons, freshwater rivers and the backwaters which meander through the town, Alleppey gets its name as Venice of East.

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Alleppey Houseboats

Alleppey Houseboats –  Kettuvalloms or Houseboats (Riceboats) are country boats that were used in the early days for the transport of goods from the isolated interior villages to the towns. With the advent of roads, bridges and ferry services, gradually the Kettuvalloms went off the scene. Now these kettuvalloms are back again as a major [...]

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