Posted By: Mami San, Niko Hotels, Kochi   –

Kannur International Airport in North Kerala was opened recently. It has been a long-awaited need and although it has come up late, it is now operational.

Kerala is a small south Indian state on the western coast of India. North kerala was once, the base of the sea silk road and has enjoyed relations with the Gulf coast such as Saudi Arabia and Dubai. As a result of this connection, at that time, many poor people in Kerala had moved to the Gulf in search of work. Especially since there are still a lot of immigrants from this area, this airport will be convenient for them.

Kerala, now has 4 international airports. Kerala. The first one is at the state capital of Kerala – Trivandrum. Since the center of business is Cochin, the second airport came up at Cochin. The Cochin  International aiport had last year opened a new terminal and it is a great success as Kerala’s largest airport. The third one is at Calicut. Now the fourth one at Kannur.

Although Kerala has four international airports, there are no direct flights to Japan yet. I have operated through locally arranged travel agency in Kerala for 14 years. The low reach to Japan has restricted my activities in spreading the information on Ayurveda. I am still looking up to introduce a lot of merits of Kerala to everyone in Japan.

A new airport was opened and a bigger window is now opened to the Gulf and other areas, but the window to Japan is still a narrow one.