Pathiramanal Fest is drawing a large number of visitors to the picturesque island in the middle of Vembanad Lake. The Muhamma grama panchayat is organising the fest to promote the destination and support the local economy.
The five-day fest, which began on April 21, involves leisure trips to the island, cultural programmes, seminars, tourism workshops, food fest, music festival, exhibition-cum-sale among other events. In view of the tourist rush, the State Water Transport department is conducting additional boat services to Pathiramanal from Muhamma, Kayippuram and Kumarakom. People can visit the island from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In view of the fest, various facilities have been arranged on the island for visiting tourists.
On Monday, a workshop on tapping the tourism potential of Muhamma was held. It was inaugurated by K. Rupesh Kumar, coordinator, Responsible Tourism Mission Kerala. The meeting discussed ways to make Muhamma a responsible tourism destination.
