The West Asia, it passes through its hot season. Tourists from West Asia havestarting arriving to enjoy the monsoon in Kerala. The arrival of Arab tourists fromJune to August has been a trend for the past four years.The Tourism Department has been promoting the programes about Kerala in the Gulfnations in the past few years. They have some language barrier, but they enjoy themonsoon.N. Sreekumar, general secretary, All Kerala Houseboat Owners Association, saysfewer tourists from the Gulf countries are arriving now. “But the tourists who comealways enjoy a houseboat cruise in Vembanad Lake,” he says. They also wanted tovisit Munnar, Thekkady and other tourist places in Kerala.Most of these tourists arefrom Saudi Arabia and the UAE.The Kerala tourism industry here expects more visitors from the Gulf in the comingdays.
