Garbage pile-up at Fort Kochi beach hampers tourism prospects
The Morning Standard|April 08, 2024
THE Fort Kochi coastline is emblematic of the state's tourism industry. Yet, for all this grandiose, the beach here is a complete eye-sore-thanks to the heaps of garbage that now dot it.
Garbage pile-up at Fort Kochi beach hampers tourism prospects

Save for the occasional clean-up drives organised by NGOs and institutions, there has not been a system in place to ensure that the place is as welcoming as tourism brochures claim it to be.

"It is a matter of great shame for us to see tourists taking the initiative to clean up our beach," says Sheik Ismail, president of the Tourism Care Foundation. Recently, a 65-yearold German tourist was seen actively picking up trash from the beach since the very day he arrived in Fort Kochi.

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