Green Carpet: A New Initiative of Kerala Tourism

Green Carpet
A new Initiative of Kerala Tourism
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 To make the destinations ready to receive the tourists
 To build a sustainable destination management system
 To make the destinations a better place for people to visit and

live
 Campaign period September 1 to October 31, 2016
 Destination level Task Forces and Monitoring Cells
 Partnership of Tourism Organisations and Trade, Local Self

Governments, Educational Institutions, Kudumbasree, NGOs,
Social Organisations, NSS Technical Cell under DTF
10- Point code of conduct for tourist
destinations in Kerala
We shall ensure all tourist
destinations in the state will have:
• Ensure destinations are free from Plastic
• Provide enough dustbins in the destination
• Transfer or Encourage others to move waste seen in the waysides to
bins
• Place awareness boards discouraging dumping wastes in road sides
• Install Cameras for monitoring illegal waste dumping
• Provide information about people involved in illegal waste dumping to
Destination Managers
• Decentralised waste management mechanisms at households and
establishments
• Develop mechanisms for scientific waste management in the
destination
• Make cleanliness a part of our culture
• Encourage establishing more public toilets in the destination
• Consider the options for private land where there is limitation for
land availability
• Consider options of Mobile Toilets
• Awareness campaign for keeping toilets clean
• Ensure voluntary participation in toilet cleaning
• Ensure the cleaning staff deputed do the function properly
• Any laxity in cleaning may be brought to the notice of Destination
Managers
• Encourage options for private toilets in the destinations
• Ensure public toilets are clean
• Ensure Roads are well maintained and cleaned properly
• Ensure pavements for pedestrians are in place
• Ensure maintenance and up-keep of bye roads
• Ensure enough street lights are there in the destination as well as it
works properly
• Ensure the drainages are well maintained
• Install signboards depicting directions, accommodation facilities,
public places etc.
• Ensure the details given the signboards are correct and has good
visibility
• Ensure proper maintenance of signboards
• Provide cloak room facilities for travellers
• Provide dress changing rooms for tourists at beaches, waterfalls
etc.
• Provide enough benches/seaters in the destination
• Ensure communication facilities at the destination
• Ensure first aid facility in the destination
• Provide facilities for short-trips within the destination ensuring
authentic rates
• Ensure good public water distribution system
• Make required arrangements with authorities when there is water
scarcity
• Conduct periodic testing of water provided by water distribution agencies
• Install kiosks that provide safe drinking water for tourists
• Encourage boiled water for drinking
• Avoid wastage of water
• Ensure wells and ponds in the destination are clean
• Ensure the restaurants in the destination has valid licenses from
Commissionerate of Food Safety
• Create awareness on Climate Change
• Encourage planting of trees in the destination
• Do not destroy trees or plants
• Encourage eco-friendly constructions that takes care of
minimum resource use
• Promote usage of eco-friendly devices and equipments by
establishments and hotels
• Encourage Alternate Energy sources
• Encourage use of vehicles that do not consume petrol/diesel
• Encourage bicycle ride within the destinations
• Ensure all tourism activities are eco-friendly
• Ensure prompt service of law enforcement agencies
• Any law breaking issues need to be brought the notice of
authorities
• Vigilant on all illegal activities
• Ensure safety of all tourism related amusement activities
• Special attention should be given on the safety of adventure
activities as well as water-based activities
• Provide first-aid facilities at the destination
• Develop crisis management system in the destinations to
address any contingencies
• Encourage use of appropriate technologies for achieving this
• Establish information centres that provide authentic and latest
information
• Explore the possibilities of establishing 24 x 7 working
information centres
• Establish information kiosks using latest information technology
facilities
• Establish mechanisms for Tourist feed back system
• Establish provision for complain registering by tourists
• Ensure complaints registered by tourists are addressed
promptly
Training for various stakeholders including
•Auto-Taxi drivers
•Tourism Police
•Life Guard
•Tour Guide
•Tour Operator
•Street vendors
•Homestay/Serviced villa providers
•Houseboat owners/staff
•Owners/Staff of Ayurveda Centres
•Hotel Owners/Staff
•Restaurant Owners/Staff
•Tourism Information Assistant
Areas where local community participation could be adopted
•Homestay/Serviced villa business
•Ethnic Restaurants
•Entertainment Activities
•Toilets
•Parking Facilities
•Drinking Water
•Guiding
•Village Life Experience Packages
•Naturalists/Interpreters
•Various Service Facilities
•Outsourcing jobs
• Co-ordination of different agencies for successful
implementation of Green Carpet initiative
• Taking stock of various issues at the destination and take
appropriate steps
• Make destinations better place for people to visit and people to
live in
Thank You

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Green Carpet

A new Initiative of Kerala Tourism

 To build a sustainable destination management system

 To make the destinations a better place for people to visit and

 Destination level Task Forces and Monitoring Cells

 Partnership of Tourism Organisations and Trade, Local Self

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