Aymanam, a picturesque village beside the backwaters near Kottayam, has found itself in the league of Sri Lanka, Bhutan, London, Oklahoma (in the US), Seoul and Istanbul as among the 30 best places to visit in 2022, in a list published by Conde Nast Traveller magazine.
Sikkim, Meghalaya, Goa, Kolkata and Odisha are among the India locales in the list.
“Kerala’s Responsible Tourism (RT) Mission chose Aymanam village for its activities in 2018, going on to train home-stay operators, community tour leaders (including women) and others in RT practices. This in turn resulted in an increase in a number of tourists visiting the locale to savour its cuisine, culture and village life, including through cycle tours and walking trails through paddy fields,” says K. Rupesh Kumar, State coordinator of the mission.
