Making history, a group of 24 tourists including 70-year-old Anantha Kamath and 4-year-old Master John Franklin took off from Kochi’s international airport to the US — the first such group from India to the US since the outbreak of Covid pandemic. Out of these 24 tourists, 22 of them are visiting the US for the first time. First such tour“We understand that this is not just the first from India but the first ever group tour to the US from anywhere in the world since Covid,” Soman said. We were also the first to operate tours to Europe from south India and the second in India after Thomas Cook when we took a group of 32 tourists to Europe on October 18. Also see: Careers in travel and tourism taking off, shows Monster Employment IndexAs a gesture to instill confidence, Jeena Fernandes, Director, Soman’s, is also travelling with the group.

Source: The Hindu November 12, 2021 16:20 UTC