travelUpdated: Mar 16, 2020 17:23 ISTWith Kerala on high alert for coronavirus, foreign tourists visiting God’s Own Country are finding it difficult to get accommodation and move around, prompting the government to disapprove of such acts and ask people not to see every foreigner as a COVID-19 carrier. It has also launched intensified medical check up at border areas for people entering the state by rail and road. The tourists were then taken to a government hospital for check-up by the police. Speaking at a function in Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district, the Minister said foreign tourists are “our guests” and they are flocking to the state thanks to the global marketing campaign launched by the Tourism department. “The tendency of seeing the foreign tourists as coronavirus carriers must change.

Source: Hindustan Times March 16, 2020 11:48 UTC