Meet Yathra Kudumbam, a travel group comprising those who have been part of KSRTC’s budget tourism trips
A group of over 300 travelers, known as Yathra Kudumbam, has formed from regular participants of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation's (KSRTC) budget tourism trips. The group collaborates with the Budget Tourism Cell to organize custom excursions to locations outside standard itineraries.
Why it matters
It highlights how public transport initiatives can foster community building and grassroots tourism development among senior citizens.
There is nothing novel about strangers bonding during group tour packages. But what if the camaraderie is so strong that they set out on new trips? That is the case with Yathra Kudumbam, a travel group made up of people who met during Kerala State Road Transport Corporation’s (KSRTC) budget tourism trips.
The members of the group, over 300 of them, have been regulars of the budget tourism trips run by the Budget Tourism Cell (BTC), a vertical under KSRTC that organises group trips to tourist destinations, historical sites, temples, monuments and the like across Keralam and outside of it.
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