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BOTEL -Backwater Operated Tourist Entertainment Launch is a solar powered steel houseboat with eco-friendly features. It is yet another creation of Mr. Sohan Roy, CEO, Aries Group of Companies and has been highly acclaimed by the tourism industry.
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A golden streak of land woven with rivers, lakes, lagoons and canals, Alappuzha or Alleppy is labelled as the Venice of the East. Alappuzha, meaning the land between the sea and a network of rivers falling into it, evokes a sense of romance and beauty.
Alappuzha’s amazing backwaters constitute its hallmark. The locale for the renowned snake boat races is its criss-crossing waterways. Tourists as well as the local population look forward to the event.
The Nehru Trophy Boat Race at Punnamada Kayal, the Payippad, the Thiruvanavandoor, Neerettupuram, Karuvatta and Thaikkoottam boat races are held around the time of Onam (see Festivals of India) in various areas of the district, well promoted by the tourism department of Kerala. Amongst them, the one that has caught the fancy of the tourist is the Nehru Trophy Boat Race. Known as Chundan Vallam (battleships of the Malayali kings), the 130ft long snake boats having 100 rowers, 4 helmsmen and 25 cheerleaders, are decorated with multicoloured silk umbrellas, and race past leaving thousands of spectators spellbound.
Its long coastline has secured it the status of an important centre for fishing and marine products. The district produces coir, and copra and has a flourishing carpet industry as well.
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