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Chartered flights to usher in tourist season

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Oct. 11. Two chartered flights, one from the Netherlands and the other from the U.K., are expected to arrive here early next month, kicking off another tourist season.

The flight from the Netherlands, with 220 `high-spending' tourists, would arrive on November 2 and that from Gatwick in the U.K. on November 9.

The Dutch tourists, who will be here for an average of two weeks, would stay at Kovalam overnight and later proceed to other destinations. The chartered flight operations from Netherlands will continue till May next year.

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