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With an purpose to place Kerala on the worldwide journey tourism map, the federal government has determined to host 4 worldwide journey sporting occasions this 12 months, state Tourism Minister P A Mohamed Riyas mentioned in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
Vacationer hotspots Vagamon, Varkala, Mananthavady and Kozhikode can be the venues for paragliding, browsing, mountain biking and whitewater kayaking occasions, the minister mentioned at a press convention held right here.
The ‘Worldwide Paragliding Competitors 2024’, the primary within the collection of journey sporting occasions this 12 months, will likely be held from March 14 to 17 at Vagamon, Idukki, he mentioned.
“That is India’s largest aero sports activities journey pageant the place greater than 100 nationally and internationally famend gliders will take part,” Riyas mentioned.
The minister additionally mentioned that greater than 15 international locations have expressed curiosity in taking part within the pageant and that paragliding worldwide champions and world-famous riders would even be taking part in it.
The four-day fest will characteristic contestants from France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, the US, the UK, Nepal and the Indian states of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh, he mentioned.
The Worldwide Browsing Competition will likely be held at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district from March 29 to 31 and it will likely be the primary nationwide browsing championship this 12 months, the minister mentioned.
Browsing athletes from India’s east and west coastal cities will compete in varied classes, he mentioned.
“The pageant goals to make Varkala, Kerala’s premier browsing vacation spot, an internationally recognised browsing hotspot,” Riyas mentioned.
The seventh version of the Worldwide Mountain Biking Championship (MTB Kerala-2024), which has already put the state on the worldwide aggressive mountain biking map, will likely be held from April 26 to twenty-eight at Priyadarshini Tea Plantation, Mananthavady in Wayanad district, he mentioned.
The five-kilometre-long monitor the place the race takes place is located at an altitude of three,000 ft, he mentioned.
The principle attraction of the championship is the cross-country competitors, which covers terrain like mud, rock and water and cyclists from 25 international locations are anticipated to take part, the minister mentioned.
Competitions for newbie cyclists from India may also be organised and the winners on this race will get a possibility to compete with international star cyclists on the MTB Kerala Worldwide Competitors, he added.
He additional mentioned that the MTB Kerala has additionally been included within the MTB Championship calendar of Union Cycliste Worldwide (UCI), the governing physique of the game of biking based mostly in Switzerland.
The tenth version of the Malabar River Competition, well-known for its organisational excellence and spectator participation, will likely be held from July 25 to twenty-eight, he mentioned.