Kerala Tourism received many entries from
across the world for an online campaign to bring the world's best bloggers to
the state for an on-the-road experience. "Kerala Blog Express", a
two-week road journey from the south of the state to the north, on luxury bus,
will be undertaken starting March 1 by the winners of this campaign-contest. Twenty-five
top bloggers from around the world will be selected for the road journey, through
online voting on the website www.keralablogexpress.com, specially created by
Kerala Tourism for this initiative. The website, launched recently, has already
received over 100,000 visits, and some of the top travel bloggers from India
and abroad have entered the competition. Travel writers, photographers and
bloggers who already have their own travel blogs are eligible to enter the
competition. The profiles of participating bloggers are available on the Kerala
Blog Express website for voting by the general public. The online vote process
will be completed on January 15, and the bloggers with the highest votes will
earn seats on the Kerala Blog Express, following a final review by a judging
panel of the tourism department."This is a first-of-its-kind initiative in
the country to attract the travel blogger community for a first-hand experience
of our land, its geography and culture," said Kerala Tourism Minister AP
Anilkumar. Entries were received from as many as 80 countries, including United
States, United Kingdom, Poland, Spain, Germany, Canada and Indonesia. Some of
the world's best-known travel bloggers like Venezuela-born Marcello Arrambide
whose Wandering Trader is one of the most popular travels blogs on the
internet, and Romanian Cezar Dumitru whose extensive travel experiences have
been recorded on his Imperator Travel website, are taking part. Several of the
writers participating in the race for the 25 seats on the Kerala Blog Express
have featured in the National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveller and Lonely
Planet. "Kerala Blog Express would be a stepping stone to experience
Kerala along with other travel bloggers," said US-based bloggers Veronica
and David James in their new post after entering the contest.
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