Travel advisories issued by the US and the UK asking their citizens traveling Kerala to be vigilant in the backdrop of the violent protests against women’s entry to Sabarimala temple was an “insult” to the southern state, Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said Sunday.
“They have not said don’t go. But said remain vigilant. That itself is insulting,” Surendran told reporters here. It would impact the tourist arrivals to the state, he added. The protests, being spearheaded by the BJP and the RSS, along with right-wing outfits, has hit the tourism sector, the minister said.