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Kerala edges out Taj Mahal in Google search trends
Thursday December 27, 2012 06:56:37 PM,
IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has edged out the Taj Mahal to become the number one in
Google's search trends for travel destinations in the country for
2012.
Munnar, a popular tourist destination in the state, is also on the
list of Top 10 Indian destinations on Google's Zeitgeist site,
showing search trends from around the world.
Kerala at number one and the Taj Mahal at number two were followed
by the Wagah Border (Punjab), Vaishno Devi and Amarnath (both in
Jammu and Kashmir).
Kashmir came number six on the list of Top ten travel destinations
under the Google search trends for 2012.
According to search trends in the travel category released by
Google for this year, Munnar was number nine, followed by the
Gateway of India (Mumbai).
Kerala Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar described the two listings
for Kerala, including the number one spot, as a great
encouragement for the state.
"Kerala Tourism is a leader in online promotional activities for
the state. We are one of the first government establishments to
make use of the internet to reach out to the world," he said.
Google's Zietgeist, which covers all search categories, answers
the question of what the world searched for in a particular year.
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