Idyllic cruises in houseboats combine luxury and nature to present a perfect vacation to tourists coming to Kerala. With tourist influx registering an increase, the houseboat (locally known as kettuvallom) cruise business is registering a boom. Already there are over 60 houseboats in Kottayam alone restructured as luxury cruise boats with two or three well furnished bedrooms in each.

Courtesy: ANI Video, July 2008