Massive Cruise ship arrives at Kochi port
Cruise liner arrives in
Cochin. For those who need some
peace from busy work schedule’s and want to try out something new for holidaying here comes a cruise service to
Kochi.
Kochi, also known as Cochin, is a major port city on the west coast of
India by the
Arabian Sea and is part of the district of
Ernakulam in the state of
Kerala. Kochi is often called by the name Ernakulam, which refers to the mainland part of the city.
The city of Kochi is the most densely populated city in the state and is part of an extended metropolitan region (pop.
2.1 million), which is the largest urban agglomeration in Kerala. Kochi city is also a part of the
Greater Cochin region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the
Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the
Corporation of Cochin, which was constituted in the year
1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the
Greater Cochin Development Authority (
GCDA) and the
Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA).
Heralded as the
Queen of the Arabian Sea, Kochi was an important spice trading centre on the west coast of India from the
14th century. Occupied by the
Portuguese Empire in 1503, Kochi was the first of the
European colonies in colonial
India. It remained the main seat of
Portuguese India until 1530, when Goa was chosen instead. The city was later occupied by the
Dutch and the
British, with the
Kingdom of Cochin becoming a princely state.
Kochi ranks first in the total number of international and domestic tourist arrivals in Kerala. Kochi has been ranked the sixth best tourist destination in India according to a survey conducted by the
Nielsen Company on behalf of the
Outlook Traveller magazine. Kochi was one of the 28
Indian cities found to be among the emerging
440 global cities that will contribute 50% of the world
GDP by the year 2025, in a study done by McKinsey
Global Institute.
Kochi is home to the
Southern Naval Command of the
Indian Navy and the state headquarters of the
Indian Coast Guard with an attached air squadron, named
Air Squadron 747.
Commercial maritime facilities of the city include the
Port of Kochi, an
International Container Transshipment
Terminal, the
Cochin Shipyard, offshore
SPM of the
Kochi Refineries, and the
Kochi Marina. Kochi is also home for the
Cochin Stock Exchange,
International Pepper Exchange, major chemical industries like the
FACT,
TCC, IREL, HOCL and Kochi Refineries, electrical industries like TELK and industrial parks like the
Cochin Special Economic Zone and Infopark. Kochi is home for the
High Court of Kerala and
Lakshadweep, and the
Cochin University of
Science and
Technology. Kochi is also home for Kerala's
National Law School,
The National University of Advanced
Legal Studies.
Source :
Wikipedia
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