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“Timely and witty responses as in the case of the Aviyal episode made our Facebook page stand apart,” the tourism secretary added.Kerala Tourism page occupies the top slot in comparison with other tourism pages in the country, tourism director P Bala Kiran pointed out. Kerala Tourism, as on date, has 2.4 million plus followers on board.It was in August 2014 that @keralatourismofficial crossed the one million mark. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Setting a new benchmark on social media platforms, the number of followers on official Facebook page of Kerala Tourism has now spiralled to over two million followers, making it numero uno among the portals of any such tourism departments in the country.One of the first tourism departments in India to have an online presence, the Kerala Tourism Facebook page, which is packed with fascinating information, presents to the followers some of the most engaging visual treats of Kerala’s landscape. “The FB pages above Kerala like Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia are countries whereas we are a small state,” he said. Social media has helped us transcend geographies,” said tourism secretary Rani George.The Kerala Tourism Facebook page had played a vital role in communicating to the world that the state was tourism-ready after the floods in August 2018 through live videos across destinations, she said..