Summary:
While the majority come for fun diving or scuba diving, the job prospects in the sector lure many local people to Kochi, a prominent centre for scuba diving. According to Gilbert Antony, founder, Neel Diving Institute, Chullickal, it is mostly foreigners who come to the city for fun diving. Many get basic certification in diving from Kochi and do scuba diving in places like Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand,” he says. These are the main reasons why scuba diving on the rise in the city,” says Joseph Deleesh, manager, Scuba Cochin, Kadavanthra. In Kerala, scuba diving is most popular among the techies..