Brim of a cup is the situation that tourism face in India. The safety of our tourists which should be a prime con¬cern has to be taken very seriously under consideration. Lately in India we faced three major mishaps, of which the Leh cloud burst in which more than 80 foreigners were killed was a natural calamity and another was an Indian superbug attack which was spreading in fast pace with 37 British nationals becom¬ing victim to it. Coming down to Kerala the unmanned level cross accident at Mararikulam which killed four people among them where a German couple. A new superbug, an enzyme called New Delhi- Metallo-1 (NDM-1), has been found in patients traveling to Asia for cosmetic surgery, cancer treatment and transplants. This bug when examined in British labo¬ratory was found attached to E.coil bacteria that cause urinary tract and respiratory infections. The bug is even resistant to the high class antibiotics known as Carbap¬enems which are reserved when all other antibiotics fail. The NDM-1 bacteria has been tracked by an inter¬national team of experts in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Britain. This superbug which was now detected as endemic can go pandemic if not stringent action is taken. From the incidents that has been narrated above shows the lack in the area of crisis management, co-ordination and implementing safety measures. Here different ministries should join together with the tourism sector to strengthen the weakened areas so that we make a safe tour and healthy mind and body to our tourists who were eager in spending their holidays in this land of Vedas and Upanishads.

Ravisankar K.V.
Editor