Ms Nalina Pothuval
Ms Nalina Pothuval, MD of GnS Leisure Travels Pvt Ltd, Kochi, introduced the doyen of outbound tourism in Kerala. It goes to the credit of Ms Nalina Pothuval that she ventured to set foot to spread the message of international tourism in Kerala as early as in 1990, at a time when outbound tourism from the state was in its infancy.

She was then the Regional Manager for SOTC, Mumbai and later on she helped TCI to develop their overseas travel business in Kerala. She started her own venture, GnS Leisure Travels Pvt Ltd, in the year 2000, and for almost past two decades, she is the leading light of outbound tourism in Kerala. She has made umpteen numbers of trips to various countries taking under her wings 1000s of travelers. It was a feather in her cap when she led a group of 110 passengers on the first SilkAir flight from Kochi, and then started the success story of Nalina and her company GnS Leisure Tours.