Thiruvananthapuram: Pinarayi Vijayan has made 19 foreign trips since becoming the Chief Minister. 15 of these trips were for official purposes. He went three times for treatment and once for personal use. This was announced in response to Sajeev Joseph’s question in the Assembly.
Expenses for three official trips and two medical trips were also disclosed. 32,58,185 rupees were spent for this purpose from the public treasury. Expenditure on official travel to UAE in 2016, USA in 2018, Japan in 2019 and two medical trips to USA in 2022 were released. The cost of the rest of the trips was not specified.
Most traveled to USA and UAE. Went here five times. Out of this, he went to the USA three times for treatment, one for official and one for personal purposes. All travel to the UAE is official. In addition to the UK, two each went to Bahrain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, South Korea, Japan and Norway.
