Kerala holidaymakers left high and dry as India's wettest state bans alcohol

Chief minister's aim of 'total prohibition' by 2024 could cost 100,000 jobs as hundreds of bars close

When Britons David and Uma Cresswell booked a Christmas holiday in the Indian state of Kerala two years ago, they imagined clean beaches, Ayurvedic massages, and the prospect of sipping ice cold martinis and beers while watching traditional bamboo houseboats floating past.

But the resort the couple from Wanstead, east London, visited did not have a licence, so alcohol was officially off the menu.

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