Beaches in Kerala
Beaches in the
Tourism
The long coastline of Kerala is inextricably entwined with the culture, life and traditions of the state. Memories of early seafarers and traders have faded, but boats of various types and styles have survived. Kerala's beaches, or Kovalam to be more specific, were rediscovered by back-packers and tan-seekers in the sixties.[1][2] Hordes of hippies followed in the seventies. That started the transformation of the casual fishing village into a busy tourist destination.[3] In 2002, there were 66 hotels in Kovalam, and that too in a place that is just 16 km from the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.[4]
From a measly 29,000 overseas tourists visiting Kerala in 1979, the number rose to 225,000 in 2000
While details of incoming tourists are not available, indications of a survey are that domestic tourists are high from Gujarat and Maharashtra both located on the west coast of India, and international tourists are mostly from Europe. Beaches were amongst the favourite destination of foreign tourists.[7]
Lying between north latitudes 8°18' and 12°48' .
Tsunami
Tsunami waves diffracted around the Indian peninsula, hitting Kerala on the west coast on the afternoon of 26 December 2004. The death toll in Kerala was 170 against 7,923 in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.[11] However, there was panic all around. In the Thiruvananthapuram area alone, 100,000 people were evacuated from coastal villages by the district administration and 57 relief camps were opened.[12][13]
Trinkets
The fun of sea and sun bathing or watching the wave crash are not the only attractions of beaches. There is a belief that a dip in waters of Papanasam Beach at Varkala, of Trivandrum district, 40 km north of
The Portuguese explorer
There is a
Popular beaches in Kerala
Mentioned below are some of the most popular beaches in Kerala.
Beaches in North Kerala
District | Beach |
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Kasaragod |
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Kannur |
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Kozhikode |
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Malappuram |
Beaches in Central Kerala
District | Beach |
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Thrissur | |
Ernakulam |
Beaches in South Kerala
District | Beach |
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Alappuzha | |
Kollam | |
Thiruvananthapuram |
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Development
The total revenue created by tourism in 2006 was
See also
References
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- ^ Govind, M.Harish. "Ramparts by the Arabian Sea". Magazine. The Hindu, 19 June 2005. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ "Kovalam". kovalam.hotels.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ a b Chandrasekhar, Hariharan. "It's simple… No nature, no tourism". Metro Plus Coimbatore. The Hindu, 28 July 2002. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Tourist Statistics – 2006" (PDF). Kerala Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ Parthasarathy, Anand. "Kerala opens the doors". Business. The Hindu, 27 January 2003. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ "Week-long tourism survey launched". The Hindu, 20 January 2006. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ "Official Web Portal - About Kerala". Government of Kerala. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Brenkert & Malone 2003, p. 65.
- ^ Chacko & Renuka 2002, p. 80.
- ^ Menon, Parvathi. "Rebuilding lives". Frontline, 15–28 January 2005. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ "Tsunami fear grips Kerala coast". The Hindu, 31 December 2004. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ Radhakrishnan, S. Anil. "Panic grips travel, hospitality sectors". Kerala. The Hindu, 28 December 2004. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ Ayub, Akber (ed), p.52
- ^ Mathew, Mony K. "Going beyond God's own country". The Hindu Business Line, 13 July 2000. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ "Beaches to get new look". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 15 September 2007. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ "22 Beaches in the state to the spruced up". News Bytes For You. Kerala Tourism Issue 173, 1 January 2008. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
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- Chacko, T.; Renuka, G. (March 2002). "Temperature mapping, thermal diffusivity and subsoil heat flux at Kariavattom of Kerala". Journal of Earth System Science. 111 (1): 79–85. .