Are you thinking about a trip to India? Then don’t forget to go Kerala.
Kerala one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and well known for her beaches, backwaters, mountain ranges and wildlife sanctuaries. Boat races held during festival seasons are also a major tourist attraction in the backwater regions of Kerala. Most of Kerala, whose native habitat consists of wet evergreen rainforests at lower elevations and highland and semi-evergreen forests in the east, is subject to a humid tropical climate
Kerala is also known for the many events conducted by the Ministry of Tourism for tourist attractions.
An International Coir Fest is conducted annually that is aimed at developing the coir industry of Kerala and tourism. Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the first Biennale in India was conducted in Kochi from 12 December 2012 till 13 March 2013. The government contributed about 12-150 million on the event.
Medical tourism, promoted by traditional systems of medicine like Ayurveda and Siddha, is widely popular in the state, and draws increasing numbers of tourists. Ayurvedic medicine is a system of Hindu traditional medicine of Vedic tradition, is native to the Indian subcontinent, and is a form of alternative medicine. There is no scientific evidence for the effectiveness of Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of any disease.
Backwater tourism is centered mostly around Alappuzha, Kollam and Kumarakom. Boat races held during festival seasons are also a major tourist attraction in the backwater regions.
The Kerala Backwaters are a network of interconnected canals, rivers, lakes and inlets, a labyrinthine system formed by more than 900 km of waterways, and sometimes compared to the American Bayou. In the midst of this landscape there are a number of towns and cities, which serve as the starting and end points of backwater cruises.
National Waterway No 3 from Kollam to Kottapuram covers a distance of 205 km and runs almost parallel to the coast line of southern Kerala facilitating both cargo movement and backwater tourism. The backwaters have a unique ecosystem – freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea.
Alappuzha is an important tourist destination in India.
The Backwaters of Alappuzha are the most popular tourist attraction in Kerala. A houseboat cruise in these backwaters is a delightful experience. It connects Kumarakom and Cochin to the North and Quilon to the South. The mullackal chirap is also one of the attractions of Allapuzha which is the festive season held ten colorful days every year in the month of December.