Kerala Tourism - backwaters, beaches and hill stations

Kerala is a famous tourist destination in South India. Tourists from all over the world are visiting kerala every year. Kerala has many attractive tourist destinations like backwaters, beaches and hill stations. Cruising though Kerala backwaters in a houseboat is a wonderful experience.

Alappuzha Tourism

Alappuzha is famous for its backwaters, paddy fields, snake boats, houseboats, beaches and coir industry. Kuttanad is the main paddy field and it is one of the places in the world where farming is done below sea level.



Alappuzha Photos

Cochin Tourism

Cochin or Kochi is the main city and financial capital of Kerala.Kochi is gifted with nice beaches like fort kochi beach and cherayi beach and islands like vypeen, bolgatty and vallarpadam. Kochi is also one of the main port in south India. International and Domestic Airport is about 35km away from main city at Nedumbassery and it is connected to all major cities in the world. Cochin is also well connected with other major indian cities via rail and bus.



Kochi Photos

Kottayam Tourism

Kumarakom is the famous tourist destination in Kottayam district. Boating and bird sanctuary are the main attractions in Kumarakom. Different types of houseboats and small boats are available in a very affordable rate.



Kumarakom Photos

Thiruvananthapuram Tourism

Thiruvanathapuram is the political capital of Kerala. Sri Padmanbha Swami Temple is located here. Also there are many interesting beaches like Kovalam.

A Govt of Kerala owned body, Kerala State Tourist Development Corporation (KTDC) is controlling the tourism related operations in Kerala. KTDC help centers are available in all major tourist places in Kerala.

Now Govt. of Kerala is also giving importance to Health related tourism fields like Ayurveda Tourism, Dental Tourism etc.

Kerala Tourism Info