KOVALAM

The beaches of Kovalam have emerged as one of the popular tourist destinations of the country. The environmental quality of this fragile natural area, although ad-hoc in nature, have started degrading in recent years due to unprecedented growth in tourism. The sustenance of tourism development in this area will depend on careful planning and management without hampering environmental and socio-cultural and elements.

The Government of Kerala have promulgated an ordinance for the conservation and preservation of tourist areas in the state and notified in extra ordinary gazette dated Jan-11-2005. The following guidelines are prepared for conservation and preservation of the Special Tourism Zone. It will be mandatory that all developmental activities in the Special Tourism Zone will be regulated according to these guidelines.


To control and guide all developmental activities in the notified area of the Special Tourism Zone. ii. To tailor tourism development to conform to the unique characteristics iv. To draw specific norms for each zone to ensure that a fine balance of economic, social and environmental preservation is achieved.

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The potential tourism regions around Kovalam comprising parts of Trivandrum City Corporation and Grama Panchayaths of Vizhinjam, Thiruvallam, Venganoor and Kottukal and Poovar are delineated as Special Tourism Zone, Kovalam. Certain surrounding facilitating nodes like Venganoor, Thiruvallam, Pachaloor, Vellar, Pulinkudi and Mukkola, are considered. The area encompasses a 13 Km coastal stretch from Edayar island to Poovar.