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Location of Kerala

Location of Kerala. Main Attractions Include Beaches Backwater Boat Tours Nature Reserves India has a consumer class of 300mill, roughly the population of the USA. Cars. Air. http://airlinesinindia.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/indian_airlines.gif. Air Deccan Flights. Boats.

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Location of Kerala

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  1. Location of Kerala

  2. Main Attractions Include • Beaches • Backwater Boat Tours • Nature Reserves • India has a consumer class of 300mill, roughly the population of the USA

  3. Cars

  4. Air http://airlinesinindia.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/indian_airlines.gif

  5. Air Deccan Flights

  6. Boats dubaihotelkumarakom.com/boating.html

  7. Economic Impacts • Expanding tourism industry overruns local economies and destroys systems of livelihood • Leads to unemployment and poverty • Pollution of ecosystem by tourism causes destruction of local employment such as fishing and agriculture • Finding other employment is difficult due to lack of skill and/or education

  8. Local Fishermen on Kovalam Beach

  9. In response to diminishing opportunities for employment and a desire for eco-friendly tourism, Keralites have been encouraged to establish homestays • Because of input cost, this option if often only available to more affluent Keralites • A homestay is like a bed and breakfast, run by a single family, in which the guest can stay for any amount of time • The guest will experience the traditional life in Kerala as well as learning about the culture

  10. Typical Homestay in Kerala

  11. Environmental Impacts • Tourism has brought massive crowds to once beautiful, isolated areas • Kovalam Beach is an example of this, once the image of a perfect, undisturbed paradise, it has been overcrowded and polluted • In overcrowded tourist areas such as Kovalam, groundwater is extracted at unsustainable rates, often from illegal sources • This leads to a lack of drinking water for locals

  12. Kovalam Beach

  13. The backwaters of Kerala are becoming more polluted by tourism and increasing numbers of houseboats • The tourist-popular houseboats are a main attraction in Kerala • They produce a lot of pollution from their engines, and have no sewage system, so all waste products are emptied into the river • There is growing concern over the negative impact that the houseboats have on the environment • In response to this concern, solar panels have been installed on many houseboats to reduce pollution • Waste-deposite facilities have been established to prevent wastes from being dumped into the river

  14. Beautiful Backwaters of Kerala

  15. Social Impacts of Tourism

  16. Water www.galenfrysinger.com/kerala_india.htm

  17. Hotels http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01127/0000010342_1_jpg_11277471.jpg

  18. Immoral Activates

  19. Waste Produced http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/data/500/P1010278TrashDisposal_.jpg

  20. Farmers http://pro.corbis.com/images/BH001428.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B6501D7BC-AC3E-4106-9F97-4F1BA0883C9C%7D

  21. Tourism Jobs http://www.responsibletourism2008.org/rt-pre-event/images/picture.jpg

  22. Profits From Boat Travel

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