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Kovalam: Tourism And Environment

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1. Kovalam – A Case Study
4.1 Tourism and Environment – A Global Problem
Before we address the problem of Kovalam, the rather uneasy relationship between tourism and environment demands attention. The major environmental impact of the tourism industry has been problematized by Cohen as the ‘physical impact on the environment, which occurs when the level of the tourists’ use of resources is greater than the ability of the environment to cope up with this use. The physical impacts can include soil erosion, increased pollution, discharges into the sea, loss of natural habitats, and the depletion of natural resources and eco-systems resulting from increased human traffic, construction activities, infrastructure development, deforestation and unsustainable …show more content…

Coastal tourism is considered as the ‘most significant form of tourism, with domestic and international tourist flows in many countries dominated by visitors seeking the eternal lure of the sun, sea and surf. Kovalam comprises of three adjacent crescent shaped beaches, Lighthouse Beach, Eve’s Beach and Samudra Beach along its 17 km coastline. It has been a favourite haunt of tourists since the 1930s, when the then regent Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi constructed the Halycon Castle as a beach resort. Kovalam has slowly seen a transformation from a small fishing village which gets its name from the coconut estates, raking in tourist dollars steadily for the state. However, by the side, a heavy price has been paid in the form of steady environmental degradation, despite the implementation of the Kerala Tourism (Conservation and Preservation of Areas) Act, …show more content…

Though the government does control a great deal of the tourism policies, in the process of turning Kovalam into a high-capacity tourist destination, a lot of construction-related issues have been overlooked, leading to the current scenario. When the initial rush of the tourist inflow began, the focus was on Kovalam as it the most easily accessible tourist destination in Kerala at a time when road infrastructure was not developed properly. This led to a phase of high-volume, low-value tourism during the 1990’s when Kovalam welcomed tourists who took more from the destination than they gave

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