Impact of Back Water Tourism in Kerala
| Author(s) | : | Joseph Chandy, Raghunathan Rajesh |
| Institution | : | M.tech, Industrial Engineering and Management Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering RIT, Kottayam |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 7 — July 2017 |
| Page No. | : | 227-232 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
The purpose of this paper is to review conceptually and theoretically on the interrelation between impacts ofback tourism towards environmental attributes of the lake. Firstly, the impacts of tourism on environmental attributes suchcoral reefs, water, fisheries and beaches are discussed briefly. The impacts of tourism towards environmental attributesrange derives from tourism activities such as boating, snorkelling, diving and fishing. Improper and irresponsible behaviourof tourist is also believed to be a significant reason that contributes to detrimental effects on the environmentalattributes.The study is to envisages about Back water Tourism in Kerala which focuses on Kumarakom Backwaters andalso to find the amount of waste(sewage discharge, feed wastes and plastic materials) which are generated from tourismhouseboats which is aggravating the pollution of backwaters. In this project the main focus is on the use house boatsby tourist arriving at the back water. Thus to identify that these house boats forms the integral part of back water tourismand also to determine adverse effect of these house boats.
Joseph Chandy, Raghunathan Rajesh, “Impact of Back Water Tourism in Kerala”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 7, pp. 227-232, July 2017.
