Introduction: Kovalam is placed just 10 miles from Trivandrum in the state of Kerala. Kovalam has been renowned all over the world and in India for its beach beauty since 1930. It was originally discovered by the hippies and later by the charter tour group. This beach is a splendid holiday resort at present. The hotel constructions going on here have defaced the beauty by cutting down the coconut palm trees from the beaches. Kovalam is a three crescent-shaped sandy beach with rocky promontories on the sides make an awesome view to ponder on. The lighthouse on the beach allows to see fisherman fishing at night which is a worth seeing activity.

History: The Europeans who were the guest of the then kingdom of Travancore in 1930s discovered the potentiality of the Kovalam Beach as an excellent tourist spot. The Kovalam was able to be uplifted as popular destination of holidays only by the advent of hippies in early seventies. It was the first and amazing transformation of a simple fishing village beach of Kerala to one of the world's most popular holiday destination. Foreign-chartered tourists are coming to this place through some companies in massive amount apart from the normal tourist of India. Most of the tourists visiting Kovalam are repeated tourists.

Places of interest: Veli Lagoon is among the main tourist attraction of Kovalam. It is an interesting water park perfect for picnic celebration, the wading pool, gardens, exquisite sculptures are some of the beauties of this place. Shree Padmanabha Swami Temple is seven kilometer away from Kovalam. This temple is the mirror to the Dravidian architecture. Government Art Museum displays a collection of mixed architecture from traditional Kerala, Chinese, and from Mughals. The Science and Technology Museum near Hotel Mascot, is highly educative for the student of science and technology.

Travel information: Trivandrum is the nearest airport at just 15 km from Kovalam. This airport is connected with all the major cities of India and all the major foreign cities. It has convenient and regular schedule to its destinations. The major railway junction of south India, Thampanur is in Trivandrum. It facilitates the Kovalam visitors by providing regular travel means of railway transportation. Many super fast and express railways are also available. The road transportation is available in all quality transportation. It connects Kovalam with all the important cities of Kerala as well as the outer states.