Kerala is one of the most famous tourist destinations of India. It is the beautiful Indian state having lots of attractions to offer its visitors. The state is widely famous for its pristine beaches and breathtakingly beautiful backwaters. Tourists from all over the world visit this fascinating state of India every year quite in good number. Beaches and backwaters of the state play very significant role in the boost of tourism in Kerala, God's Own Country.

The Kerala Backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes (including Ashtamudi Kayal and Vembanad Kayal) linked by 1500 km of canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually the entire length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
House Boats are huge, slow moving, exotic barges designed for sheer leisure trips. Formerly, House Boat were used to ship rice and spices and other goods between Kuttanad and the Cochin port. It was a three-day affair those days. A standard House Boat , which could be about 100 feet long, can hold up to 30 tons, and that is as much as three big lorries can.

Alappuzha has the peculiar geographical feature of having the water in level with
the land. This gives the advantage of getting

Kumarakom is situated 15 km
from Kottayam on the Vembanad lake is best described as a picturesque clean village like most places in Kerala.

The backwaters around Kollam, which extend from the Ashthamudi Lake, are exceedingly beautiful.

The southernmost district of theState,Thiruvananthapuram is bounded by the wooded highlands of the Western Ghats