Tourism Watch - South India
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| Total Reports | Avg Reports Per Day | % Verified |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 0.03 | 100% |
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Working with children to uncover sex tourism networks 0 Verified
13:58 Mar 06, 2012
Kovalam Beach, a few miles south of Trivandrum (South Kerala) has been a popular tourism destination since the 1960s. Frequent reports of sex tourism...
The fight against child sex tourism in Mahabalipuram 2 Verified
13:25 Mar 06, 2012
Mahapalipuram (also known as Mammalapuram) is an international tourist destination aprox. 30 km south of Chennai. The site is famous for its Cholan granite...
Fighting for the right to worship 0 Verified
13:30 Mar 05, 2012
In Arthungal, 30 km north of Alappuzha in Kerala, South India, the Kerala Independent Fishermen's Federation has been one of the most active local groups...
Alleppey family gives up home: resort wins 0 Verified
23:12 Feb 15, 2012
A family decides to fight a neighboring resort for the right to fish, live and remain in their property. A poignant story of courage and tenacity.
Muhamma...
Artificial reef built off Kovalam a failure 0 Verified
15:33 Jan 21, 2012
Tsunami Rehabilitation Funds were used to build an artificial reef off the coast of Kovalam designed to attract surfers to the area. Unfortunately this...
Thoothukudi: human rights abuse in the name of ecotourism 0 Verified
22:52 Jan 10, 2012
An example of how locals are asked to make enormous sacrifices in the name of nature conservation, while tourists enjoy sacred and fragile locations....
Success in Kovalam Kanyakumari: community finds a way to prevent land speculation and price hike 1 Verified
22:23 Jan 10, 2012
A small village in South Tamil Nadu faced aggressive land grabs. The villagers found a way to preserve their land, but at a cost.
“Fun Begins Where Land...
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Displacement and land rightsAlleppey: shell collectors' eviction pointless 0 Verified
13:16 Jan 10, 2012
Shell collectors near Alleppey are still waiting to reap benefits promised by a tourism developer to whom they sold their land.
Shell collectors from...
The right to sell fruits in Kovalam 1 Verified
13:01 Jan 10, 2012
Many websites and tourism guidebooks describe the “fruit ladies” who work on Kovalam Beach as a nuisance or a threat to holiday makers. And for many who...
Water shortages and pollution: a life-threatening problem in Alleppey 0 Verified
13:55 Jan 09, 2012
Field visits and research have brought so many reports of water inequity that this map could not contain them all. Please take a look at the videos, images...
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Working conditionsBekal: 50,000 jobs promised, 500 created 0 Verified
12:39 Jan 03, 2012
A very old trick in tourism: promising a huge positive impact for the local community, and simply not following through.
More issues related to the Bekal...
MGM resort - trading precious water against low-paid jobs 1 Verified
13:51 Dec 26, 2011
A perfect example of how resorts co-opt precious resources like water of land, offering only low-paid jobs to a few people in return.
MGM is an amusement...
Special Tourism Zone in Manapet bound to limit locals access to basic resources 0 Verified
13:06 Dec 26, 2011
Manapet is a small village located around 15 kms from Puducherry. In 2008, the Puducherry government approved the establishment of a "Special Tourism...
Kadalur Mega Tourism - a local community learns to fight for its rights 0 Verified
13:43 Dec 23, 2011
A community in North Tamil Nadu is learning how to fight the development of a major tourism resort in their area - which might well significantly limit...
Hotel Taj in Kovalam (TN) privatizing beach in the name of CSR 0 Verified
13:03 Dec 23, 2011
When resorts donate money or resources to the local community, it is not always philantropic. Often, it hides other motives.
Kovalam (Cove long, in Tamil...
Displacement of 19 families in Bekal 1 Verified
23:43 Dec 19, 2011
A search on Google will present Bekal as India’s first well planned tourist destination – a model of well integrated tourism. However, today the northern...
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Displacement and land rightsPuddu Mermelli Kuppam community pushed from costal land 0 Verified
12:41 Sep 26, 2011
Are beaches for fishermen or for tourists? Yet another report of a fishing community being relocated away from the beach, losing access to its only livelihood....
Displacement of Karikattu Kuppam Fishing Community after Tsunami 0 Verified
17:24 Sep 12, 2011
One more example of fisher folks relocated to make room for tourism.
Karikattukuppam is a fishing hamlet of about 1000 inhabitants forming part of the...
Locals chased away by police as land is bought for tourism 1 Verified
17:17 Sep 12, 2011
Does tourism development justify diverting public funds and using police actions against local people? It looks like it does in Kanyakumari.
Chothavilai...
Houseboat Menace in the Kerala Backwaters 0 Verified
17:08 Sep 12, 2011
An overview of all the issues faced in Alleppey. And that's a checkmark in 5 out of the 8 categories on this map!
One of the major attractions to Kerala...
