Two day workshop on "Tourism Policies and Encroachments" concluded in Thiruvananthapuram,(July 1-2 July 2007) organised by civil society groups in Kerala demanded state government for a appointing people's commission to evaluate the tourism development in the state. The workshop also called upon to central government to scrap its attempt to implement Coastal Zone Management Plan to undermine the Coastal Zone Regulation notification.

The constructions of the tourism project at Ozhinhavalappu in Kanhangad Municipality, Kasaragod District by the Chopra group is completely in the turtle nesting site which repel the turtles away from their paradise. Each and every one of you should appeal to the concerned to spare the breading site of the turtles.

"Incredible India Second International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations" organized jointly by Kerala Tourism and International Centre for Responsible Tourism (India), with India Tourism as partner, is, according to the organizers, a key global initiative for all its stakeholders to discuss and debate important developments in the tourism industry. This elitist event, on the other hand,is carefully planned to agressively push for a neo liberal agenda, sideline local community representation and silence the voices of genuine stakeholders.