There are numerous tourist attractions in Kerala if you are planning your holiday in “God’s own Country”. Kerala is located on the tropical southwestern coast of India. One of the most popular tourist destinations, Kerala's art and architecture, Ayurveda and spa, beautiful hill stations with great natural beauty, palm-fringes backwaters, breathtakingly beautiful beaches and magnificent monuments add to it the rich culture and tradition, abundant wildlife, world class hotels and gracious hospitality, it isn’t surprising that Kerala has been rated one of the 50 Places in the World to Visit in a Lifetime by National Geographic Traveller.The most popular tourist attraction in Kerala is undoubtedly the port of Kochi (Cochin), where the state’s long history of peaceful foreign contact is evocatively evident in the atmospheric old quarters of Mattancherry and Fort Cochin.