Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): Though Kerala has relaxed COVID regulations and opened up beaches, the Kovalam Beach in Thiruvananthapuram district, which has always been a paradise for foreigners and the tourists from other parts of India, wears a deserted look.
Presently, the only visitors at Kovalam are a few residents from Thiruvananthapuram city and those from the bordering state of Tamil Nadu. No foreign tourists have been visiting Kovalam, even after the COVID regulations were relaxed.
Except for a few foreigners, who have been stranded in Kerala during the COVID lockdown, walking along the beaches in the mornings, Kovalam beach seems empty. A few locals come by to spend their evenings in the empty beach.
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People in small groups from the nearby border towns in Tamil Nadu visit the beach occasionally.
With no crowd and tourists here, even these scanty visitors who turn up here seem to lack the spirit.
Kovalam beach, like many other places in the state, is unlikely to be crowded by tourists and travellers until all COVID regulations are completely relaxed. The foreign tourists are also unlikely to visit until the pandemic scare settles completely.
The vendors and small businesses at Kovalam are also sparse with the lack of enough visitors at the beach.
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