In 1992, the Government of India declared Bekal as a Special Tourism Area. Extremely scenic landscape, extensive beaches, numerous estuaries and backwaters and unspoilt environs qualified Bekal as a potential site for an international standard beach destination.
In 1992 the Government of India declared Bekal as “Special Tourism Area” for integrated resort development. Thereafter Government of Kerala entrusted a multidisciplinary team consisting of planners, landscape architects, urban and transport specialists, structural consultants and tourism leisure industry experts with the preparation of project of project blue print for the development of Bekal.
The basic thrust of the project is sustainable tourism and is considered in terms of the socio-economic and environmental sustainability.