This is a tourist map of Kerala. Kerala or Keralam is a state of India which is located on the south of India’s West coast. It is a famous tourist destination for its backwaters, Ayurvedic treatments and tropical greenery that is why upon searching for a tourist map, many maps of Kerala appeared on Google image search.
A tourist map is a type of thematic map which aims to promote tourism on a certain area. The activities that can be done on the place and the famous tourist spots are given emphasis on this type of map and the information on how to get there are also shown. Another thing that is an important information that should be on this map is the information regarding the mass transportation system like the airports and the railways since the target this map are tourists who in general, are unfamiliar with the place.
This map, even though not to scale provided the necessary qualities to be called a tourist map. The locations of the transportation systems are included, and also, the places are labelled. The basic elements of a map, like legend and North arrow are also present.
A flaw that I can see here is the size, to be of help to those who are unfamiliar with the place, the routes of Kerala should be seen, the main roads and the main streets. The simple question: “How to get there?” must be answered by a tourist map because its main purpose is to help tourist navigate and plan their itinerary and not just the simple information on what is where.
So I think this map is not that good because if I were a tourist carrying this map, this would not be of much help in navigating an unfamiliar place.
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