A tourist's haven?

As I sat with my book in the train today, a few foreigners came and sat next to me. I thought i nheard one of them say "...such a waste this journey is"...

This led me to wonder(not for the first time), that even though tourism is a huge thing in this state (and all over our country), we have really not made it worthy of being enjoyed. So what do these tourists come looking for? Poverty and garbage strewn places? Trains smelling filthy because of the unclean toilets inside them? People crammed in these trains? Roads with traffics so messed up?... Maybe yes.. I've seen calendars and books portraying our country like that..

But there's so much more!! Kerala is a place of such unbeatable scenic beauty not at all used cleverly as far as tourism goes... why isn't this beauty being put to good use? A long stretch of a river bank without dumped plastic bottles or bits of garbage is hard to find isn't it? Why not have a proper handout for tourists be prepared with basic information and be made available at the railway stations, So they know where exactly to go and how to get there. Why not have places being visited by tourists the most be cleaned up and probably charged accordingly(after all, all this cleaning up will definitely cost a LOT of money). Why not keep the trains clean...? (not just for the tourists)..

But then, what's the use of me writing it here .. just a random thought in my head.. 

Evangeline :)