Kerala God's Own Country

Kerala is a well known destination for tourists because of its ayurvedic therapy, tropical greenery and clear back waters. Its Human Development Index is higher than all of India's other states. The literacy rate in the state is 94.59 percent which is also the country's highest. It has also been ranked by Transparency International as India's least corrupt state in the year 2005. Kerala has experienced the migration of its population in several waves, mostly to the countries in the Persian Gulf. The state depends heavily on remittances that come from the expatriate community of Malayalis.