SYNOPSIS

LEISURE MARINA AND ENTERTAINMENT HUB

APOORVA DHEEPAK, 714711251008

INTRODUCTION
Tourism has played a major role in the economic development of various
countries all over the world. Even some of the countries like Mauritius, Maldives,
Thailand, etc. thrive mainly on tourism.

Marine tourism is getting more and more importance in Indian Tourism

sector and becoming major attraction for domestic as well as international tourists.
A marine tourism is a temporary short- term movement of people to destinations
outside their normal environment and activities within a marine setting economic
expediency. Marinas play a major role in the marine tourism. However, marine
tourism sector, along with traditional economic lines includes activities such as
ocean and coastal water transport, hotel and restaurants, island and beach resorts,
sea sports recreation, etc.

A marina is a dock (or basin with moorings and supplies) for yachts and
small boats. Marina normally caters the docking and related facility for passengers
or tourists through sea route. Marina is one major infrastructure facility, which
supports marine tourism. Hence, marine tourists are the major users of marina.
Marina attracts international marine tourists along with the domestic tourists. It is
a major foreign exchange earner for any country.

MOTIVATION
Marine tourism and yachting is fast growing in Kerala. Marina facility is
required for berthing and other services of yachts passing by the Kerala
coast. At present marina facility is available only at Cochin in India.
Thalassery located between Cochin and the tourist centre of Goa,
having beaches like the drive-in beach of Muzhuppilangadu and other
tourist attractions has potential for developing a marina. The proposal
comprise of mainly berthing, repairing and refuelling facilities for yachts and
club house, restaurant and recreation facilities for the tourists.

A leisure Marina will:-

 Create new opportunities to live , work and play

 Extend the city to have a greater exposure
 Expand the network of public places
 Connect green and open spaces

SCOPE
Marine tourism and yachting is fast growing in Kerala. Marina facility is
required for berthing and other services of yachts passing by the Kerala
coast. At present marina facility is available only at Cochin in India.
Thalassery located between Cochin and the tourist centre of Goa,
having beaches like the drive-in beach of Muzhuppilangadu and other
tourist attractions has potential for developing a marina. The proposal
comprise of mainly berthing, repairing and refuelling facilities for yachts and
club house, restaurant and recreation facilities for the tourists.

Recently, India also recognized the importance of marine tourism and the
Government and private investors started building the infrastructural facilities for
the same. There are many new marine tourist hotspots emerging in the country.
Realizing the potential and significance of Marina in marine tourism, there are
many new Marinas coming up in the country. Currently there is only one marina,
which had started operation in 2010 in India, which is at Kochi, Kerala. Further,
about a dozen new marina projects are at the nascent stage in India. The demand
of Marinas are increasing by every year.The State of Kerala is also becoming a
major destination for marine tourism along with others.
 The National Geographic Traveler adjudges Kerala as one of the ten
paradises of the world and it is famous especially for its ecotourism initiatives. Its
unique culture and traditions, coupled with its varied demography, has made
Kerala one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. With the fastest
growth rate, the tourism industry is a major contributor to the state's economy.

OBJECTIVE
The aim of the project is to design and create a fishing port with a
recreational space adjacent to it i.e a Leisure Marina at international standards,
keeping in mind the comfort and needs of the common people and the tourists
visiting the place

DESCRIPTION
The prominence of Marina in Marine Tourism is immense. Marina will
attract more and more foreign tourist to the location and thereby augment the
foreign currency earnings of the country.

Marina normally caters the docking and related facility for passengers or tourists
through sea route. Marina is one major infrastructure facility, which supports
marine tourism. A marina may have the following facilities apart from berths for
mooring yachts.

• Refueling facilities

• Washing facilities

• Repair facilities

• Ship chandlers

• Stores and restaurants

• Ground facilities

• Parking lots for vehicles and boat trailers

• Slipways or boat ramps to transfer a trailered boat into the water

• Boat hoist well (a traveling crane) operated by service personnel

• Parking

• Picnic areas

• Pubs

• Clubhouses

As Thalassery is an interim location between Goa and Kochi and it is close

to the safer access location for the yacht from Europe, it has the potential to attract
many of the yachts sailing through these routes. Further, the shallow depth and
presence of sand banks along with the rock formations acting as natural
breakwaters make the Sea at the Coast of Kannur calm and safe.

Goa and Mumbai are other major destination for cruise liners. These two
locations are faster becoming major cruise destinations. As the proposed marina at
Thalassery is in between Kochi and Goa, the same has the potential to emerge as
an interim cruise destination.

CASE STUDIES

1. Anchor Marina, Dubai

2.Xiamen, Shanghai, China

3. Kochi International Marina

SITE
Thalassery

Inside Moidupuzha near Dharmadam Tourism Village