The Indian government has been advocating eco-friendly tourism development on Havelock for a while now, and while it\'s the most visited of the islands it sees only a fraction of the visitors that crowd other island destinations such as Thailand. The pace of life is slow, the locals are friendly and still not too affected by tourism, and the facilities are moderately basic for the most part. While many of the lodges have \'resort\' in their names, none come even close, thankfully.

The beaches have been given a rather boring numbering system instead of names, although some names like Radhanagar are in popular use. The arrival port is at Beach #1, the junction at the center is Beach #3 (aka Govind Nagar), the junction near Dolphin Resort is Beach #5 (Vijay Nagar) and so on. Govind Nagar, the main "town", is small and has only a handful of shops and local dhabas. Most accommodation is grouped along the road from Beach #3 to Beach #5. From the \'junction\' near Beach #3 a road veers off to Beach #7 (Radhanagar Beach), the most beautiful spot on the island.

See

Radhanagar Beach 

Elephant Beach

Kalapathar Beach