This city is India's largest city in the deep south, it is strategically prominent and hosts the Southern Air Command headquarters of the Indian Air Force ,the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station and the upcoming Vizhinjam International Deepwater Motherport.

Trivandrum is a major tourist centre, known for the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, the beaches of Kovalam and Varkala, the backwaters of Poovar and Anchuthengu and its Western Ghats tracts of Ponmudi and the Agastyamala. The city is ranked among the best cities to live in India. The city is also ranked as the best governed city in India