Department of Tourism Kerala Government evaluates and awards the Best Tourism Service providers for all financial year. The Awards would be decided on the basis of the overall performance of the service providers with all the documents duly submitted by the service providers for gaining the license and classification of the property. Inspections are conducted to the property on a regular intervals to keep track of the performance, the quality of service being provided and also checks how genuine the service provider is.
 

In Homestay category of the Tourism Awards the officials checks the if there is a genuine family to provide the service to the guests and all other aspects that a Homestay should have.