The recent discovery of a huge treasure at Sri Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram has made it a big tourist attraction. According to Travel Operators, there is a greater demand for packages that includes the visit to Temple from the Tourists who are planning tours to the Kerala capital during the Ramadan, Vinayaka Chathurthi and Onam festival season.

As a result, the temple now figures in backwater packages of Kollam and Alapuzha and also on featuring Coutralam, Amba Samudram and Kanyakumari.