Goa set to attack European tourists
Tourism minister Manohar ‘Babu’ Azgaonkar said that Goa’s marketing strategy will be changed to boost tourist arrivals from traditional European markets. Tourism stakeholders also feel that it’s high time Goa tourism overhaul its marketing techniques to make the destination more competitive. The just-concluded charter tourist season ended on a happy note with a rise in […]
FOREIGN TOURISTS ILLEGALLY WORKING IN GOA
A thought provoking incident: Like many other illegally operating foreign tourists, Misha too was caught in the act. Misha was in Goa on a Business Visa for Mougali Tours and Travels Pvt. Ltd. A Russian National caught donning the garb of a tourist guide at Goa’s famous Dudhsagar Waterfalls in Collem. He was accompanying a group […]
Goan tourism past, present & the future
Back in the colonial times Portuguese men were referred to as ‘Paklo’, but after liberation (19th December 1961) another type of Paklo entered the scene. These white men and women did not use military force to conquer, they arrived as guest and gave boost to a tradition that still lives on; today known as ‘Tourism’. […]
