Goa is now a two-time National Tourism Award winner

National tourism

Goa. India’s tiniest state. A jewel in the crown of India and for obvious reasons, everyone’s favorite tourist destination. There seems to be something for everyone in Goa. The beautiful beaches, fringed with gently swaying coconut trees, overlooking the glistening waters of the Arabian Sea, beckon. The cuisine ranges from simple local fare to exotic […]

Now hail a taxi your way with GTDC’s new taxi app ‘GOAMILES’

GOAMILES

Goa, with its view of the shimmering Arabian sea, swaying palm trees, fantastic eating joints and nightlife is one of India’s premier tourist destinations. Now, all this paints a very pretty picture but what doesn’t is the stress that a lot of tourists face on holiday when it comes to dealing with the taxi situation. […]

GTDC to bring back Goa’s beloved Kesarval Spring in Verna

spring

Goa’s iconic tourist spot Kesarval Spring fell on bad times over the last few years. What was once a marvelous location for a picnic, turned into a pile of garbage and reduced the spring waters to a mere trickle. Now, the GTDC plans to restore the area. The locals have also put their request that […]

Kesarval Spring is an iconic water body in the heart of Goa

Kesarval Spring

Located at Quelossim, just off the NH 17 which runs through the Verna plateau, lies one of Goa’s most iconic springs known as the Kesarval Spring. This spring used to be a well-known picnic spot for locals and tourists alike. The Kesarval Spring The spring gets its name from the word ‘Kesar-val’, from the Indian […]

Colva beach to be turned into an iconic tourist site in India

Colva beach

Goa has some of the best beaches in the country. The coastline is over a 100 kilometres running from the north to the south. Almost every beach in North Goa is full of tourists between October and May. These account for the foreigners that come to visit or even make the state their home for […]

Goa’s latest taxi strike leaves bitter taste in one tourist’s mouth

tourist

The latest taxi strike that hit the state really left a bitter taste in the mouths of almost every tourist that got stranded in Goa during the weekend. For the average tourist, domestic and international, it was an absolute nightmare with almost every taxi operator being off the street. Even though private vehicles and other […]

Loutolim: A peaceful lush green village in South Goa

Loutolim

Located in South Goa, the beautiful village of Loutolim with its lush paddy fields and magnificent Goan houses is truly something to behold. Some of the finest examples of architecture can be seen here in the numerous old houses and mansions that are scattered all over the village. It is also famous for the Ancestral […]

Make Goa expensive so that only foreigners visit, says Vijai Sardesai

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Over the last few days, the newspapers have been full of news stories referring to how many tourists hit the beautiful beaches of Goa for the Christmas season. Of course, most of these were unflattering as the kind of tourists that came to Goa were most unpleasant. They arrived by the truckloads and busloads. While […]

Calangute beach: Where the parties (and violations) never stop

violations

A New Year is here and with it comes another round of parties on the beach, especially on Calangute and Baga beaches. Unfortunately, along with these come the violations of the beach shack policy given by the tourism authorities. The violations on Calangute beach in particular Picture this. It’s sunset on the Calangute-Baga beach stretch. […]

Goa to keep Ola and Uber out, to launch it’s own app-based taxi service

GTDC app-based taxi service

Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) has announced it’s decision to launch an app-based taxi service for the state that will hire local tourist taxi operators. This is an attempt to solve the tourist taxi issue that has been brought to the government’s notice. The locals and the tourists have accused the taxi drivers of over-charging […]