Monthly Archives: November 2017

Goa Tourism extends support to #TeraMeraBeach Campaign launched today at Baga beach

Lots of big talk, its not just about doing such one off events that will help curb the pollution and garbage on the beaches. Do our beaches even have proper dustbins to discard the waste? Some beaches that do have … Continue reading →

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Goa in the list of top five Indian states in tourism

Really ? https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goa-in-the-list-of-top-five-indian-states-in-tourism/articleshow/61766283.cms The 5th biennial Hotelivate State Ranking Survey for Tourism done in association with the World Travel & Tourism Council-India Initiative (WTTC-II) has ranked Goa third in the list of top five states in tourism. While Delhi and Maharashtra are … Continue reading →

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GTDC: master plan to lay emphasis on sustainability of tourism

Any plan that is drawn out without taking the local stake holders into account is meant to be a plan only on paper. All local stakeholders on the ground have to be made accountable and have to share in the … Continue reading →

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Govt agrees in principle to 90% subsidy on taxi digital meters

The taxi owners and drivers have accepted dole from the government and now will have to dance to their tunes . They will now tell them who they should buy these meters from and who will service them and just … Continue reading →

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Cab owners in South Goa regret leaving traditional occupations

Unfortunately the taxi drivers because of a few black sheep in the pack have succumbed politicians who have never felt the need to sort out their grievances. They have allowed themselves to get carried away especially when there were viable … Continue reading →

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GTDC to push IPB for ropeway

Cabral yet again trying to gain back door access to projects that have no future . Nilesh Cabral insist that the rope way is a green project, indeed he sees it as green, as green as the cuts the contract … Continue reading →

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