Before the Goa Assembly’s budget session, a top tourism body in the state has urged the Pramod Sawant government to allow chartered flights from “safe destinations” to improve tourism. In a memorandum to the state Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, The …

Goa was once thought of as a hotspot for Russian tourists, wild parties and hippies. But the destination is now witnessing a gradual change emerging as a favored spot for families in the midst of the pandemic. Ever since the …

There are no takers for crocodile spotting and other nature-based adventure boat trips and excursions in the absence of foreign charter tourists in Goa, said the tourism stakeholders. Although most boat and water sports activities have resumed, they are not …

Goa, a western coastal state and major tourist destination, is welcoming visitors after months under a COVID-19 lockdown. But the comeback has been slow, and often painful. The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the tourism-dependent economy of Goa, a …

Over the last few weeks, groups of domestic visitors are driving numbers up in a tourist season that has witnessed bad times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While this trend could be encouraging for tourism, stakeholders have opined that a …

Hotels might not have seen advance bookings for the week in Christmas this year, but there is still good news. The hotels are seeing last minute guests and many of them are opting for drive downs in these times. Driving …

A Goa-based gau-rakshak organization Govansh Rakhsa Abhiyaan demanded in a memorandum to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant that tourists should be prohibited from eating beef in Goa, for stopping animal slaughter and sale of meat in the coastal state every day. …

The Goa Forward Party has demanded that the government should immediately denotify the GoaTourismPolicy, 2020, as it failed to address key issues in Goa.GFPalso demanded that chief minister Pramod Sawantreleaseawhite paperon the status of Goa’s tourismsectorand the process followed by …

In normal times, this time of the year marks the peak tourist season in Goa with beach shacks teeming with both foreign and domestic tourists. However, in these times of the pandemic, tourism sector in Goa, like elsewhere has been …

The charters will not be landing at Dabolim airport that quickly. The aircraft that fetched dollars and pounds in very decent numbers will not take off from their respective airports. This year, however, the rupee will rule the roost. Domestic …