noni

Visa-on-arrival to woo Japanese tourists

'Tourism policy to be discussed in Jan'
15 Dec: Times of India. Tourism minister Nilkant Halarnkar said he would convene a all-party meeting in January to decide on long-term tourism policy and major projects in Goa


Goa tourism ministry allows vendors to operate on beaches
15 Dec: PTI. Vendors would now be allowed to do business on the beaches of Goa, a decision that has not gone down well with the tourism industry...

www.goanvoice.org.uk

k800mer

I have no problem with vendors on the beach but I think they should be licenced and they should have to set up stalls in specified places rather than hawk their wares around the beach.

Vagatorian

There are stalls on Little Vagator but it still doesn`t stop them mithering.

Vagatorian

Mickey back in the cabinet ? surely not

http://www.sify.com/news/ncp-asks-tw...raEbgcgjd.html

NCP asks two Goa ministers to resign
2010-12-17 00:40:00
Last Updated: 2010-12-17 00:48:08

Panaji: The Nationalist Congress Party, which is part of the ruling alliance in Goa, tonight asked two of its ministers to resign from the Digamber Kamat cabinet.

NCP Goa unit president Surendra Sirsat said that Revenue Minister Jose Philip D'Souza and Tourism Minister Nilkant Halarnkar have been asked to resign from the cabinet.

Sirsat said that the party has initiated an inquiry against both the ministers, who were reportedly huddled in a meeting with some Congress ministers on Wednesday night.

The resignation is sought to secure that the inquiry is impartial, he said.

The two ministers had panicked on Wednesday after NCP high command passed on the message to Chief Minister Digamber Kamat about dropping of one of the ministers from the cabinet, to accommodate NCP legislator Fransisco Micky Pacheco.

The former state tourism minister is likely to be inducted in the cabinet by next week.

NCP sources stated that both the ministers have refused to resign and have said that they will be visiting Delhi to air their views to the senior leaders.

prestonjohn

Well he does have over 13 million US Dollars in the bank from his days sawing patches on pants.Hes quite nifty with a sewing machine.He is a true son of the soil(sic)

johnny five

http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/...g-less-popular

Dont they ever get tired of the "they are encroachers/illegalities/its someone elses fault/no-one informed me" approach to dealing with problems in Goa?

What a rabble..........


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prestonjohn

What can you do if there are no tourists ? Ingos starts tomorrow night.My friend has a stall there and he has been working all week to get it right for the night, bless him...!As for the Fleece market in Anjuna, even the Russians are fed up with it and that's saying something......! The powers that be up on the plateau, Porvorim, are banking on the Japanese coming in droves next year to fill the gap left by the Brits and other Euros, i keep wondering what drugs they are on because i would love to try them...getting a little fed up with Tuborg and chips.

tarkacreek

Declining tourists (Herald letters|).

Declining tourist numbers
Jon Jons, Calangute
Goa suffered last season from a decline in tourist numbers from Europe. This time, the suffering is more. The voices of people cry out to no avail. They come and bring the hard currency which provides Goan families with income for many years.
One visa fiasco after the other has made them fed up. While other countries welcome foreign visitors, India is just the opposite.
Tourists are also fed up with taxi drivers who charge double the rate. When will Goa follow the rest of India and make taxi meters mandatory?
Power cuts are another issue, that fail constantly. Why are more and more buildings allowed, when there is insufficient power? There is constant spitting and urinating. Rubbish is dumped everywhere, when facilities are available, for collection. Goa is actually going backwards at an accelerating rate.

dreadsoc

At last.............. A Goan who has hit the nail squarely on the head ! That is of course if the writer is Goan..............

Dread - x

a_f_d

You're in India - the local diet is ketchup and chips! <bg>

AndyD 8-0#

iain492001

*** Now, Govt to sell fruits, vegetables on Goan beaches - Times
of India
un Goa StateHorticultural Corporation Limited (GSHCL), will have
20 solar energy carts selling vegetables and fruits at
subsidized rates. ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...ow/7135999.cms


Whatever will they think up next? The beaches will soon start smelling like Calangute veg market, let alone looking like it. What are these guys ON?

And where will the tourists be coming from?

sandyscot

Sound slike a great job pulling a cart along the beach, especially at high tide. Where do you get the application forms? I do not think that the beach will smell like a fruit market, more like a cattle market, as they will come down in even greater numbers to eat the left overs.

Vagatorian

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k800mer

And who do they think will buy the vegetables. Tourists do not cook, they eat out all the time and the Goan and Indian Governments are trying (and succeeding in some cases) to stop the long stayers going there and they would not pay the prices that will be asked on the beach. mad.

a_f_d

today's Heraldo <g>
AndyD 8-)#