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International Tourist Season Kicks Off With Kazakhstan Charted Flight Lands In Goa
The first chartered flight from a foreign country arrived in Goa on Wednesday, heralding the start of the international tourist season in the coastal state.
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"Domestic Tourists Will Come, Foreigners Will Take Time": Goa Governor
Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday said that the tourism industry will revive soon in the state and added that the coronavirus situation does not pose a long-term threat to it.
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Efforts On To Evacuate 2,000 Foreign Tourists From Goa: Top Travel Body
Amid the lockdown due to coronavirus, nearly 2,000 foreign tourists are stranded in Goa and efforts are underway to send them to their respective countries, a tourism body said today.
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Goa, Israel To Have Air Connectivity Soon
There will soon be direct flight connectivity between Israel's Tel Aviv and India's tourist hub Goa as a step to forge stronger ties between both nations, which completed 25 years of diplomatic relations in 2017.
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Spot Differences Between Tourists, Take Care Of Women, Goa Lifeguards Told
Lifeguards in Goa, in the past have often had to deal with unruly tourists, both domestic and foreign, over inebriated behaviour and defiance of swimming norms on beaches which includes wading into no-swim zones.
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Project Goa As Gateway To India For Foreign Tourists, Says US Consul General
Edgard Kagan, the United States consul-general in Mumbai, today said that marketing Goa to Americans as a stand-alone tourism hot-spot may not work, as many other beach destinations are closer for them.
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30% Less Foreign Tourists In Goa This Christmas, Says Travel Association
Tourists usually throng Goa during Christmas but this year seem to have given the coastal state a miss, as both foreign and domestic tourist arrivals have dropped 30 per cent, a local industry association said today.
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Goa Government Probing Foreigners Running Liquor Vends
The government is probing the allotment of liquor licences to foreign nationals in Goa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the assembly on Wednesday, adding that a new excise law is in the pipeline and a liquor licence will be allotted only to residents with extensive domicile.
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Over 5 Lakh Foreign Tourists Visited Goa in 2015: Minister
The foreign tourist arrivals in Goa crossed the historical five lakh mark during 2014 while the growth continued in the subsequent year, state Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar informed the Assembly today.
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Goa Tourism to Go Online for Tourists' Convenience
Goa Tourism would soon launch an e-commerce site to enable domestic and foreign tourists book online their board and lodging as well as activities like adventure and water sports, music festival tickets, restaurants and river cruises.
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Three foreign women robbed in Goa
Three women tourists - two Russians and a German - have complained of robbery and burglary in two popular beach villages in Goa.
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Foreign tourists to get collective landing permits
According to the revised procedure, foreign tourists in groups of four or more arriving by air or sea and sponsored by Tourism Ministry approved Indian travel agencies are to be granted collective landing permit for a period not exceeding 60 days.
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British travel advisory on theft, drugs in Goa
A British travel advisory has identified the Goan beach villages of Calangute and Candolim as hubs of theft and bag-snatching gangs. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advisory, updated on June 13, has cautioned travellers from Britain to be "particularly careful" in order to ward off bag snatchers, who often strike in the Candolim and Calangute b...
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Goa temple bans entry of foreigners, others impose dress code
Scantily-clad tourists in beach wear have not gone down well with temple authorities in Goa with some laying down a strict dress code for visitors and another barring foreigners.While the Mahalasa Narayani Temple at Mardol, 20 km from Panaji has put up a board stating that "Entry Restricted for Foreign Tourists", the Mangueshi Temple at Mangueshi v...
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Goa advises tourists not to ride around topless
The Goa government has asked foreign tourists visiting the coastal state to be dressed appropriately, especially while driving a two wheeler.
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International Tourist Season Kicks Off With Kazakhstan Charted Flight Lands In Goa
The first chartered flight from a foreign country arrived in Goa on Wednesday, heralding the start of the international tourist season in the coastal state.
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"Domestic Tourists Will Come, Foreigners Will Take Time": Goa Governor
Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday said that the tourism industry will revive soon in the state and added that the coronavirus situation does not pose a long-term threat to it.
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Efforts On To Evacuate 2,000 Foreign Tourists From Goa: Top Travel Body
Amid the lockdown due to coronavirus, nearly 2,000 foreign tourists are stranded in Goa and efforts are underway to send them to their respective countries, a tourism body said today.
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Goa, Israel To Have Air Connectivity Soon
There will soon be direct flight connectivity between Israel's Tel Aviv and India's tourist hub Goa as a step to forge stronger ties between both nations, which completed 25 years of diplomatic relations in 2017.
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Spot Differences Between Tourists, Take Care Of Women, Goa Lifeguards Told
Lifeguards in Goa, in the past have often had to deal with unruly tourists, both domestic and foreign, over inebriated behaviour and defiance of swimming norms on beaches which includes wading into no-swim zones.
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Project Goa As Gateway To India For Foreign Tourists, Says US Consul General
Edgard Kagan, the United States consul-general in Mumbai, today said that marketing Goa to Americans as a stand-alone tourism hot-spot may not work, as many other beach destinations are closer for them.
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30% Less Foreign Tourists In Goa This Christmas, Says Travel Association
Tourists usually throng Goa during Christmas but this year seem to have given the coastal state a miss, as both foreign and domestic tourist arrivals have dropped 30 per cent, a local industry association said today.
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Goa Government Probing Foreigners Running Liquor Vends
The government is probing the allotment of liquor licences to foreign nationals in Goa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the assembly on Wednesday, adding that a new excise law is in the pipeline and a liquor licence will be allotted only to residents with extensive domicile.
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Over 5 Lakh Foreign Tourists Visited Goa in 2015: Minister
The foreign tourist arrivals in Goa crossed the historical five lakh mark during 2014 while the growth continued in the subsequent year, state Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar informed the Assembly today.
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Goa Tourism to Go Online for Tourists' Convenience
Goa Tourism would soon launch an e-commerce site to enable domestic and foreign tourists book online their board and lodging as well as activities like adventure and water sports, music festival tickets, restaurants and river cruises.
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Three foreign women robbed in Goa
Three women tourists - two Russians and a German - have complained of robbery and burglary in two popular beach villages in Goa.
-
Foreign tourists to get collective landing permits
According to the revised procedure, foreign tourists in groups of four or more arriving by air or sea and sponsored by Tourism Ministry approved Indian travel agencies are to be granted collective landing permit for a period not exceeding 60 days.
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British travel advisory on theft, drugs in Goa
A British travel advisory has identified the Goan beach villages of Calangute and Candolim as hubs of theft and bag-snatching gangs. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advisory, updated on June 13, has cautioned travellers from Britain to be "particularly careful" in order to ward off bag snatchers, who often strike in the Candolim and Calangute b...
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Goa temple bans entry of foreigners, others impose dress code
Scantily-clad tourists in beach wear have not gone down well with temple authorities in Goa with some laying down a strict dress code for visitors and another barring foreigners.While the Mahalasa Narayani Temple at Mardol, 20 km from Panaji has put up a board stating that "Entry Restricted for Foreign Tourists", the Mangueshi Temple at Mangueshi v...
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Goa advises tourists not to ride around topless
The Goa government has asked foreign tourists visiting the coastal state to be dressed appropriately, especially while driving a two wheeler.
