<He concludes that the state has no credible tourism policy. And that in the end this may be the best thing as it might only "hasten the demise of tourism in Goa" given the government's alleged ineptness!>[Self]
<India's software and BPO story is about to become an infrastructure story> [Self] These are excerpts from two posts I sent yesterday. If you take them together you will realise that Goa's tourism story is also basically an infrastructure story. More specifically, Goa probably does not have an official tourism policy as people suspect but unofficially its tourism scenario is indubitably dictated by the prevailing infrastructure situation. This infrastructure is in terms of: 1. Dabolim airport and its severe bottlenecks. 2. Konkan Railway and its constraints esp in the monsoons. 3. The road network of highways, major roads, village roads etc. 4. The hotel and hospitality businesses along wth heritage structures. 5. Last but not least the ecological environment of beaches, hills, waterways, forests, flora and fauna (which tourists seem prepared to risk life and limb and bank balances for a taste of)! [Have I missed something?] In a third post yesterday I had concluded: <the Goa government has to plan for the development of the state as a progressive 21st century environment balancing the delicate needs of both economy and ecology. This is a monumental task but its starting point may have to be the departure of the Navy from Dabolim.> [Self] This brngs us back full circle to the official vs unofficial tourism policy in that ultimately the Navy may be setting Goa's de facto if not de jure tourist policy by its strangelehold over Dabolim. If it relaxes that then Goa's government will not be able to play their silly political games and would have to concentrate on the real work of developing the state -- power and water supply, sewerage, garbage, road maintenance and drainage, law and order, traffic regulation, beach conservation, environmental protection etc etc in the interests of the state and its people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
