Tourism and the hospitality industry is reported to be Goa's biggest employer and business. Regards, GL
> On Jan 25, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Rose Fernandes <mel...@orange.net> wrote: > > Recent reports are reaching us in the UK via various media that the tourist > season in Goa is in "sorrow" mode. No-one however should be killing the fat > goose, because after all these years, the fat goose has finally got it just > right, laying the perfect golden "Win-Win" egg. > > The first win, our Niz Goykars in Goa must be rejoicing that their land is > gradually being returned to them to live in peace. It must have been > horrendous all these years to live in a place where a large amount of people > descend during the tourist season causing conjection, traffic jams, loud > noise, ear drum bursting music, crowded buses, extra garbage being strewn all > over the place not to mention the rise in prices for their local commodities > like fish, meat, vegetables and other essentials as well as the all important > rise in airport landing fees in Dabolim and taxi fares, that is if you can > get one! Rises that probably do not match their purchasing power or salary > scales leaving local Goykars all disgruntled, fed up and wishing to obtain a > foreign passport at any cost to escape far from the madding crowd rather than > dealing with these issues themselves.
