Goa's 365 Day demographic-altering, tourism marketing pitch has uncorked a notoriously jagged spin-off ----- beer/alcohol bottles, carelessly tossed or dangerously smashed on beaches, highways and tourist spots.
As the number of domestic visitors nearly quadrupled in just six years(23 lakhs in 2012 to 70.8 lakhs in 2018) --- the propensity to mindlessly litter ---- is costing the exchequer crores of rupees to clean up after them. It is a problem that is angering community-minded local residents and harming the tourism industry, as discerning high spenders migrate away to cleaner beach resort locations. Worse, the cultural and ecological environment ---- particularly coastal and marine ---- notches unprecedented degradation https://india.mongabay.com/2021/02/alcohol-bottle-waste-a-transparent-problem-in-goas-beaches/