January 8, 2010 – 5:53 pm
The Goa tourism department has decided to censor all advertisements showing “bikini babes” as part of its fight against the growing image of the state as a sex-tourism destination. “Goa is a family holiday destination and not a sex tourism destination. We will make sure that bikini babes do not symbolise Goa tourism in future,” [...]
January 1, 2010 – 7:31 pm
An exhibition beach polo match mesmerised tourists here on New Year’s eve. Hundreds of tourists both foreigners and locals thronged the Inter Continental The Grand Resort Goa located at Raj Baga, Canacona, to witness the game. This variant of polo was organised for the first time not only in Goa but also in South-Asia. Only [...]
December 30, 2009 – 4:00 pm
Goa, which boasts of colonial Portuguese charm, sun-kissed beaches and great seafood, is gearing up to welcome domestic and international tourists during New Year celebrations. Ahead of the New Year, hotel occupancy has been reported to be full and people are enjoying themselves at beaches, and water sports like paragliding, and shopping at Goa’s famous [...]
December 30, 2009 – 1:47 pm
The year has been a sweet-and-sour one for Goa’s tourism industry. The ramifications of the global economic slowdown that began in September 2008 and the subsequent terror threats, reverberated through 2009 and are being felt right even in the present. The year has had its highs and lows: A high-profile international airline decided to add [...]
December 29, 2009 – 2:54 pm
Hundreds of foreign tourists attended a sunburn dance at a beach here on Monday. The two-day sunburn dance festival, which concludes today, is Asia’s Premier Electronic Music Festival.
The festival, which is into its third year, has invited global clubbing brand and dance behemoth Gatecrasher for the label stage. Shalindera Singh, organizer of the dance programme, [...]
December 28, 2009 – 10:39 am
The credit squeeze and worldwide economic slowdown appear to have not affected Goa’s hotel industry. The hospitality sector, in fact, is going through a sort of boom with project proposals for at least eight five-star hotels and resorts under various stages of completion. Seven of these have been registered with the department of tourism over [...]
December 22, 2009 – 4:35 pm
Christmas, the time when we receive and give gifts to our beloved ones. Stud Chetan Hansraj is waiting to get a gift from wife Lavinia and celebrate the festival.
“Christmas is celebration time at my home as my wife is a Christian so we have a big feast in our family. We have some real good [...]
December 20, 2009 – 5:39 pm
Chief minister Digambar Kamat on Saturday launched the online reservation system of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation at Miramar Residency, Panaji. The online reservation system will enable people to do bookings for any of GTDC’s services from the comforts of their home by just logging on to the GTDC website, http://www.goa-tourism.com.
GTDC’s services include accommodation at [...]
December 18, 2009 – 8:46 pm
A small state on India’s Western coast, Goa boasts of quaint Portuguese colonial charm, sun-kissed beaches and great seafood. Goa is also favorite haunt for domestic and international travelers, and Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors get the most out of a visit to this beach town.
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December 12, 2009 – 7:56 pm
Goa attracts a huge crowd during Christmas and New Year which flocks to its sandy beaches. Goa, with its inherent party culture, is the ideal venue for Christmas party and celebrating the birth of a new year amid fun and frolic.
THE TOURIST paradise Goa, also known as the Rome of the East and Pearl of [...]
