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First the sour grapes. Vanessa Quadros in HERALD (27/1/06). "Mopa airport is
not Goa's loss. ..[It] would have provided the greatest benifit (sic) to
Maharashtra ... Goa does not need more low budget tourists. We need tourists
who will spend money in not only the hotels but the towns of Goa." But from
what Ms Quadros points out subsequently, Goa will be lucky if it gets ANY
tourists. "This is not a situation which will encourage tourists to come to
Goa and spend their money", she says, ruefully.
Then there is the utterly short sighted editorial regarding the CM's talk
about "twin airports". "Identify viability" it begins. And what does this
mean? "Will incurring thousands of crores benefit the average Goan?" it asks
archly. It all depends on the kind of airport we build in Mopa, right? You
can have a small functioning domestic airport for a hundred crores or less.
And you can have the monstrosity of a thousand crores. Dont tell me Goa cant
afford a measly hundred crores to secure its future viablity. Cheers.
