Finally VM is beginning to realize what I have saying for 20 years. We need more of these writings.
Jim Sent from my iPhone > On May 10, 2017, at 12:03 AM, V M <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/surviving-indian-tourism-tsunami/articleshow/58601519.cms > > Common knowledge across Goa's tourism spectrum was confirmed anew > earlier this week, when industry authorities released calculations > showing that foreign tourists outspend their Indian domestic > counterparts by at least 300%. The statistics for 2016 are stark and > unambiguous: an average Indian visitor to Goa spends around Rs 30,000, > while an average foreigner spends close to Rs 1 lakh while in the > state. Though multiple caveats apply, and this analysis is far from > comprehensive, there can be no doubt the findings are broadly > accurate. Every tourism stakeholder of Goa can supply ample anecdotal > evidence to back them up. > > Similarly, all involved in this vital sector of the economy can attest > to other inconvenient truths resulting from the dramatic proliferation > of low-budget domestic tourists, which has devastated the state in > just a few years. Almost all the garbage on the once-beautiful > coastline is thrown there by Indian travellers. Almost every single > incident of public nuisance involves visitors from the rest of the > country. It is only Indian men dressed inappropriately on the beaches, > who persistently make women uncomfortable with leering boorishness. > You will not find a single foreigner in the throngs urinating directly > on the dunes of Miramar beach every evening. > > Look further. Almost every single customer for the odious, universally > loathed casinos is a domestic traveller. Prostitution exists in the > state only because of Indians. Only desis come to Goa to sleep in > ... ... ...
