Manuel, Can't the same be said for other fields too? What about the economic value of in-migration into Goa? Or of corruption (can we forget the value-add of the robber barons of the USA of another day)? Of now-legalised casinos (but no betting on football or commonman's matka, of course!) Of "sex work" too?
Don't all these fields add economic value, have the potential to become "principal" (even if not principled!) "industries", and these could be called a golden goose and be seen as creating jobs too. At the end of the day, it's apparently got more to do with deciding what is in our (selfish) interest, and then finding the means to justify it. Besides all those inflated claims, has anyone done a cost-benefit analysis of tourism in Goa? I know we all love our cheap holidays to anywhere, but what is the economic reality? We need something realistic. Like: Cost Benefit Analysis of Local Tourism Development http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/modtd/33510407.html The impact of tourism on Florida's economy: telling the full story http://www.cefa.fsu.edu/florida_tourism03.pdf Projects in Kenya http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-83049-201_055040-1-IDRC_ADM_INFO.html FN PS: Hope Nandu won't see only the "foreign hand" in IDRC's in the last. Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 30 June 2010 06:52, manuel tavares <[email protected]> wrote: Bernado Colaco seems to have no concept regarding the economic value of Tourism. If Tourism, which is one of the principal Industries for Goa accounting for the creation of thousands of jobs, is eliminated, half the population of Goa would be without a source of income. It is like killing the Goose that lays the Golden Egg. What a stupid idea. I hope Benado has some solution for the thousands who would join the already numerous unemployed RG's in Goa.
