I would let Goa rot even more. Let the stink build up. That way, not just Germans, but even the Russians and Desi tourists would stop coming to Goa. In a way, I would like to see the tourism industry killed!
I am of the opinion, that tourism is NOT helping Goans. Its helping non-Goans make money off of Goans. Show me one hotel that is paying decent enough salary to Goans with which he/she can afford to buy a plot/build a house/purchase an apartment AND pay for expenses to raise a family of four. It is tourism that has driven the prices of groceries and fish, way above the purchasing power of local Goans. It is tourism that has helped the real estate prices to rise to un-affordable levels of local Goans. It is tourism that has brought drugs and other riff-raff that usually accomapanies such habits, that has made Goa the source of un-flattering headlines. Take the case of housing plots. A typical seller expects to fetch Rs 5,000 to 7,000 per sq mt on his land. Assuming one would need at least 300 sq mt plot to build a small house, he/she would need to spend at least Rs 1,500,000 (15 lacs @ Rs5000 per sq mt) - just to purchase the plot! To this, add the cost of building a house. A typical low cost house would now-a-days cost at least another Rs. 1,500,000. This would mean, one would need at least Rs 3,000,000 (30 lacs) to acquire a modest plot and a really modest house. Alternatively, one could possibly get a small two-bedroom apartment for about the same money. How many Goans do you think, earn/save this kind of money in Goa on tourism related industries? If there are not that many, aren't we better off without tourism? Jim F New York. --- On Sun, 12/5/10, vivek araujo <[email protected]> wrote: > From: vivek araujo <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] 'Filthy, expensive Goa no longer attracts German > tourists' > To: [email protected], " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 10:56 AM > Nice article and very interesting > facts too, but can someone suggest a solution Please ? > > --- On Sun, 5/12/10, Goanet News Service <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Goanet News Service <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Goanet] 'Filthy, expensive Goa no longer > attracts German tourists' > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sunday, 5 December, 2010, 8:51 AM > > 'Filthy, expensive Goa no longer > > attracts German tourists' > > 4 DEC, 2010, 06.51PM IST,IANS > > > > PANAJI: Goa is no longer a favoured tourist > destination for > > Germans because it is "expensive and dirty", the > Indo-German > > Friendship Society Goa (IGFSG) said on Saturday. > > > > Speaking to reporters here at a press conference > called to > > announce a weeklong celebration to mark the arrival of > the > > first German hippies to Goa sixty years ago, IGFSG > president > > Aurobindo Xavier said Goa's inability to tackle the > garbage > > disposal issue had affected Goa-bound tourist traffic > from > > Germany . > > ... ... ...
