GOA: GOVT SPOILS NEW YEAR PLANS AT ANJUNA CLUB FOR WANT OF PERMISSIONS
Panaji (Goa): The Anjuna beach side party house Club NYEX, which was recently in the news for all wrong reasons, has been slapped a notice by North District Collector barring to hold any New Year party for failing to obtain mandatory permissions. The Club, slated to hold a series of events starting tonight till December 31, has reportedly not obtained…
READ more..
GOA: IT’S TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR PARTIES HERALDED
Panaji (Goa): The street next to Mary Immaculate Conception Church in Panaji city was flooded with the parishioners and tourists last night as State celebrated Christmas, one of the most important religious festival of the coastal state. With the peeling of Church bells in the midnight and the masses praising Lord Jesus Christ, Goa ushered into Christmas festivities with the…
READ more..
GOA: NEPHROPLUS HOLIDAY DIALYSIS TO BOOST HEALTH TOURISM IN GOA
Goa (Margao): Holiday Dialysis by NephroPlus is all set to boost health tourism in Goa a big way. Now dialysis patients can look forward to their dream holiday destination Goa with NephroPlus offering different travel packages. It is customized as per the guest needs. The duration and place of holiday has to be submitted and Holiday dialysis launched by…
READ more..
GOA: CASINO POLICY NEXT MONTH, CM
Panaji (Goa): The policy to shift off-shore casino vessels out of River Mandvoi will be announced next month, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said today. Parrikar said that government will bring in an amendment to the Gambling Act in a bid to facilitate the policy during the forthcoming Budget Session in February. “The casino policy is ready. I will be circulating it…
READ more..
GOA: PARRIKAR SCRAPPED HIS OWN DREAM PROJECT, GTDC NOW LOOKS FOR REGULAR PROCESS TO EXECUTE ROPEWAY
Panaji (Goa): Failed by the Investment Promotion Board, GTDC now has to resort to regular process to execute its ambitious ropeway project linking Panaji to Reis Magos. “We had moved the proposal before IPB to get the project of ropeway executed faster. But now since they have refused it, we will have to go through regular process to get it…
READ more..
IN PRINCIPLE APPROVAL FOR TWO EDMs BUT DATES A MAJOR PROBLEM
Panaji (Goa): As the peak tourist season is set to roll the carpet for scores of entertainment shows, Goa government has in principle granted permission to two new electronic dance music (EDM) festivals subject to conditions. Sources inform that since both the events are coinciding in the last week of December; the State Level Permission Committee (SLPC)…
READ more..
DUDHSAGAR WATERFALL OPEN FOR VISITORS FROM TODAY
Panaji (Goa) Goa’s famous Dudhsagar Fall is thrown open for visitors from today. The tourism season in the State has commenced and the waterfall is one of the prime attractions, which is visited by thousands of tourists both foreign and domestic every year. The entry to the waterfall was closed owing to the four month long monsoon season from June to September. The…
READ more..
GOA: INSPECTION OF SHACKS FROM TOMORROW
TEAM TNV Panaji (Goa) A joint team of Tourism Department, Goa State Pollution Control Room (GSPCB) and Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) will begin inspection of the shacks erected along the beachside for the ongoing tourist season. Though not all the shacks, which were granted provisional license have come along the coastline; only those which have…
READ more..
GOA: GOA TOURISM POWERS AHEAD WITH TWO HONOURS AT NATIONAL TOURISM AWARDS
Panaji, September 27: The Goa Tourism carved itself a milestone this World Tourism Day. For the first time in its history, the state has bagged two prestigious National Awards for 2015-16– Most Innovative use of Information Technology: Social Media/Mobile App by Goa Tourism Development Corporation and Best State/UT Comprehensive Development of Tourism (Rest of India) (Third Prize – Joint…
READ more..
CULTIVATE GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF BIODIVERSITY AND BE A PART OF GOA’S TOURISM SUSTAINABILITY: CABRAL
Panaji (Goa): The Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) has impressed on the Goa University (GU) students to cultivate greater knowledge about Goa’s rich and vast bio-diversity and be part of tourism sustainability for the growth and betterment of tourism in Goa. During an interraction with the Botant student of GU, GTDC chairman Nilesh Cabral informed that…
READ more..
