Panaji (Goa)
After Goa minister Vijai Sardesai claimed section of domestic tourists as scum of the earth, state tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar threatened to chase away the tourists who don’t take care of Goan culture.
The minister was addressing the inaugural function of Food and Cultural Festival organised by state tourism department.
The tourists who come here should take care of Goa’s culture and Goanness, otherwise I will chase them away,” the minister told the crowd .
“I will not listen to anyone. I am saying this clearly,” he went to add.
Ajagaonkar, a legislator from MGP, said “We have to preserve our Goan culture and Goanness. We do not want tourists who sell drugs, we do not want hotels which sell drugs.”
His statement comes days after Sardesai had called section of domestic tourists as scum of the earth.
He had said that Goa should look at qualitative tourists and not quantitative