Goa to expand its tourism potentials from sea beaches to rivers

Goa is known the world over for its sea beaches and, since its crowded beaches are crunching under pressure of growing footfalls, the state now wants to explore the tourism potential of its rivers. In the opinion of Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, a tourist who lands at Dabolim (international airport) should be able to head for Panaji or Calangute by a boat instead of by road alone - this will be an added attraction for a tourist coming to Goa.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 18 April 2016.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government in Goa wants to start water parks tourism and river-based transport systems and, does not want to bank too much on funding from the state or central governments - it would try to scout around for the right investors who can bring in the money and the technical expertise to execute such projects.
The priority will be towards waterways and develop waterfronts like the Chapora river and, from Chapora to Colvale (villages located along the course of the river), points (of tourist interest) could be developed. Goa has a number of main rivers like the Mandovi, Zuari, Chapora, Sal and the Kushwati. It also has several smaller rivers that criss-cross the state, especially in the hinterland areas. These do not have a healthy tourism profile and, that needs to be improved.
Incidentally, Goa attracts nearly four million tourists every year and half a million of them are foreigners.


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