CRZ can bring back Goa's green beaches
23 January 1997 23:23 ISTThe Coastal Regulation Zone notification issued by the central environment ministry may severely hit Goa's much publicised beach tourism as hundreds of hotels, resorts and guest houses found to have come up in the coastal ... READ
Is Goa's tourism growing the healthy way ?
09 January 1997 23:24 ISTEnsconced on the slopes of the Western ghats, Goa is called a paradise on the western coast of the country. But more than the Sahyadri ranges, extensive paddy fields and fine network of navigable waterways, ... READ
Ancestral Goa : Pride of Today
08 January 1997 23:25 ISTAncestral Goa is a sole creation of Mahendra Alvares, an artist running an advertising agency, from a picturesque Loutolim village. While the village, hardly 8 kms from Margao, is slowly getting "converted" into a modern ... READ
Asia's first City of Old Goa in shambles
08 January 1997 23:24 ISTOld Goa, the first city in Asia built by mediaeval Europeans in the 16th century, is in shambles today. The demand from historians, preservationists and archaeologists to recreate the flavour of 16th century has been ... READ
Anti-casino front plans state-wide stir
27 December 1996 23:26 ISTThe anti-casino war is heating up in Goa with all the political parties, joining hands with the local NGOs, planning a protest rally on December 6, when Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda would visit ... READ
Goa plans unique oceanarium at Miramar
20 December 1996 23:26 ISTGoa will be the first state in India to have one of the world's largest oceanarium by 1998. It would be built, owned, operated and managed (BOOM) by an Australian firm - Studio C, through ... READ
Japanese aid sought for tourism infrastructure
15 December 1996 23:27 ISTSeeking financial assistance from Japan, the tourist state of Goa is planning to improve its infrastructure for sustainable tourism development, with a plan to implement it during the ninth five year plan, if the proposal ... READ
NGOs, parties join hands to oppose casinos
20 November 1996 23:28 ISTGoans are waking up in protest of the state government's plan to set up offshore casinos, the first of its kind being introduced in the country "to promote international tourism".While the ruling Congress party is ... READ
It's now Morjim villagers fighting anti-people tourism
07 November 1996 23:29 ISTMorjim - a picturesque village situated on the banks of Chapora river in North Goa - is still peaceful, unaffected by tourist influx. But Temb, a small locality of traditional fishermen situated on the bay ... READ
CM-tourism dept. clash over shacks issue
07 November 1996 23:28 ISTIn a sudden volte face, Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane has allowed the locals to erect shacks, the makeshift huts, on the Goan beaches. But as the tourism department is delaying issuing of licences, the shack ... READ
