All Goa hotels full: Chief Minister says influencers sending wrong message
1 week ago

All Goa hotels full: Chief Minister says influencers sending wrong message

India Today  

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has rejected claims by some social media influencers that tourists were ditching Goa for other places and criticised them for sending the wrong message about the state. Sawant's remarks came after some influencers posted photos and videos of near-deserted beaches, restaurants and roads and claimed that Goa was devoid of tourists during Christmas and New Year celebrations. However, the Chief Minister denied that Goa was empty during New Year's festivities and said all tourists, including those from India and other parts of the world, were coming to the state in large numbers. Slamming the influencers for claiming that Goa was empty during the New Year's celebrations, Sawant said, "Some influencers keep saying on social media that tourists are not coming to Goa and are going to other places.

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Goa is empty? Tourist’s pics of deserted roads and beaches called misleading by some
1 week, 2 days ago

Goa is empty? Tourist’s pics of deserted roads and beaches called misleading by some

Hindustan Times  

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'Find a scapegoat in me': X user's open letter to Goa CM amid row over 'false' tourism data
1 month, 4 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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My Goa tourism post went viral because…: Entrepreneur slams police complaint
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My Goa tourism post went viral because…: Entrepreneur slams police complaint

India Today  

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Social media user fights back against Goa govt’s attempt to ‘shut down criticism’
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Social media user fights back against Goa govt’s attempt to ‘shut down criticism’

Live Mint  

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Goa Tourism files case against X user for ‘false data’ on foreign tourist arrivals
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2 months ago

Goa Tourism files case against X user for ‘false data’ on foreign tourist arrivals

Hindustan Times  

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Goa government files police complaint against entrepreneur for ‘false' tourism claims
2 months ago

Goa government files police complaint against entrepreneur for ‘false' tourism claims

Hindustan Times  

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‘Foreign tourists abandoned Goa,’ says social media post; govt files police complaint, warns ‘fake data’
2 months ago

‘Foreign tourists abandoned Goa,’ says social media post; govt files police complaint, warns ‘fake data’

Live Mint  

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2 months ago

The party’s over? Why Goa’s foreign tourism has dropped by 60 per cent

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Overtourism: 40 years ago, Goans protested with cow dung and rotten shrimps
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Hindustan Times  

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News 18  

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