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Foreign tourist arrivals show minimal growth amid crores spent on promos
The Free Press Journal
|November 07, 2024
'Taxi mafia', high costs and infrastructure blamed for decline
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Foreign tourist arrivals to Goa have continued to disappoint despite crores spent by the government on promoting Goa and offline campaigns abroad to boost numbers. The blame remains on the long-standing, unresolved "taxi mafia" as several social media users narrate the tainted ground reality of harassment and price gouging by local taxi operators.
This story is from the November 07, 2024 edition of The Free Press Journal.
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