CALANGUTE: After months of low tourism activities, a tourist rush during the ongoing Dussehra weekend has maintained tourism stakeholders in Calangute-Candolim on their toes.
It’s very chaotic in the Calangute-Baga area.
All Covid prevention actions are thrown into the wind with most visitors who do not wear face masks or maintain social distance, while popular restaurants close to the beach are also packed with capacity.
Plying public buses from Calangute to Panaji and Mapapa are also packed with all soups that are ignored in a hurry to bring maximum passengers.
Speaky tourists pamper the beach also made the coast guard on their toes rushed to the sea despite the red flag warning from rough sea conditions.
More than 50 people were saved by drowning in Calangute and Baga on Saturday and Sunday.
With the new tourism season officially at the beginning of this month and the Covid Case reduced, domestic tourist footsteps are expected to grow by Diwali in two weeks.
Given the large number of tourists expected, Calangute Panchayat recently held a traffic meeting and tourist police to ensure smooth traffic settings and ensure no illegal activities or harassment of tourists on the coast.
Panchayat said there would be zero tolerance against brokers, beggars and peddlers on the coast.