Panaji: Chairman of the Minister of Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday that the state government had not made a decision to start tourism activities in the state, the government could “think positively” about continuing the industry.
Sawant also said that the state would write to the Government Government requesting that Charter flights be allowed to restart.
Sawant said that the state would consider the Covid situation in August and September, and then made a decision about restarting tourism.
“We are willing to restart tourism,” he said, adding that if the third wave reached, the decision to restart the industry can be canceled.
Sawant said that the travel association and Goa Tourism (TTAG) asked him to start a charter flight, to restart tourism.
“It’s within the scope of the Indian government,” Sawant said.
“Until the Indian government gave permission, we could not start charter flights.
I told them that the last time, we had asked to start Charters to the Ministry of Home and Tourism Union …” The minister’s chairman said that this time, the country would write to center.
“We are ready to open the tourism sector by taking all precautions and placing SOPs (in place), but until now, we have not finished it.
Ttag has asked us to start tourism in October,” Sawant said.
President Ralph De Souza Goa Chillber (GCCI) said that at least two months were required to prepare to start tourism.
He also said that charter flights can be permitted with restrictions that tourists cannot move from Goa as soon as they come to Goa with charter prices.
TTTAG and GCCI on Tuesday submitted a shared representation to the government to restart international tourism.
“Domestic tourism has begun in Goa, and if we take health prevention and start charter flights, it will be fine,” said De Souza, added that “we are not interested in starting anything (it’s dangerous).
We are interested in Start a business carefully “.
President Tttag Nilesh Shah said that Goa had to allow international tourists.
He also said that the Goa government had to talk to the United Government to open the channel to start rented tourism.
“If we make a decision now, then in October, international tourists can come to the country.” He said that tourists from Russia must be permitted.
Shah also said that the tourism industry was in poor condition, and the occupancy averaged around 25%.
He also said that only 1,400 hotels were open, and 2,000 others had not opened.
“The Goa economy depends on tourism, and almost 1.4 lakh people are directly or indirectly involved, which means that six lakh people are involved,” he said.
The representation of the two bodies submitted on Tuesday said that since the termination of international flights in March 2020, many operators had closed their offices.
“With Goa to be one of the leading countries for tourism, we propose that Charter flights be allowed to land from secure goals that enable Indians to travel to their countries with tourist visas, and international flights have been operating between two countries, such as Russia, such as Russia Ukraine and Kazakhstan, “he said.