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The wide tourer footfalls went up by 6.23% from January to September this twelvemonth arsenic compared to the corresponding play successful 2024, State Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte said connected Friday (October 31, 2025).
Speaking to reporters, helium stated that portion home tourer arrivals accrued by 5.36% — rising from 69.24 lakh successful 2024 to 72.96 lakh this twelvemonth — planetary arrivals saw a important emergence of 29.33%, up from 2.59 lakh to 3.36 lakh visitors.
Tourism continues to lend astir 16.43% to the State GDP and provides 40 to 45% of nonstop and indirect employment, helium said.
“For the archetypal time, Goa has seen maturation during the monsoon months, showing the occurrence of our efforts to beforehand year-round tourism,” Mr. Khaunte added.
According to him, the State has expanded its planetary scope to caller destinations, specified arsenic Yekaterinburg Novosibirsk and Moscow (all successful Russia) and Kazakhstan, with 34 charter flights from Russia and Central Asia arriving successful October alone.
TUI Airways from the U.K. volition soon commencement nonstop flights from Manchester and Gatwick, expected to bring successful 30,000-40,000 tourists.
Highlighting the State’s absorption connected liable tourism, the Minister said the authorities had taken strict enactment against sub-letting by shack operators, cancelling six licences this year. He said permissions for shacks and watersports activities were granted connected clip to guarantee creaseless operations astatine the commencement of the season.
The authorities volition soon notify the Aerosports Policy and Wellness Tourism Policy nether the ‘Goa Beyond Beaches’ inaugural to beforehand adventure, MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions), wedding, and eco-tourism, Mr. Khaunte said.
He added that these initiatives besides purpose to enactment women-led and community-based enterprises.
Mr. Khaunte besides announced the Certified Tourism Facilitator Programme, nether which 72 guides person already been certified, and a caller registration strategy for formation photographers to forestall malpractices. A peculiar strategy for Goan residents (Niz Goenkars) moving arsenic formation photographers volition beryllium launched soon, helium said.
The Minister said ₹472 crore had been sanctioned by the Centre for projects nether Swadesh Darshan, Town Square, Unity Mall and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial.
“Goa volition present absorption connected processing a ‘concert economy’ to boost tourism infrastructure and make a vibrant amusement ecosystem. With caller policies, partnerships, and inclusive initiatives, we are moving from enforcement to empowerment. Goa’s tourism communicative is present driven by collaboration, responsibility, and innovation,” Mr. Khaunte said.
