In Current Events - Go Go Goa, Why? By Manju, Chandigarh, India

  
Goa has always been the most haunted tourist destination, be it Indian or foreign tourist, every one wants to relish this tourist hub. But lately this small state famous for speckles and beautiful beaches and crystalline waters is fast getting blemished for a spate of antisocial activities taking place especially of foreign tourists. The cases of rapes and molestations are fast becoming talk of the day and the day is not far when this beautiful tourist destination will be a dumped one.

Following the incident of gruesome rape and murder of a British national, Scarlet Keeling, a German tourist from Munich on a week long holiday was harassed by pulling her swim-suit, while walking on the beach of south Goa.

Well, there have been many instances in the past when a foreign national tourist being harassed at the hands of locals have come up. Particularly the state of affairs of tourism is at the lowest ebb, when we talk about tourism dependent states like Goa, Rajasthan, Kerala and Mumbai and Delhi. Many cases of women tourists being molested have occurred since and many have gone unreported too.

It is a fact that many a tourists are routinely harassed in a myriad ways. Places attracting international tourism particularly with high volumes must be checked with a greater effort for such uncalled incidents. If this is the show, then what to talk about the treatment meted out to the domestic tourist?!!

 

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  • 30 March 2008, 12:54 PM Jasmin wrote:
    You are right, paradise turning to hell and I am yet to visit it!
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    1. 30 March 2008, 11:01 PM manju wrote:
      Jasmin, Goa is a wonderful place and you must visit it once. The beaches are beautiful and the waters are blue with tourists flooding the place, still it hasn't lost its beauty!
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      1. 31 March 2008, 4:29 PM Jasmin wrote:
        Thanks Manju and great that not all is lost!
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  • 7 April 2008, 11:47 PM Sunita wrote:
    Goa like many other tourist destinations in India has a host of problems, no doubt. The question is how many more such incidents will take place before the authorities take some concrete steps like beach patrolling as a preventive measure. Until then, as most guidebooks recommend, if you are a woman you should travel in a group. As for the Scarlet Keeling incident - I can't think of any Indian parent who would leave their minor child unsupervised in a place like Goa that has a reputation for similar ugly incidents.
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