GTDC plans new services before tourism policy release

The Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) has floated a tender for introduction of various new tourism-related services, preferably in view of the forthcoming tourism season, which commences on September 15, contradicting the statement made by Minister for Tourism Manohar ‘Babu’ Ajgaonkar, during the  recently concluded monsoon session of the state legislative assembly that the State Tourism Policy as well as the State Tourism Master Plan would be prepared by taking into confidence all the legislators, and all the new tourism-related services will reflect in these documents.
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The GTDC has, however, invited Request for Proposal (RFP) from single entities, joint ventures and consortia for introduction of new tourism services in Goa, the projects under the same being conceptualisation and end-to-end management of brewery tours on turnkey basis, conceptualisation and end-to-end management of bike tours on turnkey basis and conceptualisation, development, operation and maintenance of hanging restaurant. It clearly appears that these projects are either not part of the State Tourism Policy/ State Tourism Master Plan, and have been hurriedly implemented before the release of these policy documents by the government.

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