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Tourism of Goa

Goa is a tourist destination where people flock to from all across the globe. The basic image that most people get of Goa is not the same as what they get about any other state in India. Today Goa invokes the image of stretches of beaches with prancing holiday-hoppers. The boom of Goa tourism caught up from the Hippy era onwards.

In the 60's the virgin beaches and beckoning palms of Goa allured the ecstasy and cheap dope seeking Hippies to its coast. They carried back tales of this 'new-found land's' unspoilt beauty. From then on began Goa's romance with the holiday-hoppers.

The first full fledged tourism in Goa began with the arrival of Chartered flights to Goa. It ushered a new breed of tourists - the moneyed class who were not looking for either cheap dope or ecstasy. They came to Goa expecting to holiday in world-class standards. Goa however, was ill-equipped. But the fever had caught on. All of a sudden Goa saw a boom in real-estate with travel and hotel companies soliciting for land. The Government obliged because it was a development to the state economy. So hotels and other amenities flourished to meet the demands of the influx of tourists.

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