Goa to tap river tourism sector

#GOA is planning to promote its rivers to attract more tourists and help transportation within the state. 

‘The state government will give priority to waterways and we have scope to develop waterfronts’ says Goa’s chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar.

Goa has 400 miles of viable waterways, and an additional 155 miles that could also be utilized if they are dredged and their navigation channels are deepened.

‘We should use our rivers as waterways and further reduce the pressure on our roads. We could also build river jetties in coastal villages and the hinterland so that the pressure created by tourism can be spread across Goa and not just along the beaches’, says Mr Parsekar. ‘Once we have investment, we could have job creation and diversify tourism in the hinterland from the coast.’

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