Goa travel mart in October
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‘Refresh Goa!’ is the theme of the second three-day Goa International Travel Mart (GITM), scheduled from 21-23 October.Dubbed as “the state’s biggest industry event”, the GITM is organised jointly by Goa tourism development corporation (GTDC), the state tourism department and others, Times of India said.Elaborating on the theme, GTDC managing director Nikhil Desai was quoted saying saying that GITM would stress on looking beyond Goa’s beaches and focus on the state’s as-yet unexplored hinterland, heritage, churches, temples and cuisine, among others.Desai added that GITM would be tailor-made to facilitate smaller players from Goa’s tourism industry to achieve global outreach.Stressing on the need to go beyond Goa’s beaches, Desai said “the sands are tending to slip” with stiff competition from Sri Lanka, Dubai and other neighbouring locations. Goa has not reached the half million mark, yet, in foreign tourist arrivals and neither is it in the top bracket in domestic tourist arrivals, he added.
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