Goa looks at China to shore up falling foreign tourist numbers.
In order to boost the falling tourism numbers, stake-holders in Goa tourism are looking at China to tide over the slump in foreign tourists. Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) president Savio Messias on Wednesday said that there is a downfall in international tourist arrivals in Goa by almost 30-40 per cent.
Messias said that China offers a lot of potential for Goa markets.
The TTAG chief, who had participated in a Travel Mart at Chengdu city in China, said many Chinese are unaware about Goa.
“Promotions in China are different from the rest of the world. They don’t use Facebook, Google or Whatsapp. We will have to design websites in the Chinese language to reach to them,” he said.
Goa attracts around four lakh international visitors every year, whose number has gone down significantly in the last two years.
Russia and Britain are two long time markets for Goa.
