Tag «Goa»

Rental Markets Flourish While Buyers Wait for Political Results

National Property Index (NPI) grew by 1 per cent as per Magicbricks PropIndex (Jan-Mar 2014). The index in its third year showed that home-buyers preferred to be in the wait-and-watch mode due to the general elections.   “Capital values fell in all cities, except Pune. Over 30 per cent of the tracked localities registered a …

Goa Tourism announces Carnaval 2014

~ Tourism Minister Shri Dilip Parulekar speaks to media in Mumbai to unveil grand plans for this year’s event. Tourism department expecting over 2.5 lakh tourists. ~ The celebrations begin on February 28 with the Food and Culture festival and go on till March 4. Brazilian samba, live performances by Raghu Dixit Project and Strings …

Goa comes alive at the 28th Surajkund International Crafts Mela

February 6, 2014:  unique cultural and historical heritage of Goa came alive at the 28th Surajkund International Crafts Mela with the Chief Minister of Haryana Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda inaugurating the 15 day mela, in the presence of Dy. Chief Minister of Goa Mr. Francis D’Souza, Minister of Tourism Mr. Dilip Parulekar, High Commissioner of …

Goa observes 12% tourist growth in 2013

 ~Overall tourist arrivals up by close to 12% in 2013 from 2012. Domestic tourist arrivals up by 12.47% in 2013 as compared to figures from 2012   ~International tourist arrivals up by 9.27% from the previous year(2012). The number of foreign tourists coming to India during 2013, grew a modest four per cent between January …

Goa gears up for Christmas!

 Mumbai, December 19, 2013: The most awaited time of the year has finally arrived! As Goa comes alive with Christmas carols, decorated houses, fancy wreaths, multi-colored bells and beautiful Christmas trees. While celebrations are a plenty, the Department of Tourism has constituted strict measures to safeguard tourist safety, especially during this time of the year. …

Goa takes a step forward towards becoming a world class destination

New airport terminal, with increased passenger capacity, inaugurated recently, likely to be operational in January 2014 Beats Kerala to be voted as ‘Best Leisure Destination’ by CondeNast Traveller India’s Readers’ Travel Awards. The state had also won the award in 2012 Goa Tourism has approved of 28 projects that will be completed in the next …