Goa starts ‘Monsoon Trekking’ to boost tourism in hinterland areas

The Goa Tourism Growth Company (GTDC)lately launched the Monsoon
Trekking programme to spice up tourism in hinterland areas.

Whereas addressing the launch occasion at Tambdi Surla in South Goa, GTDC Chairman and Sanvordem MLA Dr Ganesh Gaonkar added that this transfer will assist enhance the economic system of the area and can additional assist to generate employment for locals.


As per the studies, greater than eight million vacationers go to Goa yearly, and most of them choose to go to the seashores to get pleasure from solar, sand, and the ocean throughout their trip. Nevertheless, now the Goa Authorities can also be specializing in hinterland tourism.

Referring to this, Gaonkar elaborated that there are a number of issues one can’t discover or see on the seashores. Nevertheless, in hinterland areas, one will get 100 per cent recent air freed from value, whereas they do not need to pay for it, he added.

He additionally assured vacationers of protected trekking, and added, “Your security is of utmost significance.”

Gaonkar acknowledged that the idea of
Atithi Devo Bhava can be made significant within the coastal state, and that the
Monsoon Trekking programme can be prolonged in different areas.

The Chairman additionally added that the vacationer guides can be educated by the GTDC and the Forest Division, and that solely licensed guides can be permitted to accompany vacationers.

GTDC Managing Director Nikhil Desai knowledgeable that the primary sequence of monsoon trekking has already began. “This can be a 4 hour trek, the place vacationers will get pleasure from watching natural world and the way lovely the hinterland is,” he mentioned.

He additionally added that this trek can be organised solely on Sundays.