Goa Tourism reaches Down Under

GOA TOURISM is attempting to tap the outbound leisure market from Australia and New Zealand, having recently concluded a promotional tour of Sydney and Auckland.

The western Indian state tourism body previously made similar efforts to garner increased arrivals from the US and Japan.

Swapnil Naik, director of Tourism, Government of Goa, said the roadshow and networking meetings during the tour elicited keen interest among outbound tour operators in Australia and New Zealand.

“There has been keen interest expressed by the travel and trade fraternity in Australia and New Zealand on adding Goa to the travel itinerary of the local traveller,” he said. “This is Goa Tourism’s first attempt to reach out to this distant market, and we look forward to making it happen.”

An area of concern is the flight connectivity from Australia and New Zealand to Goa. Since Singapore is a transit point for many Australians and New Zealanders, the possibility of Singapore Airlines being requested to operate a direct flight from Singapore to Goa may be mooted.

Goa, which has so far received more than 900 inbound charter flights for the year, currently gets most of its inbound traffic from Russia, the UK, Germany and Israel.

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