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The Goa Government today said that tourist arrivals by chartered flights have dropped sharply by 35 per cent in the current season owing to inadequate facilities at the airport.
“There is a drop in chartered tourist arrivals by almost 35 per cent compared to last year. A less number of chartered flights have arrived in the current tourist season,” the Goa Tourism Development Corporation Chairman, Nilesh Cabral, said.
A delegation of Goa Tourism Ministry, comprising state tourism minister Dilip Parulekar, Nilesh Cabral, tourism director Amey Abhyankar, and others met the Union Tourism Minister, Mahesh Sharma, and the Civil Aviation Minister, P Raju, to discuss the issues faced by the industry.
Problems encountered by airline operators at the existing lone airport in the state were also put forth.
He said 1,128 chartered flights had arrived in Goa during last tourist season against 850 during the current season till now.
“There is no facility at the airport for overnight parking. Also, there are restrictions in terms of landing of air planes because the airport is naval facility,” he said.
He said Goa is the only state where tourism comes by chartering flights.
The corporation is also pitching in for lucrative measures to boost the number of tourists.
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