Indigo Holidays

A B2B DMC Specialising in Customised Leisure Holidays to the West Coast of India

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and host their parties and maybe we will find the right balance between development and growth. Maybe we should sit this one out and hope that our collective greed to mine the last bit of the beautiful view of Goa that has embraced us all won't be at its peril.

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In Japanese there is a term called Shinrin Yoku, which means forest bathing. It is a simple and therapeutic act of spending time in the forest. Now in Goa we do have forests. 33% of Goa is Green. The mighty western ghats one of the most bio diverse hot spots on the planet

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You grow your business at a very fast pace, opening many stores and outlets only to shut the non viable ones after testing waters. Maybe this is what Goa is going through, maybe this will slow down, maybe the elite will find other edens to plant their fancy swimming pools

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to our armed forces who made us all proud in their response to our leadership who guided us through this national tragedy. India showed the solidarity and maturity of a confident nation.

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The core tenants on which our country was founded celebrates this diversity and all credit to the men and women who led us on to this path. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about our neighbors, who adopted a different path that led them to be more radicalised.

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These cowards thought that they could achieve their agenda by killing unarmed civilians on a holiday. They were wrong, they were so wrong. Right from the first responders, the local Kashmiris, who opened their hearts and homes to the victims,

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Goa has been in the negative end of the narrative lately but trust us that it is only 1 part of the story the larger picture is very different, we say that with some conviction of being here for the last 2 decades.

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there is the inherent Goan laid back hospitality which is very difficult to articulate but very easy to experience if you are in Goa. Living and working in Goa has been a privilege for us, there is something here that attracts the dreamers,

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the story of Goa has so many lessons for all of us. If we learn from these lessons, we could be a better destination, citizens and state. We are writing to understand, learn and the spread the story of this tiny state and its wonderful people.

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Meaningful it surely will be if we manage to articulate successfully what we have experienced. There are so many stories, anecdotes and then there is the most beautiful and charming land of Goa. There are peers we admire and

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The primary reason to write here is for us to understand tourism in Goa with all its complexities, flaws and challenges.

To quote pioneering journalist Joan Didion "I don't know what I think till I write it down."

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With 2 decades plus of having worked in the tourism sector in Goa we have witnessed the transformation, there is a lot that we see in our rear-view mirror. The challenge now, is to document our experiences to make it meaningful.