Goa’s apex tourism body asks for charter flights to resume; CM Sawant says will write to Centre

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday that the state government will write to the Centre to take steps to revive tourism. Sawant’s statement came after a meeting with members of the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) and the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) that made a joint representation to the Chief Minister to allow charter flights to Goa from countries like Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhsthan by October.

Sawant said, “It (allowing charter flights) is in the purview of Government of India (GoI) and until the GoI does not give the permission, we cannot start. Even earlier this request had been conveyed to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Minstry of Tourism.