How the pandemic has changed the face of tourism in Goa
New set of travellers who prefer secluded resorts, hardship for small hotels, reduced number of airport pickups … the virus has turned one of India’s most popular tourist destinations on its head.
Hilton Goa Resort Lounge Pool.
Nothing deters Indians from travelling, when Goa is the destination. The lockdown may have restricted travellers for a few months owing to the mandatory COVID tests, but no sooner did Goa relax the rules, that there was an influx of domestic travellers from across the country.
Waiting to break-free and experience unbridled fun albeit in the form of ‘stayacations’ and ‘workacations’, from friend’s villas to budget hotels and way-out, but well-equipped five-star resorts, travellers sought them all.