Panaji: Increased inflow of domestic tourists is ruining Goa's reputation as an international tourism destination, a top travel and tourism industry official said, adding that the coastal state needed to restore the balance of inbound foreign and domestic tourists.

"Gradually we are losing the image of an international tourist destination. You find that more and more domestic tourists are creating an imbalance as to the kind of tourists that are visiting Goa. Domestic tourism brings us good revenue, but international tourism is necessary to sustain domestic tourism itself," outgoing president of the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) Francisco Braganca said on Saturday.