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Updated On: 05 December, 2009 08:31 AM IST | | Agencies
Dispute over allotment of beach shacks during peak season has resulted in a stand off that is harming both the state's tourism industry and small-time shackowners
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Dispute over allotment of beach shacks during peak season has resulted in a stand off that is harming both the state's tourism industry and small-time shackowners
There is little business at the Goa beaches at the start of the peak tourist season because the process of alloting beach shacks has been delayed.
"I have never seen Goa like this. It is so lifeless. Look at the beaches. It's only private shacks that are open presently and they are very few.
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It is a very disappointing scene," said Abhishek Gupta, a tourist from Mumbai.
A dispute between the Shack Owners Welfare Society (SOWS) of Goa and The Goan Traditional Shack Owners' Association (TGTSOA) over the criteria of allocation has delayed the process.
There is little business at the Goa beaches at the start of the peak tourist season because the process of alloting beach shacks has been delayed.
"I have never seen Goa like this. It is so lifeless. Look at the beaches. It's only private shacks that are open presently and they are very few.
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It is a very disappointing scene," said Abhishek Gupta, a tourist from Mumbai.
A dispute between the Shack Owners Welfare Society (SOWS) of Goa and The Goan Traditional Shack Owners' Association (TGTSOA) over the criteria of allocation has delayed the process.
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