Agra or Goa

Hi,

I have to say I completely disaggree with #13 (Assagao).

I've been to Goa eight times, and the litter/rubbish problem just gets worse year after year.

Why is that?

It's probably because nobody deals with cleaning up the place.

Blaming tourists for dropping rubbish is just not fair, I have personally never seen it happen yet.

What I have seen though, is local Goans or Indians desposing their rubbish wherever they please.

I am talking about a lot of Beach Shack owners, restaurant owners, hotel staff and the like.

These people (and the Goan local government), despite the big money they make catering for tourism, behave completely irresponisible.

They should be responsible for cleaning up their own rubbish instead of blaming foreigners for behaving in an ecologically bad way.

In my country, it works that way, and everbody is happy about it.

Given the huge sum of cash that Goa makes each year on tourism, I'd say it might just be possible to spend some money cleaning the place without hurting anyone.

Also, beyond that, make investments into re-cycling and ecologically friendly waste disposal.

The money is there, but all the same, those money are kept tightly into a few people's pockets. Those people will not share.

Nevertheless - It's not tourists throwing their litter on the beaches and behind them.

It's a shame really, and will eventually make tourism disappear from Goa unless somebody does something about it.

/Søren

Maybe its time the tourists started complaining about the mess and to ask that something be done.

Goa is a horrible place, like a Spanish nasty resort if you have ever been to one.

Agra every time!!!

If you are going to Nam then Mui Ne in the South has much better beaches.

Have just had a proper look at messages above and completely agree with stevenber on the disappointment in comparrison to Thailand and agree with tigersphan also, cos I was with him when in Goa!!!