Goa tourism dept to go ahead with golf course plan

Goa tourism dept to go ahead with golf course plan

Our Regional Bureau / Panaji May 25, 2006

In order to attract 'high standard' and 'up market' tourists in Goa, the state tourism department is going ahead with its plans to set-up a golf course on the Betul-Naqueri-Quittol plateau.

The department has proposed to acquire around 10 lakh sq mt of prime private land owned by local villagers overlooking the picturesque Arabian Sea.

"Land acquisition for the golf course is very much on the tourism department