Panaji, Feb. 13 -- Goa Minister for Tourism Manohar Ajgaonkar on Wednesday allayed anxieties of the tourism and hospitality industry in Goa assuring to work out mechanisms to increase tourist footfalls to Goa and appealed to all stakeholders to co-operate with the Goa government in this direction.

In a statement, Mr Ajgaonkar said, "We had a very fruitful deliberation today with tourism stakeholders and I welcome all their inputs and suggestions for improving tourism in Goa. That there is a drop in tourist arrivals needs to be looked into seriously and whatever the problems identified will be looked into jointly taking into confidence all the tourism associations and stakeholders. Goa government along with tourism stakeholders and its ex...