Team News Riveting
Goa, October 31
Following the visit of heavyweight political to the coastal state, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant took a dig and said it would help the otherwise sluggish tourism industry in the state with a new tagline of “political tourism”.
The Goa Chief Minister was reacting to the recent visit of Trinamool Congress Chief (TMC) Mamata Banerjee and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to the state that would go to the polls February next year. While Congress is desperately looking to keep its house in order, TMC has started the exercise to expand its political footprint in the state.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday said such political tourism would help revive the taxi and hotel business, which had taken a hit due to the COVID-19 induced pandemic.
“This is political tourism. During the next four months, the taxi and hotel businesses, which had suffered due to the pandemic would get a good business with such kind of tourism,” the chief minister told reporters.
Sawant said he wanted leaders of national parties to come to Goa so that business (of the hotel industry and taxi operators) would grow.
Referring to Rahul Gandhi riding pillion a two-wheeler taxi during his visit to Goa on Saturday, Sawant said, “I felt good that he rode pillion a two-wheeler taxi. It must be the first time for him. We have been travelling on two-wheeler taxis and in rickshaws.”
