Union Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik said on Saturday that International tourists may be able to travel to India by October 15 and an announcement is expected to be made by the Central government soon.  The development comes after seeing a sharp decline in covid cases, and vaccination landmark reached to its fullest extent.

"International flights have started and we have requested for charter flights to resume by a particular date so that people can book trips to India and nowhere else." "As corona decreases, we will start national and international tourism. " Shripad Naik told reporters on the sidelines of a Gandhi Jayanti function here. The announcement will be made soon and there is a possibility of it beginning after October 15. International charter flights account for a bulk of the foreign tourist footfalls to Goa.

Earlier this month, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had forwarded a request made by travel and tourism industry stakeholders to the Union Home Affairs Ministry urging the latter to grant permissions to international charter flights at the earliest.

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