2026: Tourist footfall remains flat in Goa, hospitality sector hopes for better Oct-Dec

2026: Tourist footfall remains flat in Goa, hospitality sector hopes for better Oct-Dec

Goa tourism Jan–Sept 2026 stays flat at 76.9 lakh (+0.76% YoY); domestic arrivals rise 1.72% as hospitality awaits stronger Oct–Dec season.

Goa CM Pramod Sawant Says Foreign Tourist Arrivals Will Return to Pre-COVID Levels Within a Year

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In an interview with ANI on foreign tourist arrivals in Goa in 2025, Sawant said, “It is not matching the pre-Covid level yet, but definitely within a year, that will match. I have full faith in this.” India News | Goa CM Pramod Sawant Says Foreign Tourist Arrivals Will Return to Pre-COVID Levels Within a Year.

Tourist footfalls edge up to 76L despite 20% dip in foreign travel

NT Reporter Panaji Goa welcomed 76.9 lakh tourists between January and September, with a marginal increase of 0.76 per cent in footfalls over the 76.32 lakh tourists during the corresponding period in 2025. Domestic travellers powered the tourism count during the first nine months of the year even as the number of foreign tourists decreased […]