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Goa: IFFI 2010 registration simplified Posted: 30 Sep 2010 07:47 AM PDT Simplifying the procedure of registration for the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) 2010, the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) has announced that those who registered as delegates last year need not register again. “If you have registered as a delegate during Iffi 2009, you need not register as a fresh delegate. Entertainment Society of Goa has sent an email with an ID No. and PIN No. through which delegates can view their data and submit the same application again,” states an ESG press note. Fresh applicants can be registered on www.iffigoa.org. Last date for registration is November 16. Courtesy: TOI

From Cow dung to ITM, Goa has changed for chartered tourists Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:53 PM PDT In 80’s, when first chartered flight touched Goa airport carrying German passengers, they were greeted with cow dung and sloganeering asking them to go back. Anti-tourism sentiments ran high with activists fearing that Goa will get all evils once the foreigners begin arriving on the beaches. Two decades down the line, Goa government’s tourism projections are dependent on how many chartered flights will arrive in the state this season. And any jump in the number is considered as a matter to cheer about. All attempts are made to woo travel agents operating chartered flights, the latest being in the form of International Tourism Mart (ITM), inviting people to see the fascinating destination, which has become a brand name in the tourism industry. Tourism department director Swapnil Naik said that this season, there will be 15 per cent additional arrivals of Chartered flight with enormous interest shown by Russians and other European countries like Poland. Goa receives around 500-odd chartered flights and with airport being thrown open 24 hours, this time, the charters are expected to land mostly in the night. Heralding the official tourist season, the first chartered flight will touch Goan soil on October 1 bringing in 100-150 passengers. Superintendent of Police (Immigration) Tony Fernandes said that the flight ‘Arke Fly’ is the first chartered plane expected to come to Goa. . Courtesy:IBN

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