PERNEM: The tourist season has begun which has encouraged the vendors to encroach on the seashore with various temporary stalls. The vendors especially at Mandrem sell clothes right at the beach.
There have been incidents reported regarding cross-massaging and Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte has instructed the concerned officials to initiate action against them.
Tourists have expressed relief over the police nabbing these vendors and initiating action against them. The beaches in North Goa such as Mandrem, Ashwem-Arambol, Keri etc attract huge number of tourists and there have been cases of prostitution rackets in some massage parlours.

