Goa records highest growth in tourist charter arrivals

PANJIM: Goa Tourism received 1128 charter flights which landed in the state of Goa during the peak season in 2013-2014, ie from October 2013 to May 2014, carrying a record number of 2.61 lakh passengers. The corresponding figures for the previous year were 996 charter flights carrying 2.15 lakh passengers. This amounts to 13.25% increase in the arrival of charter flights year on year basis. This is also records the highest number of charter flights that have arrived in the history of the state. There was a 21% increase in the number of foreign tourists who arrived by charter flights compared to the same time period last year. Goa also received state-of-the-art Boeing Dreamliner flights from UK as charters.