PANJIM: India’s Ambassador to Portugal, Nandini Singla, on Tuesday assured the Goa government of exploring the possibility of directs flights from Lisbon to India, in a bid to promote tourism between the two countries.
Singla met Tourism Minister Manohar Azgaonkar, and informed that she would be initiating talks with Air India to explore possibilities of the flights subject to commercial viability. “Portugal has decided to work on promotion of tourism with its erstwhile colony Goa,” a statement issued by Tourism Dept states.
Singla, expressed her intention of improving tourism ties between Goa and Portugal, in addition to boosting prospects of exchange programmes in the areas of sports and literature.
