Goa banks on Covid-19 vaccinations to help it restart tourism, South Asia News & Top Stories


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ARAMBOL, GOA - The pink flag flutters atop a fisherman's boat in the late afternoon breeze blowing in from the Arabian Sea at Arambol. "Pray for us," it reads, adorned with beatific images of the Virgin Mary. It is also a plea that is on innkeeper Inacio Daniel D'Souza's T-shirt. Inacio Daniel D'Souza's guest house in Arambol has been shut since March last year. ST PHOTO: DEBARSHI DASGUPTA As Goa cautiously reopens to domestic tourism in time for the peak season beginning this month, the 65-year-old Roman Catholic, like many others heavily dependent on tourism, is desperate for the arrival...