PANJIM: The special security of the Tourism Department has started cracking whip on the vendors and masseurs harassing tourists on the beaches. In the last few days, the security force has seized goods from vendors on found selling goods on the beaches. The goods will be released only on the payment of fine of Rs 1000 per head.
When contacted Pamela Mascarenhas, Deputy Director, Tourism Department confirmed that they have confiscated goods from those found doing business on the beaches. The security force which was constituted last year, have been specifically instructed to not to allow vendors, masseurs and other such elements chasing tourists on the beaches.
The department has had received several complaints from tourists especially, foreign tourists of harassment by vendors who literally followed them on the beaches, to nagging them to buy their goodies. In fact, vendors and masseurs had a field day as tourist police, a wing of Goa Police, specially assigned the duty of providing safety to tourists preferred to look other way.
Tourist police were also involved in collecting bribes from lamanis and free sex from some young lamani girls so they can sell their wares, i know this.
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