It is understood that the various stakeholders including Goa government and the Church have agreed to the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ scheme. One of the reasons cited for the same is that the development of world-class infrastructure will harness more footfalls and increase the carrying capacity of the monuments. Thousands of tourists visit the heritage sites at Old Goa every single day. It must be said that the increase in the number of visitors to heritage sites can have an adverse effect on the monuments as a result of air and other pollution. It would be desirable to put a cap on the number of visitors who visit these places of historical importance in order to conserve them.
