It was shocking to read about the assault of a parking lot attendant by some tourists at Anjuna beach and his unfortunate death.
Tourists think that the moment they enter Goa they can do anything and get away scot-free. Most have an ‘anything goes in Goa’ and ‘you know who my father is?’ attitude.
The tourists come and spend thousands and may be a few lakhs of rupees on food, drinks, gambling, transport etc but when it comes to pay some miserly rupees as parking fees, they get enraged and arguments and fisticuffs become the norm.
Would these people behave in such a manner in their own or other States? This is not the first time, and may not be the last, when incidents of fights between tourists and locals have taken place.
Now that tourism is opening up such skirmishes are bound to increase in the coming days. The government needs to install more CCTVs at sensitive and trouble-prone spots.
The Goa police have to come down with a heavy hand on such irresponsible tourists and see to that strict and rapid actions are taken to deter other tourists from taking law into their own hands.
