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Want to enjoy exotic beaches, try water sports and have a fill of delicious sea-food? Then Goa is the place to be.

And if you are planning a holiday in Goa this monsoon, then there are some good news for you.

Goa Tourism Development Corporation has come up with attractive monsoon packages, which were announced at the three-day tourism fair held at Tulsi Bhavan in Bistupur.

Director of Goa tourism Elvis Gomes said: “The packages are affordable. It is a place were people can enjoy water sports, live in houseboats as well as pristine beauty of nature.

The special monsoon packages are for four days and three nights where tourist can stay in three-star or four-star hotels. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included in the package. A cruise trip on river Mandovi and two-day sight-seeing are also part of the package. And the pocket pinch for these packages range between Rs 3,500 and Rs 6,700 per couple depending on the facilities.

“We are targeting the corporate executives of the steel city,” said public relations officer of Goa tourism Deepak Narvekar.

“We want the people of the state to experience beauty of Goa and so we have come all the way to Jamshedpur to make them have a feel of the place,” he said.

The tourism fair evoked a good response from the people of the city and numerous enquiries poured in about the packages.

The fair concluded today with a roadshow where a musician Bondo enthralled the people with his music.

The chief minister, Digamber Kamat, at a press conference at the South Asia Film Festival (SAFF) said that he wants to make Goa not only a permanent venue for international film festivals but also a centre for the cinematic world.

"We are planning a children's film festival in Goa. Organisers of the South East Asia film festival also approached us for holding a film festival in Goa," said Kamat.

Kamat said that the government is planning the construction of a full-fledged film studio for Goa. He added that all filming equipment will be provided once the studio is ready.

Accepting the suggestion by the filmmaker from Afghanistan Latif Ahmedi, Kamat said that he would to allow Goa to be a venue for seminars between filmmakers of different countries. Further, he promised to extend support to filmmakers from all over the world to shoot movies in Goa. Kamat said that tax sops would also be given for ‘good films' for their screening in Goan theatres.

The press conference was held following the filming of the Marathi movie ‘Mare Paryant Fanshi' which was made with assistance from Goa government's scheme of finance to local filmmakers. Appreciating the film, Kamat said, "It was a very bold move on the part of the Goan producers to premiere the movie at the SAFF. The film is very well-made. I liked it very much and I congratulate the filmmakers for their effort."

The film, produced by Jyoti Kunkolienkar and Pramod Salgaonkar and directed by Chandrakant Barve, premiered among a auditorium full of audience and was seen being widely appreciated by the viewers.

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