THE IMPACT OF TOURISM IN GOA:BAGA BEACH

THE IMPACT OF TOURISM IN GOA:Baga beach
1) Interview with lifeguards 


Q.1
Reporter:Tell me one thing when you tell a tourist that there is danger ahead do they listen to you 
Lifeguard: No they don't listen they do what they want and mostly we don't allow tourists here cause we are boating here and we have put yellow and red flag than white and black flag over there is a lifeguard there we allow them to swim but still they don't listen 
Q.2
Reporter:And do they misbehave 
Lifeguard: Misbehave like they get drunken and try to compelled our crew members to fight with them but they don't listen then there is a police lifeguard tower here we call them if there is fight going on and they take action on them
Q.3
Reporter: and what do you think about the government should they provide more safety against tourist 
Lifeguard: Safety means we provide everything like lifejacket, lifeguard

2) interview with shackowner 


Q.1
Reporter:How long you been running the shack?
Shackowner: This shack has been running for 20-25 years
Q.2
Reporter: what about the pollution in Baga beach?is it more or less?
Shackowner: Pollution has been increased compared to before. Earlier, it was less
Q.3
Reporter:So cleanliness is not maintained well here now 
Shackowner: cleanliness is done weekly, but it's not like before now. Cleanliness isn't being maintained as well as how it used to be.
Weekly a team comes occasionally,but not regularly.the crowd is quite small, but pollution is high
Q 4
Reporter:so tourists do cause problems?
Shackowner:This place in Goa has the most crowd.where there are more crowd, there are more problems

Nehal Naik
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