Sustainable Tourism Development in Goa: Perception of Stakeholders

This research paper examines the environmental, economic, and socio-cultural sustainability of tourism development in Goa from the perspectives of stakeholders. The survey research methodology was adopted for examining the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of Goa tourism through a structured questionnaire executed among various stakeholders at various tourist destinations of Goa. The survey research analysis provides a rare insight into the perception of tourism stakeholders about the sustainability of the tourist destinations of Goa. The research findings prove that tourism development in Goa is environmentally and economically sustainable. However, tourism has brought about unfavourable impacts on the social and cultural environment. Hence, tourism developers have to adopt appropriate measures for mitigating the negative impacts of tourism on the socio-cultural spheres to make tourism more sustainable.