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- Goa's tourism department expects more charter tourist arrivals in the 2026-27 season as veteran operators return and new source markets are explored.
- Long-standing charter operators from the UK, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Poland have been retained, with discussions underway for new operations from Belarus, Armenia, Moldova and Bishkek.
- Concord Exotic Voyages alone expects to bring over 45,000 international tourists, with daily flights from Russia and two weekly flights from Kazakhstan planned.
- However, recent figures remain well below pre-COVID levels, when Goa received 1,024 charter flights and nearly 2.5 lakh foreign tourists in 2017, compared to 189 flights and about 40,000 tourists in 2025.
What to watch next
- Whether new charter operations from Belarus, Armenia, Moldova and Bishkek are actually finalised.
- Whether planned additional winter flight frequencies materialise.
- Whether arrivals recover towards pre-COVID levels of over 200,000 foreign charter tourists.
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