GOA parece estar em decadência, de acordo com esta reportagem do Guardian. Quando visitei há 10 anos, a antiga colónia portuguesa mantinha ainda uma espécie de inocência. Mas já dava para ver que as coisas podiam dar para o torto, com governantes xenófobos que recusam a herança cultural goesa e agentes turísticos pouco escrupulosos (dois donos de hospedarias tentaram roubar-me, em Panjim e em Margão).
Goa tornou-se mesmo num sítio sujo e perigoso, e o MNE inglês emitiu este esclarecedor aviso:

The Foreign Office travel advisory notice to Britons thinking of visiting Goa warns: "Throughout Goa there have been reports of drinks being spiked and travellers, including British nationals, subsequently being robbed, sexually assaulted or dying. In 2012, 29 British nationals died in Goa. Some of these deaths were attributed to drug/alcohol abuse. There has been a series of high-profile incidents in Goa of alleged rape against foreign nationals, including Britons. Avoid beaches after dark. There is a risk of being attacked by packs of stray dogs, robbed or sexually assaulted."

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