Zinara Rathnayake is a writer based in India and Sri Lanka with bylines in The New York Times, BBC, CNN, Atlas Obscura, and others. Her work largely focuses on travel, food, and culture, among others.

Goa is known as India’s beach escape and as a partying hot spot, fueled in part by its minuscule alcohol excise taxes in comparison to the rest of the country, in addition to legal gambling at casino ...

Get ready for an exciting update on Goa's tourism landscape as we approach World Tourism Day 2025! Every year, thousands of tourists from across the globe flock to Goa, India's undisputed beach ...

Travellers of the Renaissance era praised Goa’s goldsmiths as unmatched in skill, even outshining their European counterparts. This acclaim, enhanced by the influx of imported gold, turned local ...

The Goa Department of Tourism (GDT) is busy preparing for the upcoming Goa Carnival 2026. This famous, colourful event has been celebrated in Goa for centuries and is one of Goa's most significant ...

Panaji: Nearly 1.08 crore tourists, including five lakh foreigners, arrived in Goa in 2025, surpassing the numbers of previous years, as per official data. The Goa government's focus remains on ...

Goa Carnaval 2026 kicks off today, bringing five days of colour, music and iconic parades across Porvorim, Panaji, Margao, Vasco, Mapusa and Morjim. Goa Carnaval 2026 begins, running from Feb 13-17 ...

The Goa Carnival 2026 will be a 5-day celebration. Goa is preparing for its biggest party of the year. The dates for the highly anticipated Goa Carnival 2026 have been officially released. The ...