{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:15:13.746Z","data":{"id":"bjp-ga-2022-007","text":"Double annual tourist arrivals in five years","quote":"We shall double the number of annual tourist arrivals in the state in the next five years by harnessing the potential for inland tourism, medical tourism and promoting heritage and spiritual tourism, while augmenting the current infrastructure around adventure sports and beach tourism.","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":4,"sector":"economy","measurability":"measurable","importance":"headline","deadline":"2027-03-14","deadlineType":"implied","status":"in_progress","rating":4,"ratingRule":"in_progress","provisional":true,"confidence":"medium","reason":"Tourism Department data: 80,64,400 arrivals in 2019 and 1,08,02,410 in 2025, about 34% higher. The baseline is unclear: totals for 2020-22 were not published in the sources found, and a pandemic-year base would make doubling easy. Against the 2019 level, about a third of the promised increase has been reached.","evidence":[{"date":"2022-02-08","sourceType":"manifesto","publisher":"BJP Goa Pradesh","title":"Goa Sankalp Patra 2022 (English), PDF p. 4","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250511130843/https://www.bjp.org/files/election-manifesto-documents/Manifesto%20Goa%20English.pdf","quote":"We shall double the number of annual tourist arrivals in the state in the next five years by harnessing the potential for inland tourism, medical tourism and promoting heritage and spiritual tourism, while augmenting the current infrastructure around adventure sports and beach tourism.","stance":"context"},{"date":null,"sourceType":"official_dashboard","publisher":"Department of Tourism, Government of Goa","title":"Goa records strong and sustained growth in tourist arrivals; 2025 figures reflect continued momentum","url":"https://goatourism.gov.in/blog-list/goa-records-strong-and-sustained-growth-in-tourist-arrivals-2025-figures-reflect-continued-momentum/","quote":"Moderate growth continued in 2018 and 2019, with total arrivals reaching 80,15,400 and 80,64,400 respectively. ... Goa recorded 1,02,84,608 domestic tourists and 5,17,802 foreign tourists, aggregating to 1,08,02,410 total arrivals.","stance":"supports"},{"date":"2026-01-11","sourceType":"news","publisher":"The Goan","title":"Goa logs 1.08 cr tourist arrivals in 2025, domestic tourists lead","url":"https://www.thegoan.net/goa-news/goa-logs-108-cr-tourist-arrivals-in-2025-domestic-tourists-lead/141757.html","quote":"Goa recorded around 1.08 crore tourist arrivals during the 2025 calendar year, with domestic tourists accounting for nearly 1.03 crore.","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["tourism"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":null,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"bjp-ga-2022","partyId":"bjp","electionId":"ga-2022"}}