Inland Water Tourism

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IWT & Tourism


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Investments in IWT

MPT

WISL

SWPL

GSL

Ratna Engineering

Daniel Shipyard

Marman Shipyard

Pinky Shipyard

Anderson Marine

Local Workshops

Cortalim Fishing Jetty

Salgaonkar Shipyard

Vipul Shipyard

G.N. Agarwal Yard

Sardessai Shipyard

Raymond Yard

MPT Limits

N.I.O.

Dona Paula

Water-sports

Panjim Minor

Port

Nigel Shipyard

Cabral ShipyardDelta Shipyard

Super Service Ya rd

West Coast Yard

Vijay Marine

Sahyadri Sealine

Panth Dock

New Year Marine

Shirodkar Shipyard

Chowgule Shipyard

Vijay Marine

Siddhivinayak Yard

Sesa Goa Jetty

Dempo Jetty

CCL Jetty

Rajaram Bandekar Jetty

Dempo

Shipyard

Dempo Jetty

Betim Fishing JettyRND Shipyard

Sesa Jetty

DMC Jetty

SFI Jetty

VSD JettyOGL / RBSM

VMS Jetty

CCL Jetty

SMIL Jetty

SFI Jetty

TPL Jetty

Sesa Goa

GNA Jetty

CCL Jetty

Heavy Private Sector Investment in IWT in Goa


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IWT Waterways

Act as a tourism asset in their own right.

Provide a link between existing/new touristattractions.

Support the holiday industry through water-basedsports & recreation activities.

Enhance the environment and attract increasedvisitor activity.

Contribute to the tourism product in the broadestsense by enhancing the environment in urban andrural areas, attracting increased overnight and daytrip activity.


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Leisure & Recreation, Tourism and Sport

The waterways are an important national tourismresource - they enhance the attractiveness of bothurban and rural areas, they link places of interest, andthey generate tourism in their own right.

In many areas of the UK, the inland waterways arenow used predominantly for leisure and recreation.

There are about 100,000 licensed boats on thewaterways and the system supports a holidayhire-boat industry of about 3,000 craft.

Rowing, canoeing and sailing are widespread.

Angling is very popular - some 300,000 peoplefish British Waterways' canals.

Goas Waterways have enormous unexploitedpotential as a tourism destination & asset


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Foreshore Area

Much larger numbers of people use the waterwaysforeshore areas for informal recreation activities suchas walking, cycling, bird watching and exploring thewaterway heritage.

It is estimated that 165 million leisure visits are madeeach year to British Waterways' canals and riversalone.


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Environmental Tourism

The inland waterways make a valuable contributionto the quality of the landscape and provide a rich anddiverse environmental resource. British Waterways'canals include over 100 sites of special scientific

interest (SSSI) and 800 more sites designated of localnature conservation interest.

The waterways provide a sanctuary for a widevariety of plants and animals, some of which havebecome rare elsewhere due to loss of their more

natural habitats.

Goas Waterways encompass a unique environmentand nature resource


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Goa Cruises

River CruisesThe Mandovi river is a prefect blend to conduct cruise tours.

The river cruises in Goa are generally theme based cruises

with live cultural programmes performed by cultural troupes

and can be categorized into three types - daytime, sunset and

moonlight.

Sunset/Sundown Cruises

As the name suggests, the sunset cruise sets sail as

the sun dips in the horizon leaving a crimson sky.

Full Moon Cruise/Special CruiseThe cruise is conducted on full

moon nights when the moon

sparkles in all its glory


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Dinghy Sailing

Dinghy sailing provides for a relaxed outing in

the seas. Dinghies are 15-feet long crafts that

easily accommodate three to four people.

Though The thrill of windsurfing is missing,

dinghy sailing is perfect for families wanting to

surf the seas at a leisurely pace.


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Parasailing

One of the exciting water sports, Parasailing means floating

high in the sky with a parasail. The parasail is usuallyattached to a speedboat with the help of a long rope. As the

speedboat traverses the waters, the parasail lifts the person

into the air.

WindsurfingA surface water sport, using a sailboard attached to a sail,

the surfer skims the waves by precariously balancing himself

to the changing currents of wind and water.

Water Skiing

To ski on water while being towed by motor boat

As these high speed boats skids through the waves,

one feels a rush of adrenaline up the spine.


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Banana boat ride

Bumper boat ride

Water Scooter

Floating hotels & casinos

Inland cruises for crocodile

watching

Dolphin Cruises


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The Diving Trips are around Grande

Island and Sao Gorge Island.

Scuba Diving

The Diving Season in Goa is

from October to May.

The marine species are numerous with lots of hard

corals and one can enjoy a very relaxing dive with lots

to see

There is a very old metallic shipwreck around the Island.

The dive sites have different names, but are all located

around these two islands


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Moving Forward

The Following has to/couldbe done


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Dredging

Dredging is an excavation activity

or operation usually carried out at

least partly underwater, in shallow

seas or fresh water areas with the

purpose of gathering up bottom

sediments and disposing of them

at a different location, mostly to

keep waterways navigable. A

dredge is a device for scraping or

sucking the seabed, used for

dredging. A dredgeris a ship or

boat equipped with a dredge


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Sports Submarines

The latest craze, which carry

people to depth of 35 to 50

Mts to see coral , Wrecks etc

in natural habitat.

There are severalwrecks from

Portuguese times off

Goa coast which are

inaccessible to normal

person. Sports

submarines will be

successful as it would

give people an

opportunity to people

who cannot dive.


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Marinas

A Marina is a port where

leisure boats and yachts are

kept in the water and where

services to the needs ofrecreational boating are

found.

The marina may have re-fueling, washing and repairfacilities, small stores and restaurants catering to the

needs of the boaters

Many marinas are owned and operated by a privateclub, especially yacht clubs but also as private

enterprises or municipal facilities. They are most

frequently located along the banks of rivers connecting

to lakes or seas


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Hovercrafts and Jet

boats

These are very versatile vehicles

in waters (also land in case of

Hovercraft) and could be an

excellent new business prospect

Ajetboat is a boat propelled by a

jet of water ejected from the back

of the craft. Unlike a powerboat or

motorboat that uses a propeller in

the water behind the boat, a

jetboat draws the water from

under the boat into a pump-jet

inside the boat, then expels it

through a nozzle at the stern.


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House Boats & Sports

fishing

House boats could be

constructed and

operated in hinterland

areas. Some areas can

be developed as water

parks for bird watching

and sports fishing


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Looking Outwards

Looking from the waterway outwards as well as fromLand to Water provides the opportunity to:

explore and optimise the added value of thewater space so that it becomes a leisure resourceand facility in its own right;

incorporate the foreshore areas and the waterspace in the development scheme so as toencourage greater use of the water space andsurrounding public spaces;

explore the range of water based uses that anyparticular water space can support, as well as toidentify the land based implications of such uses;

identify a balanced mix of mutually supportinguses on land and water.

Of enormous importance is the foreshore area andits integration with the water way arteries

Isolated jetties presently provide very poor landto water linkages.

An Act declaring maybe 10 m of riverbank as

part of

the IWT system may be necessary


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W>L & L>W Approach

In order for waterways to contribute successfully tothe achievement of sustainable development, it iscrucial to:

treat a waterway as a multi-functional space aswell as an artery;

look from the waterway outwards and not justfrom the land to water;


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Goa Development Models

Model I : State Government

Existing scenario: stakeholders impression thatGoG not in a position to develop & maintainwater ways

GoG should provide details of revenue generated

Model II: PPP Development

Model III: National Waterways

Central government responsible for facilitycreation & maintenance

Revenue charges by Central Government

Stakeholders appear in favor of declaration asNational Waterways ??


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Model I - The State Government

Role of State Government

Policing Function vs. Development Role

Enforcement Role vs. Nurturing Function

Examples Dredging Fiasco in River Sal as dredgingis almost unknown in Goas IWT

Structure of Department does not facilitate IWT

development and policy implementation towardsgrowth of IWT

Development in IWT till date have been PrivateSector Lead with State Government playing a CatchUp role


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Model II PPP Model

Existing developments already Private Sector driven

Existing Revenue Stream available

Private Sector has ability and inclination to invest in

IWT but unclear river use policies are a deterrent

High scope in Tourism related investment & revenuegeneration in addition to IWT transportation sector


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Model III Central Government

IWT has received large funding in both the ninth and tenthfive-year plans but has not been able to effectively utilize it(Planning Commission 2001).

IWAI in principlebut not in practicecommits tomaintaining a year-round draft of 2 m along the National

Waterways (Planning Commission 2001). The deficiencycould be overcome either by justifying the cost on the basisof assessed commercial traffic potential or by the operatorsplanning for a realistic draft of 1.5 m.

The potential of IWT is sufficient to justify a national bodysuch as the IWAI with a sharp role in nurturing the sector,

but its sustenance needs to be judged contextually for eachwaterway or waterway system.

Given a sector turnover of about Rs 110 crore annually, thesector investment of Rs 308 crore (Rs 1701 crore proposed) inthe Ninth Plan, and in the Tenth Plan of Rs 5665 crore

(proposed) does not make commercial or economic sense.Existence of a driving cargo stream of sufficient volume isrequired to justify large investments.Asian Development Bank ; India Resident Mission ; INRM Policy Brief No. 13; Viability of Inland Water; Transport in India;Narayan Rangaraj and G. Raghuram; 2007

IWAI has not exactly been an enormous success and itsability to effectively contribute to IWT development in

Goa remains a doubt


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The Requirements

What are our Objectives in IWT Development? Theremust be a clear policy and mission statement.

To begin, an inventory of existing infrastructure andtransport must be prepared as the base of a sound

development program.

This inventory should include quantitative aspects(e.g. minimum depths, width, and vertical clearanceof waterways, marking and minimum equipmentwith navigational aids, and number of vessels), as

well as qualitative aspects (e.g. the state ofinfrastructure and the fleet, transport performance).

River specific development plans must be drawn upand provided to the stakeholders, with clearobjectives, governance models, revenue models etc

Investment policy & plan for improvements in inter-modal connections between cost-effective inlandwaterway transportation, faster railways, and moreelastic road transportation will significantly improvethe efficiency of IWT and the overall transportsystem. This policy must be articulated.


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Forward Path

Set up a Task Force to carry out the following Tasks:

Create an Inventory & Database of the existingWaterways on the lines indicated earlier

Clearly enumerate the obstacles to developmentof Goas Water ways

Evaluate scheme to integrate foreshore withwater arteries & river system

Determine alternative Governance Models

Establish Alternate Revenue Models integratingtransportation & tourism potentials

Provide complete Business Development Planwith clear cut recommendations for Goas InlandWater Transport Sector within a max period of sixmonths.


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Conclusion

Goa has earned the reputation of being one of the

best tourist destination in the World.

We have to thrive to improve our rating by

continuously improving the Infrastructure.

Goa should have a well equipped Water Police for

patrolling the Inland water ways to reduce

notoriety.

What would be the implications on operations

(Timings of operations, Types of vessels,

The size of vessels, The number of vessels,

Backwater cruises etc) in Goa, if the

waterways are made National waterways?

Govt should restructure the existing policy and

make it more comprehensive/transparent.

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