New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- Not the fall of Thomas Cook or the economic slowdown, for Goa's Ports Minister Michael Lobo the cause of decline in tourist arrivals is the rising onion prices.
"The tourist arrival in Goa is less this year. Indian tourists ask for onions and chillies (along with meals). Due to rising onion prices, they are being served cabbage and chillies," Lobo told reporters here on Saturday.
Lobo is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator who owns a chain of restaurants, lounge bars and hotels. He hails from the Calangute Assembly constituency, home to some of the most popular beaches in the state -- Calangute, Baga and Candolim.
The onion prices have shot up over the last few weeks in Goa too, touching Rs 170 a kg in the reta...