Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji

Panaji, Jun 12: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has asked the tourism department to take account of the stakeholders and get themselves vaccinated against Covid-19 at the earliest so that the industry can resume operations by October.

Addressing the media on Friday June 11, Lobo said that the taxi drivers are the first contact with tourists and therefore it is necessary they are vaccinated by the time the tourism sector resumes.

"I've been told that very few taxi drivers are coming forward for vaccination in Calangute and Candolim. In fact, they should have been the first to come. I urge all taxi owners and drivers to get themselves vaccinated," Lobo said.

"We're all dependent on tourism and we need all stakeholders like watersports operators, shack owners and workers, everybody in the tourism industry, to get vaccinated as soon as possible so that we can restart the industry in October," he said.

He also asked all the youth working in the tourism and hospitality industry and those staying in the coastal tourism belt to also get themselves inoculated.