Baleful Winds

The Frothing Churn

The Ugly Truths

• Rapid growth in tourism, including from the domestic sector, but lack of supporting infrastructure and resources
• Environmental degradation
• Increasing traffic
• Rise in crimes, drugs and trafficking
• Downturn in traditional economic activity, like fishing and agriculture, due to commercialisation of coastal areas
• Russian takeover of the far north, especially Morjim
• Lack of proper garbage management
• Antipathy towards migrants
• Escalation in land and property prices, getting out of reach for the locals
• Mining shutdown impacting the workforce income