Panjim (TAN): Don’t do drugs but drink the local liquor “feni” to get high, the tourism minister of the India’s coastal state Goa has advised tourists.
Answering a question on the use of drugs at EDM events in Goa, minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said: “Enjoy the music, drink cashew feni, but do not indulge in drugs.”
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“We have taken precautions that drugs are not introduced during electronic dance music (EDM) festivals,” the minister told reporters this week. Goa has a lively EDM scene.
Minister Ajgaonkar said tourists were entitled to have fun but were required to follow rules.
At this time, Goa is imposing a new rule across the state, which is very popular with foreign tourists, to ban drinking on the beaches.
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According to the new rule, people drinking on beaches are fined INR 2,000. Repeat offenders are fined INR 10,000.
