Fourteen consultancy companies have responded to global tenders floated by the tourism department to draw a tourism master plan for the state.

The department is now in the process of fixing a pre-bid conference meeting with consultants to answer their queries on the project, a tourism official said.

The government has also constituted a screening committee headed by principal secretary R K Verma to go through the process of selecting an appropriate consultancy, said a tourism official.

As stated in the request for proposal (RFP), the core of the master plan strategy is to develop an integrated tourism product that is capable of attracting a low-volume, high-yield segment of the international tourism market to spend their entire holiday in Goa.

'The master plan must identify appropriate institutional frameworks, legislation and organizational structures in place; suggest the creation of an attractive climate for enterprise development and investment; suggest a roadmap for having a skilled labour force capable of meeting international service standards,' it states.

It should also recommend a destination campaign to create strong market awareness to create knowledge and understanding of the market place.

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