Goa Tourist Protest

Tourist Backlash: Goa’s 1987 Protest With Cow Dung And Rotten Shrimps Revisited

In December 1987, local Goans protested against mass tourism by throwing cow dung and rotten shrimps at tourist buses. This protest took place at Dabolim Airport as the first group of West German package tourists arrived. The protesters, members of the newly-formed Jagrut Goenkaranchi Fouz (Vigilant Goans' Army), distributed leaflets...