Digital Goa, Jan 14 – State Tourism Dept has hiked the fees payable to Tourism Dept for seeking permission for major tourism related events, by 10 %. As per the revised fee structure for Music Festival organized in non-licensed premises during tourist season – for uto 5000 attendees – 10 lakh(existing) plus 10 % increase, above 5,000 upto 10,000 – 15 lakhs (existing) plus 10 % increase, Above 10000 attendees – 20 lakhs (exiting) plus 10% increase. For Night Bazaars the revised fees are Rs 60,000 per season. For events like motorbike weeks, car rallies, non ticketed music fests, MICE, exhibitions and other tourism related events like youth festivals etc the fees are Rs 75,000 lump sum (subject to max of 30 days of event period). These fees are applicable for events held during the season only. As per the revised Fees structure ,off season fees will be 1/5th of season fees and peak season fees will be 5 times of fees applicable during season, excluding GST. “Peak season” is defined as the period between 20th December to 5th January of any Calendar year and “Off season” period is between 1st June to 30th September of any Calendar year. In the revised fee structure, no changes have however been made to Security deposits to be paid to the dept.
