Once upon a time, goa was India’s escape — freedom, beaches, music, sunsets, and unfiltered joy.
Now, it’s a bureaucratic, overpriced, broken mess of its former self.

In 2025, a single day in goa feels less like a vacation and more like a survival game — you fight for taxis, pay for bad food, dodge the mafia for a scooter, and end up wondering why you didn’t just fly to thailand instead.

Goa isn’t India’s party capital anymore. It’s India’s failed tourism experiment.

🚖 THE TAXI NIGHTMARE: “WELCOME TO goa, PLEASE WAIT 40 MINUTES FOR A CAB”

Start with the most absurd fact:
In 2025, you can’t even book an uber or Ola in Goa. The government banned them to “protect local taxi unions,” and replaced them with Goa Miles, an app that looks and functions like it was coded during a school project.

You wait 30 minutes minimum to get a cab. Then you realize — certain areas don’t even allow cars in. So you’re either walking or begging a local driver to “adjust.”

Imagine calling this a tourist state when you can’t move without a headache.

💸 OVERPRICED, UNDERDELIVERED: THE GOAN SCAM PACKAGE

Everything in goa is twice the price for half the experience.

Restaurants charge like five-star resorts, serve like road dhabas.
Bars play recycled EDM from 2012 and call it “Goa Vibes.”
Hotels that used to be chill and bohemian now charge Delhi-level rates for rooms that smell like hangovers.

And for what? A view of litter-strewn beaches and service staff who look like they’d rather be anywhere else.

Goa’s charm has been commodified, corporatized, and completely killed.

🛵 SCOOTER RENTAL MAFIA: “PAY OR GET LOST”

Try renting a scooter, and you’ll meet the real goa — the rental mafia.

They control the entire game. Prices vary by mood, not market.
They demand deposits, keep your ID hostage, and if you scratch the bike, they’ll make you feel like you totaled a Ferrari.

No transparency, no rules, no customer rights.
If you don’t want to deal with them, good luck — because every “rental” outlet is part of the same cartel.

goa does not rely on tourism. It runs on extortion disguised as “local business protection.”

🏖️ BEACHES OF TRASH, NOT TRANQUILITY

North Goa’s beaches today look less like postcards and more like municipal dumping yards.

Plastic bottles, beer cans, and food waste float in the tide.
Stray dogs outnumber sunbathers.
And instead of vibrant music and energy, all you hear is the dull chaos of crowding and clueless management.

It’s not just negligence — it’s the death of pride.

If goa is India’s data-face to the world, right now, it’s wearing garbage as makeup.

🥴 party SCENE: EMPTY FLOORS, EMPTY VIBE

Once upon a time, goa had a soul — Baga, Anjuna, Vagator.
Now it’s just a playlist of cringe DJs, overpriced drinks, and forced energy.

Most parties are half-empty, playing bad remixes nobody dances to.
The real “Goa vibe” has migrated to thailand, Bali, Sri Lanka, and even Gokarna.

goa didn’t lose its tourists. It pushed them away with arrogance and incompetence.

✈️ THE thailand COMPARISON: SAME PRICE, BETTER EVERYTHING

Why pay ₹25,000 for a weekend in North goa when you can fly to thailand for the same price?

• Better transport (Grab works like a dream)

• Better hospitality (smiles, not scams)

• Better food (and cleaner streets)

• Better beaches

• Better nightlife

thailand feels like goa used to — free, friendly, effortless.
Goa feels like India’s version of a bad memory you keep revisiting out of nostalgia.

⚰️ THE DEATH OF A DREAM

goa was supposed to be India’s escape from india — a place where life slowed down, and joy felt effortless.
Instead, it’s become a reflection of everything broken in the country: red tape, greed, pollution, and apathy.

The government didn’t just ban uber — it banned convenience.
The locals didn’t just lose their charm — they lost accountability.
The tourists didn’t stop coming — they just stopped caring.

goa didn’t die in a day. It died in small compromises — one bribe, one ban, one bad policy at a time.

💥 BOTTOM LINE:

Goa isn’t a destination anymore. It’s a disappointment.
Until the government learns that tourism isn’t controlled — it’s convenience — goa will remain the ghost of its past glory.

If you want beaches, energy, and actual freedom, book a flight to Thailand.
If you want overpriced beer, traffic, and trash, welcome to goa 2025 — India’s fallen paradise.