I was in Goa last week (I think it was my 8th trip, so I know a bit about the place), and I've realised that if you want to be financially successful in life, you need to set up shop there. Here are some tips...
a. Invest Rs 40k on a bike, and hire it out - you make around 350 bucks per bike to hire it out, and so in around 100-120 days, you recover the cost of the vehicle. That's 4 months, which is approximately the same as the duration of the tourist season. Anything you earn over and above that is pure profit and also serves as seed capital for your next bike. Also remember, however badly the bike is used, it will slog for at least 2 years for you, so $$$ are all yours!
b. Buy a battered car (the more boot space, the better; nevermind how many it can seat - those visiting Goa don't think twice of cramming into a small car!). Get your driver's licence, and station yourself outside a hotel or resort. The drivers there (yourself included) are a "union" who will not let outside vehicles come in, so tourists are like the proverbial pot of gold, just that its not proverbial any more! You get to charge your rates, and what's more, you get it too!
c. Start a massage parlour. If it has Ayurveda, even better (who cares that its at least 700 km from anywhere in Goa to the nearest place where they can spell Ayurveda correctly!). As with (b) above, you get paid whatever you charge.
d. This needs big time investment - start a watersports outfit on the beach. You charge something like 800 bucks for a 2 minute ride, which turns out to be more expensive than that Harvard-educated consultant who "consults" that the ride is way too expensive!
e. Start a shack - moderate investment (broken tables, dirty glasses, gallons of beer and a great cook!). Easy money to be made here because those "touristing" Goa mainly want to drink and then eat, though not necessarily in that order!
Just remember, never go to Goa on vacation!
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