Goa to soon provide co-working spaces to visitors on beaches

Professionals visiting Goa will soon be able to work while enjoying the picturesque shoreline as the state government has come up with a concept of coworking spaces on the beachesThe Goa government is going to promote the culture of WorkationGoa through coworking spaces to be created on the beaches state Tourism and Information and Technology IT Minister Rohan Khaunte said in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday nightIn the initial phase Benaulim beach in South Goa district and Morjim and Miramar beaches in North Goa district have been identified for setting up such coworking spaces he saidAlso readA kidscertified Goan escape for your family at DoubleTree by Hilton Goa PanajiA person can work go and surf on the beach and come back take a shower and resume work through these coworking spaces on the beaches the minister saidMany companies were giving their employees the liberty to work from home he notedWe want such people who would opt to work from home to come here and work from these coworking spaces and also help us in the IT ecosystem he saidSpeaking during the demands for grants for the IT department Khaunte said Goa needs to be developed on lines of the THubTHub is an innovation intermediary and business incubator based in Hyderabad Telangana Based on the triple helix model of innovation it is a partnership between the Government of Telangana three academic institutes in Hyderabad and the private sectorWe need spaces to develop Goa like the THub We have already started advertising to seek spaces to create coworking spots Today we are ready with the database the minister saidHe further said Goa needs to create skilled manpower required for the IT industryThe existing manpower is already absorbed by the industry We need to provide skills to the new manpower and upskill and reskill the existing manpower he saidThe Goa government is going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge TASK for the purposeKhaunte also said the tourism department was planning to set up model beach shacks having modern facilities including WiFi for customers on four stretches spread across North and South Goa districtsThese shacks would be set up at Colva Benaulim and Baina beaches in South Goa and CalanguteBaga belt in North Goa he said while responding to the demands for grants for the tourism departmentThe shacks will have plug and play facility wherein they would have to just connect to the sewerage and other infrastructure facilities which would be provided by the government he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever