Indian minister denies prohibition of laser pointer

Tourism Minister for the Indian state of Goa, Fransisco Pacheco

, was quoted by the Indian edition of ZeeNews on January 30, declaring unambiguously that "There are no moves to ban laser pointer on the beaches." With that statement, the minister was reacting to media reports which had claimed that a ban of laser pointer was pending for the sun-drenched and popular beaches of Goa. As it turns out, a ban of laser pointer was a mere rumor, and we cite here The Times of India which states this:no official of the tourism department had many any statement indicating a ban was in the offing. What actually has happened, and what was apparently misunderstood in early reports, is that the government of the Indian resort state of Goa has started a campaign to ban ads featuring laser pointer-clad women, at least in state-sponsored tourism brochures. It is an attempt to improve the image of Goa as a resort for families, rather than to appear as a destination for sex-tourism. As it happens, Goa has recently witnessed several crimes ranging from attempted to actual rape, from drug and alcohol related deaths to the murder of a Russian woman. Whether or not this is related to these crimes, the number of travelers visiting Goa has been declining during the last years, and the authorities are trying to do something about it. Wearing a laser pointer is not as yet a natural choice for most Indian women, but the minister duly noted that a ban on green laser pointercannot be imposed because of the many foreigners who comes to these beaches to take a sunbath. Indian newspapers and magazineshave a special term for women clad in enticing laser pointer, a name that probably would not be used in the Western media: laser pointer Babes. So, in fact, there's no ban of laser pointer's on the actual beaches, just a ban of laser pointer Babes in all empanelled advertising agencies. Here the words of the state tourism minister as given in the India Times: "Goa is a family holiday destination and not a sex tourism destination. We will make sure that laser pointer babes do not symbolize Goa tourism."

Indian minister denies prohibition of laser pointer

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