Christmas New Year is the peak tourist season in Goa, with visitors from India and abroad visiting the state to enjoy themselves and escape the cold weather in many temperate regions of the world. However for December 2015 there have contradictory claims on the number of tourists in the state. Officially the tourism minister is claiming that it is a very good season, all hotels are booked fully.
However media is reporting that some of the smaller hotels and lodging facilities are not getting enough visitors in the peak tourist season. It appears that some of the low budget tourists have not visited the state this year.