V M Salgaocar Institute of International Hospitality Education (VMSIIHE)
Goa, India
APIRTP 2025 is hosted by V. M. Salgaocar Institute of International Hospitality Education (VMSIIHE - ), Goa, India, and emphases and strictly practices the ancient Indian philosophy “Atithi Devo Bhava” (Consider Guest equal to God), ensuring the most memorable and everlasting experience while the guests (students, parents, faculty members, and visitors) remain at VMSIIHE, and cherishes the experience forever. https://www.vmsiihe.edu.in
Set up to high international standards, VMSIIHE is a premier hospitality institute in Goa that offers quality hospitality education with world-class infrastructure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EArpJ7fSFks ). VMSIIHE have state-of- the-art Wi-Fi campus with world class infrastructure & in-house training equipment, indoor and outdoor sports facilities, Gymnasium, Recreational facilities and a swimming pool. VMSIIHE received The Cleanest Academic Institutions Award (Swachhatam Mahavidyalaya Samman) of Goa University for three consecutive years 2016-17, 17-18, and 18-19
(https://www.unigoa.ac.in/about-us/c/swachh-bharat-abhiyan.html).
Goa is the last state in India got independence from Portuguese colonial rule in the year 1961, and considered as ‘Golden Goa’, the El Dorado, the ‘Rome of the East’. Such was its beauty and grandeur, that a travellers was moved to remark: ‘Whoever has seen Goa, need not visit Lisboa’ – Lisbon, which was then the grand epicenter of the Portuguese dominions (Government Of Goa | Official Portal)
The words of the 17th Century French Traveler, Francois Pyrard, aptly describes Goa: ‘Whoever has been in Goa may say that he has seen the choicest rarities of India, for it is the most famous and celebrated city, on account of its commercial intercourse with people of all nationalities of the East who bring there the products of their respective countries, articles of merchandize, necessaries of life and other commodities in great abundance because every year more than a thousand ships touch there laden with cargo’ ‘as for the multitude of people, it is a marvel to see the number which come and go every day by sea and land on business of every kind. One would say that a fair was being held every day for the sale of all sorts of merchandise.’
Hence Goa is considered as one of the most sought after tourist’s destinations even in the present day, and the period from November till January of every year is considered as tourist peak season. Goa also have many religious places to visit.
The four religious sites covered during the field trip are: (1) Birla Radha Krishna Mandir, Modern Architectural Marvel in white Marble Stone, (2) A UNESCO World Heritage Monument, Bom Jesus Basilica, has the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier, (3) The Safa Shahouri Mosque, and (4) Sikh Gurusdwara in Betim, opened by Ex-President of India His Excellency Mr. Giani Zail Singh in 1984.
The participants will have an opportunity to visit all the four important religious sites during the APIRTP 2024 Conference to experience religious diversity and harmony in the state of Goa.