Hon’ble CM Manohar Parrikar launches GTDC’s Taxi App ‘GOAMILES’

Panjim, 6^th August 2018: Goa’s first and exclusive mobile app based taxi service GOAMILES has been launched by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa, Mr. Manohar Parrikar at the Secretariat Complex, Porvorim today.

Present at the launch were Hon’ble Minister for Tourism, Mr. Manohar Ajgaonkar; Hon’ble Chairman of Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC), Mr. Nilesh Cabral; Chief Secretary of Goa, Mr.  Dharmendra  Sharma; Secretary for Tourism, Mr. Sheo Pratap Singh, Mr. Menino D’Souza, Director, Dept.  of Tourism along with other dignitaries. The launch of GOAMILES will bring about a revolutionary change in travel in and around Goa for both tourists and locals and provide benefits to taxi drivers serving under the new initiative. GOAMILES will provide the convenience of booking a taxi immediately upon arrival in the state at reasonable, government approved rates. The GOAMILES app can be downloaded from Google Play Store and Apple Store. 

Speaking at the launch, Mr. Parrikar said, “Goa can now take tourists for miles through the new app based taxi service which will be affordable and give travelers a comfortable journey from the time they arrive till they leave. I congratulate Goa Tourism for launching this initiative and wish them a huge success.”

Adding to this, Mr. Ajgaonkar stated, “ The launch of the app  based taxi service in Goa will bring  a  revolutionary  change  in the transportation  system for  all stakeholders including  taxi drivers, tourists and  locals.  I am confident that tourist taxi drivers across Goa will join this digital system so that Goa does not lag behind other states where such systems are working successfully.”

Talking about the advantages of this initiative, Mr. Cabral opined, “We have launched a public information campaign to reach out to one million people in Goa to create awareness about GOAMILES. We are anticipating a huge response from the general public who will download and use the app for tourism purposes and daily commute as well. This app based taxi service aims to boost the digital economy, enable ease of travel for tourists and give taxi drivers better income. This initiative offers not only a brand new customer experience, but also makes taxi fare payment easy and secure.” He further explained that the app is one of the most quickest and convenient systems being implemented for the first time making Goan taxi drivers partners in the digital system while giving amazing customer experience to tourists.

GOAMILES is managed by a local Goan company called FROTAMILES Pvt. Limited  created as an  SPV as per  the requirements  of the  tendering process.  This SPV  is a subsidiary of the parent  company PITASYS Software Pvt. Ltd.  who were the successful  bidders for GTDC’s app based taxi service. PITASYS