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A German tourist faced harassment from local taxi drivers in Goa after booking an app-based cab for travel, reigniting the debate over the long-standing conflict between traditional taxi operators and app-based services in the coastal state.

The viral video showed tourists in Goa forced to trudge a distance until they can catch a ride with GoaMiles. A German travel influencer, Alex Welder, faced the brunt in Patnem. He claimed that a rickshaw driver demanded Rs 500 for a ride, while the app charged him Rs 300 for the same route.

According to Welder, local rickshaw operators followed him and his companion, a woman, in a harrowing situation that the German described as a “bit weird". “They wanted Rs 500 for the tuk-tuk ride, and we ordered a cab from GoaMiles for R

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