Tourists in Goa. ( Representative Photo by K Sunil Prasad, TOI)

MAPUSA: Every evening at 5, around 250 foreigners flock to Arambol , not as tourists, but as businessmen/women, sitting in a 330m-long line and selling food items like momos, pizzas, sandwiches, salads, tea, coffee, soups etc, at a spot on the beach they call the “Arambol sunset point”. While business , which goes on till 9pm, is brisk for the tourists from Russia, Israel, China and Nepal, locals operating shacks in the vicinity are not pleased.“We are against the foreigners selling food products as we spend thousands of rupees to get licenses to sell food at our shacks. These foreigners, who are operating without any permission, are eating into our business. The FDA should look into this,” a shack owner told TOI.Goan tourism industry players have already clashed with foreigners, mainly Russians and Israelis, who they claim have already “invaded” into the taxi and tour-operating business. “Our business is down by 50% because of the foreigners who conduct their business on the beach. The authorities in-charge need to crack the whip on this, as it is illegal,” said another shack owner, adding, “We have tried to tell them it is against the law as they are here on a tourist visa, but they don’t listen.”These tourists who conduct business are from the coastal belt of Pernem such as Morjim, Ashwem, Mandrem and Arambol. They prepare the food products at their rented premises and then sell them, said sources.Previously, it was the lamanis who would sell clothes and jewelry on the beach, but were banned from doing so by the state government who termed them a “nuisance”.