panaji the travel and tourism association of goa ttag has stated that it will abide by the latest police directives vis vis security of hotels while pointing out that the exercise will not inconvenience the tourism industry the goa police recently issued guidelines stating that hotels across all categories must compulsorily click every guests photograph the guidelines also state that no visitors should be allowed to the guests room and that such meetings could be held in the hotels lobby some of the hoteliers are already implementing these directives said ttag president gaurish dhondwe have closecircuit cameras and also obtain photocopies of id proof submitted by the guest if the guests are not carrying a photo id proof then the hotels have to click a photograph of the guest for its record we have informed all our members to comply with these guidelines there are a few smaller hotels who dont have the necessary infrastructure but they will now have to put it in place dhond addedttags immediate past preside nt and spokesperson ralph de sousa said that it is already common practice among hotels not to allow visitors to the guests rooms some of us have been following this since the last four years guests can entertain their visitors in the hotel lobby this also prevents all sorts of characters from moving around the hotel its much safer for everybody de sousa said