I know that the Goa section of the old photo gallery was much visited. The replacement media galleries has been almost disasterous due to the problems folks have downloading or finding photos, and the lack of almost any support from those in charge of the galleries( the HT team have no input at all by the way). I think this in part has driven away our regulars. The hotel reviews are lacking photos as well.
Why not try a subforum on goa of hotel reviews which can include photos? Goa is a relatively small region and I think it would be worth an experiment to see if it is something that members like. It could be rolled out to other forums if successful)You can still check ips to make sure that the reviews do not come directly from the region( to stop self promotion or bad promotion for rivals)
I think it must be worth a try as its so depressing to see a once hugely busy forum as slow as it is nowadays.