West Bengal tourism department is organizing World Tourism Day on September 27 in Kolkata, Siliguri and Digha to promote tourism. The authorities have set up a task force to chalk out plans on how Bengal could be developed as an attractive tourist destination.
The authorities will rope in school kids for the programmes in Kolkata, Siliguri and Digha. Tourism department secretary Vikram Sen said that the theme of the programme is – sustainable energy for all.
Officials said that there are many places – from Dooars to Sunderbans – that have tremendous potential for tourism. The authorities are were chalking out plans to develop the tourism potential of these places and also looking into health tourism, where they have received quite a few proposals.
The government was working on the riverfront beautification projects to attract more tourists to the river side, with plans to set up the much ambitious Kolkata Eye on the lines of London Eye.
Tourism minister Rachpal Singh also held a meeting with several hotel associations, tour operators, regional directors of the Indian tourist bureau and a few business chambers representatives last month to discuss on proposals as to how West Bengal could be promoted as a tourism hub.
The tourism department was looking into various issues like how much incentive the tourism department could give to promote tourism in the state. Different packages are being prepared for local tourists and tourists from other states and abroad.
The authorities are also working to introduce a single-window clearance for tourism in coordination with the forest and municipal affairs department to look into several matters. The authorities have noticed that there are many hotels in the state that do not have any registration and in many cases, there is no provision for a tourist to lodge a complaint against any matter if they want to.
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