Published on: June 13, 2022 @ 01:12
Reporter: Aniruddha Pal
SPT News, Kolkata, June 12: A state. But in many ways. What is not in West Bengal. A diverse state. There are green paddy fields. Mountains, jungles, seas – what not. Nature has devastated. West Bengal is a beautiful place for us to travel. All the logistics of tourism are here. This West Bengal is full of religious fields, cultural fields, ancient traditions. This time the state government has taken initiative to promote the tourism of Bengal beyond the borders of the country to the international arena. The process has begun. The West Bengal Tourism Department conveyed that message to the people through its pavilion at the Kolkata Porjoton Mela.
The meeting was held to promote tourism in the state
Earlier, Chief Secretary Harikrishna Dwivedi and Principal Secretary Soumitra Mohan held an important meeting on tourism promotion. There have been several important discussions. How to strengthen the state’s tourism system, how to increase tourist safety, how to bring more tourist destinations in the spotlight, how to resume international flights from Kolkata – all these issues came up in the discussion. An association of ten travel agents was present at the discussion. Notable among which is Travel Agents Federation of India or TAFI.
Initiative to launch direct flights to Europe from Kolkata
Anil Punjabi, chairman of TAFI (Eastern), said the state government has taken several initiatives to promote tourism. Which includes – direct flight service from Kolkata to Europe. A list of multiple airlines has been compiled for this purpose. Where they have been offered. It has been said that you should start direct flights from Kolkata to Europe like Delhi or Mumbai. Already Air India, Vistara, Indigo have been told. The state government has said that once the airline is launched, there will be no passenger problems. This time passengers will catch direct flights to Europe from Kolkata. They no longer have to go to Delhi or Mumbai. The state government has given such an assurance.
Bankura has already had a tourist police camp
However, the state is going to take special measures for the protection of tourists. For this, tourist police stations will be set up in multiple tourist centers. However, such a tourist police camp has already been opened in Bankura district a few months ago. It was inaugurated at that time. It can be said that keeping in mind the words of the police camp, the process of opening tourist police stations in the tourist centers of the entire state has started.
State initiative
The state has taken initiative to introduce tourism to more people. The best tourist destination is West Bengal. West Bengal will become number one in the world of tourism. The best of the best. They are determined to bring people from the state of Vienna safely to their destination.
Several districts of the state have been made tourist destinations to attract tourists. Each district is known by a special name.
- Breathtaking Bankura,
- Panoramic Purulia
- Enchanting Purba Medinipur,
- Joyride Jhargram
- Dakshin 24 Parganas Diaries
- Kolkata calling,
- Captivating Cooch Behar,
- Darjeeling Delight
A lot of information has been highlighted in the tourist centers of all these districts. With this, travelers can easily find the destination of their choice.