West Bengal to celebrate World tourism day to promote tourism in the state

The government also 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

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West Bengal tourism department is organizing World Tourism Day on Thursday in Kolkata, Siliguri and Digha to promote tourism and 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. \\\\\\\"There will be a clean Kolkata campaign in the city, where schoolchildren will be present,\\\\\\\" he said, adding that there will be other programmes too.

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.

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