Tourism in West Bengal is in the South Asia region of Bengal, consisting of West Bengal and its neighbouring country of Bangladesh. It is the world's largest delta, and empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is one of the most fertile regions in the world, thus earning the nickname "The Green Delta". It stretches from the Hooghly River on the west to the Meghna River on the east. It is approximately across at the Bay of Bengal. Kolkata and Haldia are the principal Indian seaports on the delta. The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden or Calcutta Botanical Garden (previously known as
Tourist attractions in West Bengal incredible. West Bengal is also famous for its costumes. NDTV along with the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India conducted a nationwide campaign for searching the ""Seven Wonders of India" in 2008-09. The campaign started with shortlisting 200 places from all of the Indian states and then inviting public to cast their vote for their favorite places. It also included seven wonders of particular states. In West Bengal a total 13 were selected of which the ""Seven Wonders of West Bengal"" were shortlisted. The list of the 30 selected places are as follows: The shortlisted list, compiling of the ""Seven