Tourism in West Bengal Tourism in West Bengal Tourism in West Bengal refers to West Bengal's tourism. West Bengal (পশ্চিম বাংলা) is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. The state capital is Kolkata (কলকাতা) (formerly "Calcutta"). The state encompasses two broad natural regions: the Gangetic Plain in the south and the sub-Himalayan and Himalayan area in the north. The tourism in West Bengal is maintained by WBTDCL, a state government owned enterprise. West Bengal, located on eastern bottleneck of India stretching from the Himalayas in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south, presents
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