Agency Name: | West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation |
Motto: | Experience Bengal The Sweetest Part of India |
Type: | Public Sector Undertaking |
Headquarters: | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Chief1 Name: | Ajit Ranjan Bardhan |
Chief1 Position: | Chairman |
Jurisdiction: | West Bengal, India |
Agency Type: | Tourism, Ecotourism, Hotel Management, Package Touring |
Parent Department: | Department of Tourism (West Bengal), Government of West Bengal |
The West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited (WBTDCL) is a state government agency which promotes tourism in West Bengal under Department of Tourism (West Bengal), India. It was incorporated on 29 April 1974 under the Companies Act, 1956.
The Board of Directors is appointed by the State Government and in terms of Notification no. 71-TW/IT-162/74, dt. 21.01.2014 issued by Tourism Department, Govt. of WB, the Board of Directors is reconstituted and is composed of the following.[1]
Name | Post | |
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1. | Indranil Sen | Chairman |
2. | Sayantika Banerjee | Vice Chairperson |
3. | Nandini Chakravorty | Director |
4. | Ritendra Narayan Basu Roy Chowdhury | Managing Director |
5. | Tapas Kumar Haldar | Directors |
6. | Karan Paul | |
7. | Harshavardhan Neotia | |
8. | Rudra Chatterjee | |
9. | Mehul Mohanka |
WBTDC manages lodges and hotels in 28 locations across the state of West Bengal.
Name | Location (Co-ordinate) | District | Photo | About Property | Tourist Attraction | |
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Mainak Tourist Property (earlier Mainak Tourist Lodge) | Siliguri | Darjeeling | 20 airconditioned standard double bedrooms and 10 airconditioned large double bedrooms. The property also has a restaurant[2] | Mainly a transit destination for tourists heading or returning from the hills of West Bengal and Sikkim and also for the Dooars region of West Bengal. Popular among business travellers | ||
Roudra Chhaya Tourism Property (earlier Kurseong Tourist Lodge) | Kurseong | Darjeeling | 3 airconditioned standard double bedrooms and 9 airconditioned large double bedrooms. The property also has a restaurant[3] | |||
Meghbalika Tourism Property earlier Darjeeling Tourist Lodge | Darjeeling | Darjeeling | 3 airconditioned standard double bedrooms and 8 airconditioned large double bedrooms. The property also has a restaurant[4] | |||
Morgan House Tourism Property earlier known as Morgan House Tourist Lodge | Kalimpong | Kalimpong | Heritage property with 1 Deluxe Double Bedded Room, 1 Large Double Bedded Room, 3 Standard Double Bedded Room and 1 Small Double Bedded Room. There are also 8 cottages and a restaurant.[5] [6] | Kalimpong | ||
Tashiding Tourism Property Located in the complex of Morgan House | Kalimpong | Kalimpong | ||||
Hill Top Tourism Property earlier known as Hill Top Tourist Lodge | Kalimpong | |||||
Teesta Sundori Tourism Property earlier known as Teesta Paryatak Abas | Jalpaiguri | Jalpaiguri | ||||
Bhorer Alo Tourism Property | Jalpaiguri | Jalpaiguri | ||||
Tilottama Tourism Property earlier known as Tilabari Tourist Complex | Lataguri | Jalpaiguri | ||||
Moorti Tourism Property earlier known as Murti Tourist Lodge | Murti | Jalpaiguri | ||||
Bonolakshmi Tourism Property earlier known as Malbazar Tourist Lodge | Malbazar | Jalpaiguri | ||||
Batabari Tourism Property | Batabari | Jalpaiguri | ||||
Aranya Tourism Property earlier known as Jaldapara Tourist Lodge | Jaldapara | Alipurduar | ||||
Dinantey Tourism Property earlier known as Raiganj Tourist Lodge | Raiganj | Uttar Dinajpur | ||||
Amarapali Tourism Property earlier known as Malda Tourist Lodge | Malda | Malda | ||||
Motijheel Tourism Property | Malda | Malda | ||||
Bohor Tourism Property earlier known as Baharampur Tourist Lodge | Baharampur | Murshidabad | ||||
Shantobitan Tourism Property earlier known as Shantiniketan Tourist Lodge | Shantiniketan | Birbhum | Shantiniketan | |||
Rangabitan Tourism Property | Shantiniketan | Birbhum | ||||
Muktodhara Tourism Property earlier known as Maithon Tourist Lodge | Maithon | Paschim Bardhaman | ||||
Bishnupur Tourism Property | Bishnupur | Bankura | ||||
Jhargram Rajbari Tourism Project | Jhargram | Jhargram | ||||
Roopmanjari Tourism Property earlier known as Rupnarayan Tourist Lodge | Gadiara | Howrah | ||||
Mrittika Tourism Property earlier known as Rani Shiromoni Paryatak Abas | Midnapore | Paschim Medinipur | ||||
Dighali Tourism Property earlier known as Digha Tourist Lodge | Digha | Purba Medinipur | ||||
Mangaldhara Tourism Property earlier known as Malancha Tourist Lodge | Barrackpore | North 24 Parganas | ||||
Sagorika Tourism Property | Diamond Harbour | South 24 Parganas | ||||
Balutot Tourism Property earlier known as Bakkhali Tourist Lodge | Bakkhali | South 24 Parganas | ||||
Matla Tourism Property earlier known as Sajnekhali Tourist Lodge | Sajnekhali |