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ETW Staff – Mumbai
West Bengal Tourism, which had a separate stall for the first time at ITB Berlin 2014, focused on promoting major tourist destinations such as Sunderbans, Darjeeling and Kolkata during the Durga Puja Festival. More than 50 media representatives attended the press conference organised by the tourism department to showcase the state during the event. Speaking on the event, Umapada Chatterjee, director tourism, Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal, who headed the West Bengal delegation said, “Tourism destinations from West Bengal have been well accepted at the tourism trade fair where tour operators from across the world congregated. During the course of ITB Berlin, West Bengal received about 60 business enquiries through B2B meetings. The interest was also evident with the participation of 150 travel and tour operators, with special interest in India and Asia travel programmes, attending a tea party organised by the state tourism department.” The West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation and other inbound tour operators from the state who participated at the state pavilion sold tour packages to international tour operators of different countries.
