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West Bengal to unveil app ‘Home away from home’ for homestays

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Monday, 23 January 2023, 1:00 PM 299

The West Bengal Tourism Department is going to come up with an app —“Home away from home” — to boost tourism through homestays reports Tamaghna Banerjee for TOI. Tourists can book homestays by using the app. The app has been planned following the wish of chief minister Mamata Banerjee to popularize homestays for generating employment. […]Continue Reading

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Singer Babul Supriyo takes oath as Tourism Minister of West Bengal

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 4 August 2022, 10:00 AM 570

At the Cabinet expansion of West Bengal yesterday, singer Babul Supriyo has taken oath as Tourism Minister of the state along with the portfolio of Information Technology and Electronics. “I really have no idea about this coincidence (August 3). Yes, life has definitely come full circle. It was last year in August when I left […]Continue Reading

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Govt of West Bengal and FAITH held a day- long discussion for tourism development in the state

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Monday, 6 June 2022, 4:06 PM 720

The Department of Tourism, Govt. of West Bengal and Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH) held a day-long workshop to formulate a tourism development strategy aiming at creation of livelihood and job opportunities was held on 4th June, 2022 at ITC, Royal Bengal Hotel on the development of a tourism strategic roadmap […]Continue Reading

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Trade bodies in Bengal demand for relaxing partial lockdown measures in tourism sector

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 10:32 AM 1157

Trade bodies in West Bengal are pressing for relaxation of the partial lockdown measures clamped by the government on the job intensive tourism sector and have demanded its relaxation. The travel restriction announced by the Mamata Banerjee government to contain the spread of the disease in the state has severely impacted the state’s tourism industry, […]Continue Reading

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Bengal to suspend direct flights from UK, at-risk countries from January 3 due to rising Covid cases

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 31 December 2021, 12:16 PM 1082

The West Bengal government announced that it is suspending all direct flights from the UK and those emanating from other high-risk countries from January 3, amid growing scare over the rise in number of Covid cases of the omicron variant, an official said. State’s Home Secretary B P Gopalika wrote to the Union civil aviation […]Continue Reading