West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation

West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation
Public Sector Undertaking overview
Formed	29 April 1974; 50 years ago
Type	Tourism, Ecotourism, Hotel Management, Package Touring
Jurisdiction	West Bengal, India
Headquarters	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Motto	Experience Bengal; The Sweetest Part of India
Public Sector Undertaking executive	Ajit Ranjan Bardhan, Chairman;
Parent department	Department of Tourism (West Bengal), Government of West Bengal
Website	www.wbtdcl.com

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.^[1]

Board of directors

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
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

Hotels and Lodges

WBTDC manages lodges and hotels in 28 locations across the state of West Bengal.

Name	Location (Co-ordinate)	District	Photo	About Property	Tourist Attraction
Mainak Tourist Property (earlier Mainak Tourist Lodge)	Siliguri (26°43′52″N 88°24′46″E / 26.7310309°N 88.4126771°E / 26.7310309; 88.4126771)	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 (26°53′08″N 88°16′40″E / 26.8856269°N 88.2776963°E / 26.8856269; 88.2776963)	Darjeeling	Roudra Chhaya Tourism Property	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 (27°02′57″N 88°15′59″E / 27.0490395°N 88.2664728°E / 27.0490395; 88.2664728)	Darjeeling	Meghbalika Tourism Property, 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 (27°02′43″N 88°27′38″E / 27.0453642°N 88.4604499°E / 27.0453642; 88.4604499)	Kalimpong	Morgan House	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 (27°02′49″N 88°27′37″E / 27.0470023°N 88.4602119°E / 27.0470023; 88.4602119)	Kalimpong
Hill Top Tourism Property earlier known as Hill Top Tourist Lodge	Kalimpong (27°03′20″N 88°27′41″E / 27.0555673°N 88.4613648°E / 27.0555673; 88.4613648)	Kalimpong
Teesta Sundori Tourism Property earlier known as Teesta Paryatak Abas	Jalpaiguri (26°41′44″N 89°17′08″E / 26.6956501°N 89.2856157°E / 26.6956501; 89.2856157)	Jalpaiguri
Bhorer Alo Tourism Property	Jalpaiguri (26°44′45″N 88°34′34″E / 26.7457125°N 88.5761262°E / 26.7457125; 88.5761262)	Jalpaiguri
Tilottama Tourism Property earlier known as Tilabari Tourist Complex	Lataguri (26°48′24″N 88°47′42″E / 26.8067207°N 88.7949814°E / 26.8067207; 88.7949814)	Jalpaiguri
Moorti Tourism Property earlier known as Murti Tourist Lodge	Murti (26°50′36″N 88°49′33″E / 26.8432946°N 88.8259166°E / 26.8432946; 88.8259166)	Jalpaiguri
Bonolakshmi Tourism Property earlier known as Malbazar Tourist Lodge	Malbazar (26°52′17″N 88°44′08″E / 26.8714971°N 88.7356818°E / 26.8714971; 88.7356818)	Jalpaiguri
Batabari Tourism Property	Batabari (26°50′12″N 88°48′05″E / 26.8367866°N 88.801305°E / 26.8367866; 88.801305)	Jalpaiguri
Aranya Tourism Property earlier known as Jaldapara Tourist Lodge	Jaldapara (26°32′39″N 88°43′09″E / 26.5440607°N 88.7191592°E / 26.5440607; 88.7191592)	Alipurduar
Dinantey Tourism Property earlier known as Raiganj Tourist Lodge	Raiganj (25°38′11″N 88°07′08″E / 25.6363291°N 88.1188846°E / 25.6363291; 88.1188846)	Uttar Dinajpur
Amarapali Tourism Property earlier known as Malda Tourist Lodge	Malda (25°00′11″N 88°08′10″E / 25.0030015°N 88.1361868°E / 25.0030015; 88.1361868)	Malda	Amarapalli Tourism Property, Malda
Motijheel Tourism Property	Malda (24°09′29″N 88°16′43″E / 24.158134775767106°N 88.27874004438442°E)	Malda	Motijheel Tourism Property, Malda
Bohor Tourism Property earlier known as Baharampur Tourist Lodge	Baharampur (24°05′57″N 88°15′00″E / 24.0992486°N 88.2499704°E / 24.0992486; 88.2499704)	Murshidabad
Shantobitan Tourism Property earlier known as Shantiniketan Tourist Lodge	Shantiniketan (23°40′13″N 87°41′29″E / 23.6702732°N 87.6913031°E / 23.6702732; 87.6913031)	Birbhum			Shantiniketan
Rangabitan Tourism Property	Shantiniketan (23°41′00″N 87°39′00″E / 23.6832807°N 87.6499236°E / 23.6832807; 87.6499236)	Birbhum			Shantiniketan
Muktodhara Tourism Property earlier known as Maithon Tourist Lodge	Maithon (23°47′42″N 86°49′15″E / 23.79502°N 86.8208477°E / 23.79502; 86.8208477)	Paschim Bardhaman
Bishnupur Tourism Property	Bishnupur (23°03′59″N 87°19′21″E / 23.0663894°N 87.3225077°E / 23.0663894; 87.3225077)	Bankura
Jhargram Rajbari Tourism Project	Jhargram (22°25′55″N 86°59′49″E / 22.4319919°N 86.9970642°E / 22.4319919; 86.9970642)	Jhargram
Roopmanjari Tourism Property earlier known as Rupnarayan Tourist Lodge	Gadiara (22°13′17″N 88°02′57″E / 22.2212673°N 88.0490443°E / 22.2212673; 88.0490443)	Howrah
Mrittika Tourism Property earlier known as Rani Shiromoni Paryatak Abas	Midnapore (87°18′27″N 87°18′27″E / 87.3076341°N 87.3076341°E / 87.3076341; 87.3076341)	Paschim Medinipur
Dighali Tourism Property earlier known as Digha Tourist Lodge	Digha (21°37′33″N 87°31′35″E / 21.6259207°N 87.5262903°E / 21.6259207; 87.5262903)	Purba Medinipur
Mangaldhara Tourism Property earlier known as Malancha Tourist Lodge	Barrackpore (22°45′18″N 88°21′38″E / 22.7550148°N 88.3605093°E / 22.7550148; 88.3605093)	North 24 Parganas	Mangaldhara Tourism Property, Barrackpur
Sagorika Tourism Property	Diamond Harbour (22°10′54″N 88°11′32″E / 22.1815833°N 88.1921465°E / 22.1815833; 88.1921465)	South 24 Parganas
Balutot Tourism Property earlier known as Bakkhali Tourist Lodge	Bakkhali (21°33′40″N 88°16′05″E / 21.5610219°N 88.2680333°E / 21.5610219; 88.2680333)	South 24 Parganas
Matla Tourism Property earlier known as Sajnekhali Tourist Lodge	Sajnekhali (22°07′26″N 88°49′53″E / 22.1237762°N 88.8313005°E / 22.1237762; 88.8313005)	South 24 Parganas	Matla Tourism Property

References

^ ^a ^b WBTDCL. "WBTDCL about us". Official Website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Mainak Tourist lodge". WBTDCL.
^ "Kurseong Tourist Lodge". WBTDCL. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Darjeeling Tourist Lodge". WBTDCL. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Morgan House". WBTDCL. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Morgan House Cottage". WBTDCL. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

External links

[WBTDCL-1] WBTDCL. "WBTDCL about us". Official Website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[2] "Mainak Tourist lodge". WBTDCL.

[3] "Kurseong Tourist Lodge". WBTDCL. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[4] "Darjeeling Tourist Lodge". WBTDCL. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[5] "Morgan House". WBTDCL. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[6] "Morgan House Cottage". WBTDCL. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

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Board of directors

Hotels and Lodges

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