State keen on Turkish Airlines flight stopover in Kolkata

West Bengal government has written to the Civil Aviation Ministry to facilitate touch down of a Turkish Airlines flight to the city to increase arrivals of foreign tourists, state tourism minister Bratya Basu said today.
Replying during the question hour in the house, Basu said there had been an increase of foreign tourist arrivals in the city. Most of them head towards either Dooars or the hills.
Basu said the government had written to the civil aviation ministry urging that a Turkish Airlines flight touch down at N S C Bose International airport once a week. This would increase the number of arrivals as Turkey is located between Asia and Europe.

To another question, he said the government is upgrading its tourist lodges at various places across the state.
It also had plans to preserve the birthplaces of eminent personalities of Bengal, he added.