Tourism potential refers to capacity of tourism of a particular region with reference to local resources. It is one of the important remarkable economic social phenomena of chandannagar town. Tourism is the major consumer preferences are the tourist of this town. The major focus of this paper understanding the capacity of tourism of this town with reference to cultural heritage, sustainable uses of resources and govt. initiatives with ecological footprint. Ayan Kumar Maity | Chandralekha Bandyopadhyay "Potentiality of Tourism in Chandannagar, Hooghly, West Bengal - A French Colonial Town" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38053.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/geography/38053/potentiality-of-tourism-in-chandannagar-hooghly-west-bengal--a-french-colonial-town/ayan-kumar-maity
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Potentiality of Tourism in Chandannagar,
Hooghly, West Bengal - A French Colonial Town
Ayan Kumar Maity1, Chandralekha Bandyopadhyay2
1Head Master, Narua Sikshanikatan, Chandannagar, Hooghly, West Bengal, India
2Department of Geography, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
ABSTRACT
Tourism potential refers to capacity of tourism of a particular region with
reference to local resources. It is one of the important remarkable economic
social phenomena of chandannagar town. Tourism is the major consumer
preferences are the tourist of this town. The major focus of this paper
understanding the capacity of tourism of this town with reference to cultural
heritage, sustainable uses of resources and govt. initiatives with ecological
footprint.
KEYWORDS: Hotspot, Eco tourism, Potentiality, Architecture, Illumination,
Accessibility
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1. INTRODUCTION
Chandannagar was first under the rule of Nabab, then the
region shifted to the French. With the arrival of the British
Chandannagar changed