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Darjeeling is considered as a city and municipality amongst the state of West Bengal
in India. The city of West Bengal is situated at 6,700 feet or 2,042.2 meters elevation in
Lesser Himalayas. The city is known for various feature, specifically for the scenic beauty,
tea gardens, view of the third largest mountain Kangchenjunga and the popular Darjeeling
Himalaya Railways, which is declared as the World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The famous
toy-train of Darjeeling was completed during 80s (Wbtourismgov.in 2019). The city
Darjeeling is known as headquarters for the district of Darjeeling, an autonomous status in
West Bengal. It is one of the most widely-known tourist destination of India. The city of
Darjeeling is situated near the foothills of Himalaya. In the past before the independence,
Darjeeling was visited by the elites of British Raj as summer resort.
The city of mountains Darjeeling is famous for tourism. The economy of the city is
dependent on Darjeeling tea industry and tourism. The popularity of Darjeeling as a tourist
destination started by the year 1860. Being a tourist destination, Darjeeling experiences large
inflow of both national and international tourism. The tourism industry of Darjeeling is
dependent on factors like political, economic and geographical. Darjeeling was a prey of
numerous political agitations during 80s and 2000s but rose from the impact from 2012.
Darjeeling experiences around 30,000 international travellers and 6,00,000 national tourists
visits Darjeeling. The tourist inflow increased steadily (Darjeeling-tourism.com 2019).
According to the report of India Today, Darjeeling was the highest Googled tourist
destination amongst all other regions of India. The most popular food options in Darjeeling
are steamed sticky rice and momos. The political instability of Darjeeling could not stop the
growth and development of Darjeeling tourism every year. In the year 2017, 30 percent of
annual businesses amounted to 350 Crore (INR) stimulated from 35000 beds a night capacity
of Darjeeling (Darjeeling.gov.in 2019).

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