Teesta Tea Festival - very popular tourism festival in Darjeeling West Bengal. The tea producing districts are in the northern parts of West Bengal. The neighbouring states also produce a large amount of tea and the Teesta Tea Festival is celebrated every year in the month of November and December and a large number of tourists visit the state during that festival.
This festival is also regarded as the tourism festival of West Bengal. This festival is organized by the West Bengal Tourism, Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council and Sikkim Tourism. The festival is supported by Govt. of Indian Tourism and with the help of some Private Tour Operators.
The Teesta Tea and Tourism Festival is organized in the hilly areas of Darjeeling which is a beautiful place surrounded by long stretch of tea gardens. The festival is celebrated with grandouise and pomp and locals and foriegn tourists visit during the festival. The festival is full of excitement with food carnivals, film festival, toy train ride, Water sports, Nature walk, visit to the nearby sanctuaries and lots more. The generally calm hill locality looks entirely different during this season with lots of colours, festivity and music.