Bhutan received 2753 trekking tourist last year which made up 10.3 percent of the total tourist visits, an increase by 15 percent in the previous year. With the increase in the number of tourist visiting Bhutan for trekking and Bhutanese trekking up the mountains, the risk of people getting altitude sickness, or mountain sickness increases....Read More
Bhutan received almost 41,000 high-end tourists last year, exceeding the target of 35,000 tourists for the year by almost 17 percent. According to the State of the Nation report, the tourist arrivals have contributed to the creation of about 2,600 additional jobs last year. Out of about 41,000 tourists who arrived in the country last...Read More
Bhutan has signed agreement with Maldives to expand air route in future. Bhutan has also signed the revised air services agreement recently with Nepal and Bangladesh to operate additional flights. Two new destinations, Guwahati and Bagdogra, have also been added to DrukAir’s route network. Prime Minister, Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley in the third annual report...Read More
In 2010 -2011 a total of 368 black-necked cranes (grus nigricollis) were reported in Bhutan. 294 cranes were spotted in Phobjikha, 60 in Bumdeling, five in Khotokha, five in Lhuntse and four in Gelephu. It was the first time that black-necked cranes were spotted in Gelephu while they have had reports of black-necked cranes...Read More
The highlanders of Merak and Sakteng are excited and have started buying electric appliances to experiment with electricity. It is one of the remotest gewogs in Bhutan that recently got electricity one year ahead of the deadlines set by the government. A total of Nu 35 million financed by Asian Development Bank was used to...Read More
Road safety is a growing concern in Bhutan as more number of vehicles gets registered every year increasing the number of accidents. To address this issue Bhutan recently launched a document on Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011- 2020. According to the draft Decade of Action for Road Safety document, as of December 2010,...Read More
Starting July 9 till 10, the Haa festival also known as Alpine festival will start off in Haa, Bhutan. The festival is being organised by the dzongkhag administration of Haa and Tourism council of Bhutan to attract tourists. This is an opportunity to explore the high alpine valleys of Haa, learn about the nomadic life...Read More
Thangkhas and statues are important artifacts of any monastery around which many mysteries lie veiled. These artifacts can date back to centuries ago when myth and mysticism were common as any unwarranted stories today. The origins of some of these artifacts were never discovered. They existed from time immemorial, while others were gifts from great...Read More
The Bhutan Nuns’ Foundation held a conference for the first time in Bhutan focusing on social issues and challenges among the nuns in the country and to improve their living conditions. It is a Non-Profit Organization established in 2009 under the patronage of Her Majesty, the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuk. The Drathshang Lhentshog...Read More
To reduce customs duties of all traded goods to zero by the year 2016, a South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) was signed by the foreign ministers in 2004. 20 percent duty will be reduced in a series of annual cuts in the final five year phase ending in 2012. Underdeveloped member countries like Nepal,...Read More
