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Druk Air to Bring More Indian Tourists

Gelay — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:35:57 +0000

Druk Air says India could be the single biggest tourist market for Bhutan. With the aim to increase Indian tourists visiting Bhutan by 5 % this year, Druk Air has revived its holiday package under the Royal Druk Holidays (RDH) brand. The package for Indian tourists ranges from a minimum of 3 nights/4 days to [...]

Commission For Tour Guides

Gelay — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:30:15 +0000

Handicrafts shops are complaining that tour guides are charging them hefty commissions. A consultative meeting among tourism stakeholders held recently discussed various tourism issues to help the tourism sector generate 25,000 jobs and contribute 15 % to the country’s GDP by the end of 2013. The meeting addressed stakeholders’ grievances on many issues. Commission for tour [...]

Tourism and Biodiversity – World Tourism Day

Gelay — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:23:05 +0000

As per the decision of the 2nd Tourism Council (TCB) meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister, the World Tourism Day on 27th September 2010 should be celebrated on a much bigger scale in order to advocate more awareness and reach. This is to be jointly organised by the tourism stakeholders in the private sector with [...]

Buddha Air is Bhutan’s Second Airline

Gelay — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:11:18 +0000

Bhutan’s airspace just got a little bit busier. Buddha Air successfully conducted its first commercial flight between the Paro and Kathmandu on the 23rd of August, 2010. “It was an adventurous flight,” laughed one of the passengers, recalling the more than usual maneuvers required to land in Paro airport. Bureaucratic procedures have delayed Buddha Air’s [...]

Department of Forests and Park Services to Issue Permits

Gelay — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:52:05 +0000

Permits to visit protected areas while trekking will now be issued by the Department of Forests and Park Services. This permit was until now issued by the Nature Conservation Division. The permit can be obtained from the Nature Recreation and Eco-tourism Division (previously known as Royal Botanical Parks and Recreation Division) located below the Jushing [...]

Discount for Visitors

Gelay — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:04:10 +0000

As per the directive of the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) through the TCB document: TCB/ABTO-05/2165, dated 30th July 2010, the following changes within the prevailing discount structure: The existing duration discount from the 9th night onwards has been enhanced to 50% of the royalty: US$ 27.50 during lean season - January, June & July till [...]

National Parks Open for Tourists

Gelay — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:51:36 +0000

Tourists coming into the country will now have the chance to live in the wild, amid hundreds of species of animals, birds and plants. Diversifying tourism products, Bhutan’s 10 “protected” areas will now be opened for tourists, an outcome of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) and the Ministry of [...]

ABTO President for 2010

Gelay — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:21:23 +0000

During the 63rd ABTO Executive Committee meeting held on 29th July 2010, President Yeshey Norbu formally submitted his resignation to the Committee from the post of ABTO President-ship. The reason for his resignation being mainly, not being able to commit adequate time towards the Association, hence his inability to do justice to the post as [...]

New Check-In Counter for Druk Air in New Delhi

Gelay — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:15:55 +0000

With the opening and operation of the new terminal, Terminal 3 at New Delhi (Indra Gandhi International Airport), Druk Air has been allotted with new new check-in counter. Currently for the period from 30th July – 3rd August 2010, Druk Air check in counter will be L8 to L10. The new 5 million square foot [...]

Star Hotels in Bhutan

Gelay — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:44:30 +0000

From services like wake-up call and newspaper delivery to the size of the room and beds, hotels in Bhutan will soon be rated on their services to earn “star” ratings. Even as the cabinet’s proposal of making all tourists, who visit Bhutan, to stay in a minimum of a 3 star hotel still gets discussed, [...]