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08/12/2019

Bhutan beats Costa Rica as a preferred destination.

The Tourism Council of Bhutan is happy to share that Bhutan was voted as the preferred choice compared to Costa Rica on an online Facebook poll set up by Lonely Planet.

We would like to offer our sincere gratitude to all the supporters from across the globe. We commit to live up to your expectations. We would also like to thank Costa Rica for participating in the online poll. Costa Rica and Bhutan have lots to offer in sustainable nature tourism.

Thank you Lonely Planet.

03/12/2019

03/12/2019

We are selecting one person who makes a purchase from Seek Discomfort of ANY AMOUNT on Sunday, December 1st and another person on Monday, December 2nd to joi...

01/12/2019

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We thank everyone for your feedback. We have no updated the guide which will help our tourists visiting the Kingdom of Bhutan enjoy responsibly. Please find the updated version attached here.

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Therefore, we are happy to share a guide which will help our tourists visiting the Kingdom of Bhutan enjoy responsibility.

We will put these information boards in arrival entry gates and in popular tourism sites/attractions.

We wish all of you a happy Sunday



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20/11/2019

ATTENTION to the PROSPECTIVE TOURISTS: Beware of cheap tour packages to Bhutan. Such practices are not supported and can be punishable by existing norms of the Kingdom…

Lately, some ex-country tour operators/companies/ individuals in partnerships with local (Bhutanese) partners appear to be engaging in unethical businesses. We hear and see the advertisement on social media and websites selling tour packages in Bhutan at very cheap prices. These prices are unbelievably low and practically not possible to provide services of any acceptable standards. They claim to offer cheap flights, cheap accommodation, cheap food, which could be possible but at a maximum level of compromise in the services offered to the tourists. This is not allowed by our Tourism Policy of “High Value, exclusivity”. Such unethical practice will pose a high and real risk in getting the reputation of our “High value and Exclusivity” tourism marred. This also pose a huge risk on the health and safety of the tourists. Bhutan Tourism believes in giving best experiences to all Tourists.
Therefore, TCB considers such practices as illegal and condemns. Bhutan Tourism has a minimum tariff to ensure a comfortable experience if not exclusive. TCB condemns such practices and if such practices are caught with evidence, the defaulters will be dealt as per the existing rules. Prospective tourist is informed to be careful and avoid dealings with such unethical practices.

The Kingdom of Bhutan is an exclusive, high-end travel destination, which promotes immersive and experiential travel. The overall tourism development and promotion are guided by the policy principle of ‘High value, Low Impact’ and at the core of this policy principle is promoting responsible and mindful tourism that considers the benefit of visitors and the host destinations. In order to ensure that visitors get good experience and host communities are not impacted negatively, we encourage our visitors using professionally trained tour guides, certified accommodation, and comfortable vehicles which are an integral part of one’s travel experience. All these factors play a vital role in creating a wonderful experience for a visitor.

29/10/2019

Good luck

24/10/2019

What’s the most on-trend travel destination going to be in 2020? It’s Bhutan, according to Lonely Planet, which has put the tiny Asian nation at the top of

11/09/2019

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07/09/2019

Local boys with their puppies in their Gho(National dress for men) ❤️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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07/09/2019

03/09/2019

A gloomy day at Kabisa, Thimphu

03/09/2019

A feast for the eyes. Bird eye view of Paro ❤️

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21/08/2019

20/08/2019

Age Old Natural Remedy or Modern Pharmaceutical Drugs?

The fungus first infects caterpillars in the summer, while they are buried underground and feeding on plant roots. It grows through their bodies in the fall and winter, slowly consuming them. Once the overlying snow melts in the spring, the fungus forces its almost-dead hosts toward the surface, before sending a dark-brown, spore-filled stalk through their heads. For that reason, the fungus is known locally as yartsa gunbu, meaning “winter worm, summer grass.”

At an altitude above the tree line, where the weather is almost always wet and cold with thin air. Setting up makeshift tents with little sleep and those with nothing but the bare sky over their heads hang on till the break of dawn.

They will be always crawling on wet grounds fishing for a fungus, which is not only very small but also cunningly camouflaged. It is almost like trying to find a needle in a heap of hay.

Sharp eyes will be an advantage but not a guarantee to good harvest. Digging them out is even harder. If the fungus breaks off the caterpillar, it loses value, so during the harvest, it’s really important to keep the two parts connected.

The amount of harvest greatly depends on luck or chance factor. So depending on the combination of sharpness of vision, strength and stamina, and luck or chance, one can harvest nothing to a maximum of 300 pieces a day.

High altitude sickness can be a real danger. Good night sleep will be seldom and with no commensurate supply of calories to the increased calories requirement as the food supplies will be bare minimum the collectors would actually barter the fungus with koka, doma and other necessities.

The collectors work in May and June. Once they’ve unearthed their prizes, they get auctioned. Once sold, the caterpillars slowly work their way through a chain of middlemen and towards the manufacturing of cordyceps in capsules, teas and other dietary supplements.

Naturally Bhutan is on a mission to explore and export such herbal and natural remedies from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan to the outside world and revive the reputation of Bhutan being known as the Land Of Medicinal Herbs.

20/08/2019

His Highness the 5th King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and her Highness the Queen Jetsun Pema