29/01/2021
Condé Nast Traveller recommends BHUTAN as one of the top ten sustainable destinations globally to visit in 2021
Condé Nast Traveller lists BHUTAN along with Slovenia, Costa Rica, Finland, Greece, Scotland, Palau, Malawi, Portugal, and Hawaii as the TEN SUSTAINABLE DESTINATIONS TO VISIT IN 2021.
It is interesting and thought-provoking that the author Juliet Kinsman uses “light touch” in place of “Low Volume”, which could be another manifestation of Bhutan's five decades young golden tourism policy of High-Value Low Volume.
Juliet justifies Bhutan's place in this list of 10 sustainable destinations to visit in 2021 with - "...The last remaining Buddhist kingdom, up in the Himalayas, Bhutan is the world’s only carbon-negative country and models a less-is-more approach to hosting visitors. As tourism is so carefully regulated, those who are prepared to pay the premium to stay are among the lucky few to be welcomed into a compassionate, inclusive community, where there are few barriers between the Bhutanese and foreign guests. Amid emerald-green forests and glacial valleys, there's no straying from the country’s authentic, epoch-old way of living, and you have the comfort of knowing your environmental impact is minimal.
https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/sustainable-destinations-2021
Photo credit: Gasa Dzong by Dorji Dhadhul.