Guides Association of Bhutan

Commission For Tour Guides

August 26, 2010

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.

Driglam Namsha for Tour Guides

May 25, 2010

Guides Association of Bhutan (GAB) is working in partnership with the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) to organize a 5-day training session on the Bhutanese etiquette (Driglam Namsha) for the first batch of tour guides with effect from 22nd to 26th of June 2010.

Guides Association of Bhutan to Offer Various Trainings

March 24, 2010

Driglam Namsha Class

Guides Association of Bhutan (GAB) is pleased to confirm that it is working in partnership with Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) to organize a 5-day training session on the traditional Bhutanese etiquette (Driglam Namsha).

Controversy Over Tourism Development Fund

March 13, 2010

The government’s decision to use Nu 26 million from the tourism development fund (TDF) as funding to market Bhutan as a tourism destination under the McKinsey plan has led to differences between the Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO) and the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) over the fund’s control and ownership.

Draft Code of Conduct for Tour Guides

March 2, 2010

Bhutanese tour guides have been in the limelight recently. In a meeting on the 24th of February 2010 with the various stakeholders in the Bhutanese tourism industry, the Prime Minister pointed out unprofessionalism and the lack of ethics among the Bhutanese tour guides. In the wake of all these unwanted attention, the Guides Association of Bhutan (GAB) has circulated amongst its members, a draft 25-point Code of Conduct for tour guides. The GAB welcomes suggestions.

Bhutanese Tourism and Ethics

February 28, 2010

Talk about bringing in thousands of tourists more! Do the proponents and service providers of this gargantuan leap have their ethics and etiquettes right? May be not! Not surprising then that the Prime Minister frequently inserted talks about ethics during his engagement with the tourism stakeholders on Wednesday.