Tag Archives: Eco-tourism

Tourism and Biodiversity – World Tourism Day

August 24, 2010
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 [...]

Department of Forests and Park Services to Issue Permits

August 10, 2010
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.

National Parks Open for Tourists

August 3, 2010
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 [...]

Saving Bhutan for Tourism?

February 6, 2010
Prime minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley has a grand plan for the nomads of Bhutan. While all the 205 gewogs would be connected with roads, the plan is to deliberately leave these places out.

Spa in Bumthang

October 20, 2008
What was earlier a mere hot spring source at Duethang in Ura, Bumthang, will soon be a major tourist attraction site after being converted into a public establishment offering hot spring baths. The hot springs, flowing from two different sources (known as male and female), will be brought together through pipelines and collected in big [...]

New National Park Proposed

June 11, 2008
A vast and mainly uninhabited area touching five dzongkhags and lying between Jigme Dorji park in the west and Bumdeling wildlife sanctuary in the east may be declared as a national park area. The park is a proposal by the Agriculture Ministry, that will be taking help from the world wildlife fund (WWF). Sources say [...]

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