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 following is the latest state of the Tourism Development Fund (TDF), after Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO) passed an Executive Order to allocate Nu. 26 million towards destination marketing: -
Can Bhutan bring in more tourists at a higher tariff? According to a majority of the tour operators in the country, it may not be possible. In other words, it’s going to be difficult to meet the government’s target of bringing in 100,000 tourists by 2013, when the official tariff goes up from USD 200 [...]
The country’s tour operators are doubly happy about the government’s decision to strike down the tariff liberalization proposal (by McKinsey) and instead raise it to USD 250 a tourist a day. Many tour operators felt the new tariff revision was timely as the old USD 200 tariff existed since 1989, when the 36-year old tourism sector was run [...]
The Guides Association of Bhutan (GAB), which represents the country’s almost 1,300 guides voted against the policy to liberalize the existing US$ 200 tariff that Tourism Council of Bhutan proposed.
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