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$250 a day - tourist tariff increase for 2009
24 June, 2008
The Tourism Council of Bhutan’s (TCB) move to increase the tariff for tourists entering the country from US$200 to 250 beginning next year has been welcomed by the Bhutanese tour operators.
The revision is to help tour operators deal better with inflation, said an official from the Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO).
Rare ocelot in Bhutan
11 June, 2008
A rare morph of the Asiatic golden cat (the ocelot morph) has been sighted in the high altitude mountains of the Jigme Singye Wangchuck national park, which nature conservationists are calling another feather in the cap of Bhutan’s conservation efforts.
Read More >>Freak accident at the Taktsang - tourist survives
26 May, 2008
A 17 year old boy fell off the Taktsang cliff on the 24th of May suffering multiple injuries. Doctors say he is out of danger but the magnitude of the injury can be confirmed only after a CT scan.
Anish Kanoria, the victim, had gone to Taktsang with his family and the Young President Organisation, a group [...]
Hotels to be rated with stars
26 May, 2008
Hotels in Bhutan will soon graded on a star rating, based on a new classification system introduced by the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB), which will replace the existing lettering system.
“The proposed system incorporates all accommodations for international tourists and could be expanded in future,” said the director general of TCB, Kesang Wangdi. He said [...]
A record 21,094 tourists visited Bhutan in 2007
19 May, 2008
The previous year (2007) recorded a gross earning of about USD 24 million from the tourism industry with 21,094 tourists visiting Bhutan, 21.6% more than 2006, the highest ever.
The number is expected to increase in 2008 with 8,559 tourists already having visited Bhutan by April 2008.
