Bhutan cuts daily tourist fee by half to lure more visitors
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is to halve the $200 daily fee it charges tourists in an effort to boost a sector still struggling to recover a year after the end of COVID-19 restrictions.
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is to halve the $200 daily fee it charges tourists in an effort to boost a sector still struggling to recover a year after the end of COVID-19 restrictions.
The Happy Dreams Chepti fun park, opened in Chepti, Mai Municipality–2, Ilam has become an attraction for national and international tourists. Manager Nitesh Oli said that more than 3,000 tourists from all over Nepal, India and Bhutan came to the park everyday to see the artificial Chepti waterfall and the different types of local and foreign plants planted there. The large number of visitors has also helped boost people’s incomes, the locals shared.
PARIS – The small landlocked Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, which lies between China and India, is not only a tourist mecca. The country has also long pioneered the concept of “gross national happiness” (GNH), which its architects regard as far more comprehensive and accurate than the conventional measure of an economy, gross national product, or GNP.
