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ONE of the best known things about Bhutan, a landlocked kingdom in the Himalayas, is that they use happiness as a gauge on national health. Gross national happiness is not the only unique thing about Bhutan. It was an absolute monarchy until 2008 when the King literally abdicated, made the nation a constitutional monarchy, and [...]

Blessed with lush yet rugged mountain scenery and ancient dzongs, or fortress monasteries, Bhutan has comfortably courted a niche tourism market since 1974. In 2011 it had 37,481 tourists, 2,795 of them from Britain. “High-value, low-volume” is the official mantra. That is not about to change, though more tourists and their income would be welcome. [...]

Bhutan took its first few concrete steps in what should eventually be its big leap into the information age, and the creation of an information technology-literate and enabled society, last year. One of the most anticipated moves, especially as it directly concerns every citizen, was bringing the application procedure for a security clearance certificate, online.  [...]

Itanagar, Feb 19 (ANI): In a historic step to strengthen bilateral ties between Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, a delegation from Bhutan headed by Chairman Dupthop today agreed to work towards enhancing tourist inflow through mutual cooperation. Arunachal Pradesh, which shares longest international border in India, has 160 km with its friendly neighbour Bhutan, according to [...]

Phuentsholing, south Bhutan (Kuensel/ANN) – A police official was suspected to have been injured in a gun fire following a bomb explosion near the forest check post at Rinchending (Kharbandi) around 8.15pm on Friday in southern Bhutan city of Phuentsholing. It is suspected that there was the gunfire from above the road, which injured the [...]

Today, TravelBhutan.com officially announced the launch of http://www.travelbhutan.com/, the largest online travel information source on the Kingdom of Bhutan. In addition to offering Bhutan tour packages, TravelBhutan.com provides a wealth of information about the Land of Happiness. (PRWEB) February 18, 2012 Located on the eastern side of the Himalayas between India and China, Bhutan reflects [...]

If everything else fails, it could be the clean air that will make Bhutan a tourist destination. Or so the Bhutanese tour operators believe. Playing their part and in pledging to reduce carbon emission in the country, the association of Bhutanese tour operators launched a project titled “low carbon tourism� on Thursday. Association’s general secretary, [...]

Fueled by increased bank lending and salary revision of civil servants including some state corporations, domestic consumption in Bhutan has seen tremendous growth in recent years. While this has led to serious concerns over rupee liquidity, government revenue has been increasing in the form of indirect tax contributions. Indirect taxes are levied on consumption and [...]

Itanagar, Feb 16 (ANI): Gross National Happiness (GNH) or happiness interwoven with balanced economic development was a concept introduced by Bhutan‘s King in 1972, as an alternative to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), said Bhutan’s National Assembly member Dupthob at the start of four-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh as the leader of a five-member team. Dupthob, [...]

Amazing new video and still images of snow leopards and their prey were captured during the first-ever survey of snow leopard prey in Bhutan’s newest national park. The new footage includes snow leopards engaging in scent-marking, which marks a leopard’s turf, and a sub-adult snow leopard. The pictures are valuable because these elegant and elusive [...]