Kingdom in the clouds, hidden in the mists of time, shrouded in mystery—these metaphors, likely crafted by a marketing guru, are often used to entice visitors seeking a unique experience. And this is what you’ll see and experience if you visit Bhutan during the monsoon season, which is now. You’ll encounter mist rising from rain-drenched […]
It’s officially summer in Bhutan! In the temperate valleys, where most of the populations resides, summer is a time of lush green landscapes, blue skies and bright sunshine, the occasional showers and light clothing. In this last remaining vajrayana Buddhist kingdom, hidden in the eastern Himalayas, the change of seasons is marked by a centuries-old […]
Travel insurance is no longer mandatory if you are planning to visit Bhutan. This means that travel insurance is not necessary to process for visa to visit Bhutan. Visa processing for tourists went online more than a year ago, and valid travel insurance for the duration of travel was one of the requirements during the […]
Looking for a venue to hold your next meeting or conference? Why not choose Bhutan? The Himalayan kingdom’s pristine natural environment and tranquil atmosphere offer the ideal ambiance to rejuvenate and for meaningful and thoughtful discussions. All this can happen without having to pay the daily tax or sustainable development fee (SDF), which is USD […]
Bhutan is offering a 50 discount on the daily tax levied on dollar paying visitors. It’s now USD 100 a day instead of USD 200, starting September 1. This will continue for the next four years until August end 2027. This was done to hasten recovery of the tourism industry that was decimated by the […]
Thimphu, March 16: There’s one more reason to visit Bhutan – you can buy duty free gold! To be eligible to buy, visitors should have paid the daily sustainable development fee (SDF) and spent at least a night in a government approved tourist standard accommodation. Under the scheme, announced on March 1, a person can […]
Regional visitors will be levied INR 1200 a night Thimphu: International tourists visiting Bhutan will be charged USD 200 a night as daily tax levied as a “sustainable development fee”. The fee will not cover expenses for hotel, food, transport and guide, which visitors will have to pay for separately. Previously the daily tax was […]
Assuming no serious variant emerges in the next few months, all indications are that Bhutan will fully reopen by September. This means vaccinated visitors as well as Bhutanese returning home by air or by land will not have to undergo quarantine. As of now, all vaccinated arrivals have to undergo a five day quarantine and […]
Bhutan’s first group of international travellers in two years arrived on April 2…