Coming in a week time! Druk Air Singapore Paro direct flight! #bhutan #singapore

Coming in a week time! Druk Air Singapore Paro direct flight! #bhutan #singapore

On our way to Bumthang and we saw rainbow over Trongsa Dzong.

On our way to Bumthang and we saw rainbow over Trongsa Dzong.

Bumdra Trek. Stars filled sky.

Bumdra Trek. Stars filled sky.

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The King and Queen of Bhutan

They are even Manga figures now :D

Filming in Punakha, Bhutan.

Filming in Punakha, Bhutan.

  Royal Manas National Park may be the favourite holiday destination for the Kings and tourists, but the place is of little interest to the Bhutanese people. Or so it seems. Three months after it was opened to tourists, no Bhutanese has come on a holiday to the park. Covering more than 1,000 square kilometres, the park is home to tigers, leopards, rhinos, elephants and more than 360 bird species. Besides, the park boasts boating facilities, a bat cave, hot springs, a royal museum and many unique festivals of the local communities. The Department of Forest and Park Services under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests wants to make Manas an ecotourism destination with the help of WWF. Since February, the department has been building camp sites near five villages of Panbang, Shillingtoe, Gomphu, Pantang, and Norbugang. Click here to read more

 

Royal Manas National Park may be the favourite holiday destination for the Kings and tourists, but the place is of little interest to the Bhutanese people. Or so it seems.

Three months after it was opened to tourists, no Bhutanese has come on a holiday to the park.

Covering more than 1,000 square kilometres, the park is home to tigers, leopards, rhinos, elephants and more than 360 bird species. Besides, the park boasts boating facilities, a bat cave, hot springs, a royal museum and many unique festivals of the local communities.

The Department of Forest and Park Services under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests wants to make Manas an ecotourism destination with the help of WWF. Since February, the department has been building camp sites near five villages of Panbang, Shillingtoe, Gomphu, Pantang, and Norbugang.

Click here to read more

Discovering Drukpath Trek

Julia Horton discover trekking on the Drukpath trek with Druk Asia featured on Scotland on Sunday Travel: Bhutan.

  The Forbidden Kingdom Opens Up (A Little) Until the 1970s, Bhutan had a no-tourist policy. It was feared outside visitors would corrupt the country’s culture and spoil its pristine natural habitat. The secluded Himalayan kingdom – often described as the last Shangri-La – has always been fiercely protective of its Buddhist-oriented heritage. This explains policies like the country’s dress code, which requires Bhutanese to wear traditional robes, and the late arrival of television, first introduced in 1999, a day after the access to the Internet was also allowed. More with WSJ

 

The Forbidden Kingdom Opens Up (A Little)

Until the 1970s, Bhutan had a no-tourist policy. It was feared outside visitors would corrupt the country’s culture and spoil its pristine natural habitat.

The secluded Himalayan kingdom – often described as the last Shangri-La – has always been fiercely protective of its Buddhist-oriented heritage. This explains policies like the country’s dress code, which requires Bhutanese to wear traditional robes, and the late arrival of television, first introduced in 1999, a day after the access to the Internet was also allowed.

More with WSJ

A study by OECD found a correlation between wealth and happiness. More on The Economist.

A study by OECD found a correlation between wealth and happiness. More on The Economist.

A New Measures of Economic and Social Progress?

Fans of Gross National Happiness should take a look at the debate raging on The Economist. The debate is titled “This house believes that new measures of economic and social progress are needed for the 21st-century economy.”