Adventure Bhutan Travel (3 testimonials)

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Bhutan opened its door to tourism for the first time in 1974 with 287 tourists. Bhutan is a landlocked country with limited natural resources so, tourism was introduced with an aim to generate foreign exchange revenue needed for the over all development of the country. To develop tourism in the country, Bhutan publicized its unique culture and tradition and it’s pristine environment. Tourism today plays a vital role in the socio-economic development of the country.

Tourism is the second largest revenue earner after hydro-electricity in Bhutan. Every citizen of Bhutan whether it’s a small businessman, a civil servant or a farmer in a remote village is effected by tourism. The revenue generated from tourism goes into infra structure development and in social services like schools and hospitals where the services are provided free.

In 1991 Government privatised tourism to encourage increased private sector development in the tourism sector. Today Bhutan has over 50 full time tour operators and several hundred part time small tour operators operating from homes. Tourism sector employs a great chunk of our work force and is continuously employing more and more people year after year.

Tourism growth in Bhutan has been strictly monitored by the Government right from the start. Bhutan Government has adopted the policy of “High value low volume” to counter the negative impact of tourism on the country’s environment and its tradition and culture.

Tourism Council of Bhutan is the tourism regulatory body in Bhutan. All tourism activities in Bhutan from tourist visa, cultural tours, trekking and other adventure sports are monitored by the Tourism Council of Bhutan.

All tourist tariff is fixed by the Tourism Council of Bhutan. The daily tourist tariff of US$250/person per nigh halt has been fixed for the months of March, April, May, September, October and November from 2011 and US$200/person per night halt has been fixed for the months of December, January, February, June, July and August from next year. Single person visiting Bhutan will have to pay US$40/night stay as supplementary charges. This rate is applicable for both cultural tour and trekking irrespective of the kind of accommodation offered. Three star hotels are the minimum standard hotels all tour operators must use for the clients.

There is no restriction on the number of tourists visiting Bhutan. The seasonality and the pronounced tourism infrastructure has limited the number of tourist arrivals in the kingdom. Most towns in eastern Bhutan can’t accommodate more than 150 clients in a day. The situation was even worse few years back with limited number of hotels and most hotels having less than 30 rooms. In the past few years some towns have seen a boom in the hotel industry but that has hardly served the purpose as most satellite towns still face a crunch.

Bhutan’s main tourism attraction is its unique culture and tradition and its printine environment. Bhutan’s springs and falls are dotted with several religious and historical festivals which are a treat to most tourists. Apart from the conventional cultural tour and trekking, tourists can do filming, photography, mountain biking, birding, textile tour and other interest tours in Bhutan. The best time to visit Bhutan is March, April and May in the spring and September, October and November in the fall

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River Rafting	River Rafting Paro International Airport , Paro, Bhutan for 5 Days • Contact provider for price Provider: Adventure Bhutan Travel (3 testimonials) We mostly arrange rafting in calm slow moving rivers for fun than real adventure. We have a team of rafting experts to assist our rafters. Some of our clients prefer to embark on this adventurous sport as a part of their cultural tour. We combine rafting as a part of the tour package so that our clients can feel the taste of adventure. The cost of hiring a raft/kayak is not included in our tour cost, so, you will have… more	Offered March-May, September-November Exertion level: 3 Comfort accommodations Max group size: 12 people Must form your own group? Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.
Thimphu Festival 2013	Thimphu Festival 2013 Paro International Airport , Paro, Bhutan for 10 Days • Contact provider for price Provider: Adventure Bhutan Travel (3 testimonials) Thimphu Domchey is the most popular and most thronged festival in Bhutan. Its visited by over one tenth of the country’s population and is popular among tourists too. Thimphu has the largest festival ground in Bhutan. The three days of the festival makes the whole city beautiful with the locals dressed in their colourful traditional dress. more	Offered September Exertion level: 3 Comfort accommodations Max group size: 12 people Must form your own group? No
Scenic Bhutan	Scenic Bhutan Paro International Airport , Paro, Bhutan for 5 Days • Contact provider for price Provider: Adventure Bhutan Travel (3 testimonials) This is a short five days four nights tour of Bhutan taking you to two districts of Thimphu and Paro. On this tour you will witness art and architecture and history of Bhutan. more	Offered Year-round Exertion level: 3 Comfort accommodations Max group size: 12 people Must form your own group? Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

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