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Tourism should receive what it deserves: PM

By: Tashi TOBGAY on Tuesday, March, 5th,2019 in News. No Comments

To assess where the country is lacking while promoting it as a tourist destination, the government will have a flagship programme on tourism, Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering said at the national tourism conference yesterday. “With this flagship programme, it is not just to talk about the industry, not just to promote ourselves but see where […]

His Majesty inaugurates fifth flower exhibition

By: Tashi TOBGAY on Tuesday, February, 26th,2019 in News. No Comments

Hundreds of people are visiting the fifth Royal Bhutan Flower Exhibition, which His Majesty The King inaugurated on February 21 at the Tendrelthang in Samdrupjongkhar. His Majesty The Fourth Druk Gyalpo and members of the royal family also graced the exhibition. The Prime Minister, cabinet ministers, senior government officials and representatives of Samdrupjongkhar, the ambassador of […]

Goede and Tharpei Lam pedestrianised

By: Tashi TOBGAY on Thursday, January, 31st,2019 in News. No Comments

Two of the busiest lanes near the Zangtopelri lhakhang in Phuentsholing, Goede Lam and Tharpei Lam, are closed for traffic giving residents and visitors to the busy town a breath of fresh air. The roads were closed for traffic since January 24. The move was considered after the new three-storied multicar parking was opened on […]

In Pictures: Trashigang Tshechu

By: Tashi TOBGAY on Friday, November, 30th,2018 in News. No Comments

More 2,000 people gathered at the courtyard of Trashigang Dzong to witness the unfurling of Guru Rinpoche’s throngdrel on the third day of the annual tshechu. The four-day tshechu that began on November 15 will conclude today. Source: Kuensel

Japanese professor initiates a programme to experience rural Bhutan

By: Tashi TOBGAY on Wednesday, September, 26th,2018 in News. No Comments

It was an experience for the three Japanese students who spent a week in the remote village of Shingkhar in Ura, Bumthang. Sarono Sugiyama, Yuka Miura and Hinata Sogabe, the three students from Konan University are used to the hustle and bustle of Okamato, Japan. Shingkhar, mesmerised the three young Japanese who claim that it […]

Drukgyel dzong reconstruction to complete by 2022

By: Tashi TOBGAY on Tuesday, September, 11th,2018 in News. No Comments

The reconstruction work at Drukgyel dzong in Paro is 40 percent complete, according to the project officials. The work is estimated to complete by December 2022. The reconstruction works began in April 2016 after the command of His Majesty The King to celebrate the birth of His Royal Highness (HRH) The Gyalsey, to commemorate the […]

Sharing the benefits of tourism with rural communities

By: Tashi TOBGAY on Wednesday, August, 29th,2018 in News. No Comments

Ecotourism, although relatively new and small, seem to be bringing significant development in the rural parts of the country. Careful regulation and promotion of ecotourism, therefore, needs to be worked so that the households can explore income-earning opportunities besides farming. At the time when villages are met with the growing issue of farmhands shortage, taking […]

Bhutan -1 deployed into low earth orbit

By: Tashi TOBGAY on Wednesday, August, 15th,2018 in News. No Comments

Bhutan’s first satellite CubeSat Bhutan-1 was deployed from International Space Station (ISS) into the low earth orbit yesterday. This comes after the release of Bhutan-1 along with CubeSats of the Philippines and Malaysia into ISS on June 29. Officials of the information and communications ministry gathered once again at the ministry’s conference hall yesterday. Live-streamed […]

Bhutan a safe tourist destination: TCB survey

By: Tashi TOBGAY on Tuesday, August, 7th,2018 in News. No Comments

Nine out of every 10 international tourists, almost, have voted Bhutan as a safe tourist destination, according to Tourism Council of Bhutan’s (TCB) exit survey 2017. Similarly, about 91 percent of the regional tourists from India, Bangladesh and Maldives said Bhutan was a safe tourist destination. About 1,428 international visitors were surveyed at the Paro […]

Bhutan Airlines receives the second airbus319