Asia Bhutan About 6.000 international tourists paying the new SDF fee have visited the country since the reopening of borders six months ago
Asia Bhutan Dagana district will no longer allow meat, including eggs, to be served during the annual Tshechu and other religious events in the gewog lhakhang, as it is not considered in line with religion
Asia Bhutan The country has reported an outbreak of African fowl pest in pigs in a village near the border with India, Reuters reported, citing the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
Asia Bhutan The country aims to eliminate malaria by 2025, postponing once again the deadline after missing two targets in 2018 and 2020
Asia Bhutan Bhutan's Ministry of Education and Skills Development recently conducted a national online coding competition to understand the level of coding concepts in students who took various CodeMonkey courses in schools
Asia Bhutan Thanks to an innovative 2021 software, entrepreneurs can launch a business on their mobile phones in less than a minute; in 2022, 5.500 Bhutanese, almost 1% of the population, used the service to register a business and 52% of them were women
Asia Bhutan The Bhutan Tourism Council has announced its participation in South Asia's Travel & Tourism Exchange Exhibition 9-11 February 2023 in India
Asia Bhutan The Miss Universe 2022 pageant starting today in New Orleans, USA, is confirmed to be featuring Bhutan for the first time ever
Asia Bhutan The Bhutan Chess Federation organised its first FIDE-rated tournament, won by 27-year-old Karma Sonam
Asia Bhutan In 2022, international tourist arrivals are expected to reach between 55% and 70% of 2019 levels; despite the drop in arrivals, 16.520 tourists have visited the country since the opening of the border in September this year
Asia Bhutan By July next year, the country should have a national tourism policy and implement it; according to Director General of the Bhutan Tourism Council, the final draft of the policy will be ready by this month
Asia Bhutan The Bhutan Olympic Committee has opened a boxing academy in cooperation with the Public School of the Armed Forces in Chundu, a centre that will offer training in a newly built hall; 11 girls and 11 boys are part of the initial group
Asia Bhutan Together with other countries, Bhutan signed an agreement in Thimphu to promote seed sharing between countries and strengthen the region's seed sector