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As per the 4th Tourism Council of Bhutan’s Board meeting held on 16 June 2008, the tariff for 2009 has been increased to US$ 250.00 for peak season and US$ 200.00 for lean season months.

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Druk Air regrets to inform the general public that due to increase in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and Druk Air having diffiulty to meet its operating costs will, the following flights will be suspended with effect  from 1 July 2008 to 30 Sept 2008.

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A vast and mainly uninhabited area touching five dzongkhags and lying between Jigme Dorji park in the west and Bumdeling wildlife sanctuary in the east may be declared as a national park area. The park is a proposal by the Agriculture Ministry, that will be taking help from the world wildlife fund (WWF). Sources say that the Cabinet has agreed to the project idea in principle but will only give a formal go ahead after some details are presented.

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As reported in this post earlier, Bhutan has made it to the final round of the National Geographic Geotourism Challange, with 14 other projects from around the world. The Bhutan project, titled “Bhutan: Geotourism as National Policy”, is written by Aum Chhimmy Pem of the Tourism Council of Bhutan.

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The ABTO Secretariat has announced the ABTO Executive Committee Members of 2008 - 2009. The Executive Committee Members were voted for by the general members of ABTO at the recent 8th ABTO Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the 23rd of May.

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The Services Division of the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) will be organizing annual cleanup campaign on the Jomolhari and Dagala trekking route from 8th June 2008.

In this regard TCB would like to request the tour operators to nominate your trekking staff to participate in the campaign.

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Fifteen groundbreaking projects from around the world are the finalists in the “Geotourism Challenge: Celebrating Places/Changing Lives” competition, a collaboration of National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destinations and Ashoka’s Changemakers. The online contest was created to discover and support entrepreneurs with innovative approaches to geotourism, defined as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place — its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage and the well-being of its residents.

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During the 42nd Executive Committee Members’  (of ABTO) meeting, the members unanimously re-elected Mr. Yeshey Norbu of Norbu Bhutan as the President and Mr. Rinzin O. Wangchuk of Yu-Druk Tours as the Vice President of ABTO.

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The Ministry of Labour & Human Resources (MoLHR) will be organizing the 6th National Job Fair on 7th and 8th of June, 2008 at Swimming Pool Sports Complex, Thimphu.

As all of us are aware that the objective of the National Job Fair is to promote and facilitate employment opportunities in the private and corporate sectors. It is one of the many initiatives of the Royal Government to bring together into a single platform, the job seekers and job providers.

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In a major initiative, the department of forests (DoF) is looking into promoting eco-tourism in the country’s major parks and sanctuaries.

This means opening up more routes to tourists and Bhutanese to explore Bhutan’s wildlife like never before. “We have protected our natural resources and will continue to do so but the only difference is making it more economically sustainable,” said forests director, Karma Dukpa.

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