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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 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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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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