Places in Bhutan
Where to go in Bhutan
Planning a visit to Bhutan? It is a country of valleys separated by high passes, each keeping its own dialect, weave and festival.
Five valleys worth building a route around
Paro · Western Bhutan
Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang)
The monastery on the cliff face, 900 metres above the Paro valley floor, and the one image everybody carries home from Bhutan.
Punakha · Sub-tropical valley
Punakha Dzong
Built in 1637 where the Pho Chhu and Mo Chhu meet, and by common agreement the most beautiful dzong in Bhutan.
Wangdue · Glacial bowl at 3,000 m
Phobjikha (Phubjikha) Valley, Bhutan
A wide, treeless glacial valley where black-necked cranes winter from late October, and the quietest place on most itineraries.
The capital
Thimphu Sightseeing Places
The only capital city in the world without a single traffic light — a policeman directs the main junction by hand.
In depth
More about Visiting Bhutan
Bhutan has topped the best tourist destinations in the newly released travel guide book Best in Travel 2020 by the large travel guide book on the publisher, Lonely Planet.
Bhutan has been chosen as the number one country to visit after 2020 out of 195 countries. The Lonely Planet has ranked Bhutan as the best country to visit based on its rich culture and tradition with its pristine sustainable environment while embracing global development.
“We are very proud and grateful to our Monarchs and our leaders for bringing Bhutan where we are today. As well as our stakeholders and the visitors for believing in Bhutan and making sure that Bhutan is number one. We are thankful to every one of them,” said Damcho Rinzin, the Media Spokesperson for Department of Tourism (TCB).
The recommendation was made by the visitors across the world and the online editors from the Lonely Planet group.
“They have writers and contributors from across the world so they zoom it down into many countries and finally to have Bhutan featured as the top country by these well-experienced experts is an honour for us. So, this is how they come about in nominating and recognizing as top countries to travel next year,” he added.
The Director-General of the TCB said, beginning 2019 this year, TCB embarked on an ambitious vision or motto of “Taking Tourism to the Top” which also meant to make the Kingdom of Bhutan the number one destination in the world. He said this recognition by the lonely planet in a way fulfills this though a bit too soon. He, however, said that this should further encourage or motivate us to continue to work hard to take Bhutan tourism to further height.
Meanwhile, in 2018 a total of 274,097 visitors arrived in Bhutan with a growth rate of 7.61 percent over 2017. Of the total arrivals, there were 71,807 international tourists and 202,290 regional tourists.
Courtesy: Kinzang Lhadon(BBS Bhutan)
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