Why do Bhutanese tourists have to pay $250 a day?

Bhutan is not a good place to travel. Bhutan has strict regulations on travel charges, with a minimum of $250 per person per day, including almost all expenses except shopping. But this is not for profiteering, but for historical reasons.

This strict charging regulation is probably the most unique place in Bhutan's tourism industry, but the original intention of this high charging is not to make huge profits, but to prevent hippies everywhere in the southern foothills of the Himalayas from entering Bhutan in the 1970s. From the implementation of these decades, this policy of high fees has effectively maintained Bhutan's natural and human environment.

In the 1960s and 1970s, a large number of western hippies flooded into Himalayan countries. They take drugs and have promiscuity. The king of Bhutan was worried about the influence of these people on Bhutan's traditional culture, so he drove them out of Bhutan. Since then, he has implemented a high-consumption tourism policy and used this fee barrier to keep hippies out of the country.

Now 65438+ 10, February, July and August are the off-season in Bhutan, and the minimum consumption per person per day is 200 dollars, but the minimum consumption per person per day will increase to 250 dollars in the peak season. The fee of $200 includes daily diet, accommodation and tickets. After basically paying the money, there is no need for other expenses in Bhutan. Of course, tourists need to pay for soft drinks, drinks and laundry. In fact, of this $200, Bhutan Tourism Bureau will collect $65 on behalf of the country, and the rest will go into the travel agency account.

This policy is really effective. People who choose to travel to Bhutan are generally tourists who have seen other scenery in the world, seek inner peace and have certain economic strength. So in this place of Bhutan, you can't feel a little impetuous. Almost all the tourists here are clean and decent, and their manners are elegant.