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BHUTAN TOURISM MONITOR

Publication of the Tourism Council of Bhutan

2019

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Bhutan Tourism Monitor 2019

BHUTAN TOURISM MONITOR

Publication of the Tourism Council of Bhutan

2019

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tourismbhutan destinationbhutan tourismbhutantourismbhutan

Tourism Council of BhutanKingdom of Bhutan

Low VolumeHIGH Value

Birthplace of the Gross National Happiness

Only carbon-negative economy in the world

TakingTourism

totheTop

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Table of Contents

FOREWORD ............................................................................................................ 5

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................... 7

ABBREVIATION ....................................................................................................... 8

DEFINITIONS .......................................................................................................... 9

KEY HIGHLIGHTS ................................................................................................. 11

ABOUT US ............................................................................................................. 12

CHAPTER 1 - OVERVIEW .................................................................................... 14

Introduction ......................................................................................................... 14

Objectives ........................................................................................................... 14

Study Design and Methodology .......................................................................... 14

Sampling frame ............................................................................................... 15

Sampling Design ............................................................................................. 15

Sample Size Determination ............................................................................. 15

Sample Allocation ............................................................................................ 16

Survey limitations ............................................................................................ 17

CHAPTER 2 - TOURISM BHUTAN TRENDS ........................................................ 18

Visitor Arrivals ..................................................................................................... 18

Visitor by Purpose ............................................................................................... 19

Visitor Arrival by Month ....................................................................................... 19

Visitor arrival by Dzongkhag / Geographical spread trends ................................ 20

Source market trends ......................................................................................... 21

Tourism receipts (earnings) ................................................................................ 23

CHAPTER 3 - 2019 TOURISM PERFORMANCE ................................................ 24

Annual visitor arrivals .......................................................................................... 24

Purpose of Visit ................................................................................................... 24


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Visitor by Purpose ........................................................................................... 24

Visitor by entry mode of transport by purpose ................................................. 25

Monthly Average Length of Stay (ALoS) by purpose ....................................... 25

Visitors purpose and ALoS by visitor nights .................................................... 26

Visitor nights by purpose ................................................................................. 26

Frequency of visits to Bhutan by purpose and country ................................... 27

Seasonality (Monthly visitations) ........................................................................ 28

Visitor by Mode of Transport by Month ............................................................ 28

Source Markets ................................................................................................... 29

Average Length of Stay by Major Markets ...................................................... 29

Duration of stay by Major Markets ................................................................... 30

Travel Arrangement ......................................................................................... 31

Frequency of visit ............................................................................................ 32

Visitor by main purpose by Major Markets ...................................................... 33

Monthly arrivals by major markets ................................................................... 35

Monthly visitor nights by Major markets .......................................................... 36

Visitor by Regional destinations (Circuit Tourism) ........................................... 37

Visitor arrival by Global Segmentation by Gender ........................................... 38

Visitor arrivals by Global Segmentation by Mode of transport ......................... 39

Geographical Spread (visitation by Dzongkhag) ................................................ 40

Visitor and Visitor nights by Dzongkhag .......................................................... 40

Visitor by Dzongkhag by Gender ..................................................................... 41

Bed night and ALoS by Dzongkhag ................................................................. 42

Visitor by Dzongkhag by major markets .......................................................... 43

Type of accommodation used in the Dzongkhags ........................................... 44

Tourism Services / Service Providers ................................................................. 45

Accommodation ............................................................................................... 45

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Tourism Receipts and Expenditure ..................................................................... 46

Average trip expenditure, total trip expenditure by main purpose (USD) ........ 46

Visitors on Package Tour (Summary of package cost) .................................... 47

Average Expenditure per person on Major items

– visitors on non-package tours ..................................................................... 48

Average Length of Stay, Average Expenditure by Nationality ......................... 49

Expenditure per trip per person ....................................................................... 50

Gross Earnings ................................................................................................... 50

Visitor by Activity ................................................................................................. 51

Destination Loyalty and visitor satisfaction ......................................................... 53

Destination Loyalty .......................................................................................... 53

Visitor Satisfaction ........................................................................................... 54

Demographics and Profile .................................................................................. 58

Gender ............................................................................................................ 58

Age .................................................................................................................. 59

Education qualification .................................................................................... 61

Employment status / Occupation ..................................................................... 61

Source of Information ...................................................................................... 62

Travel Companion ........................................................................................... 62

Mode of Transport used while in Bhutan ......................................................... 63

ANNEXURE - STATISTICAL TABLES ................................................................... 64

Table 1: Visitors by length of stay by Purpose (%) .......................................... 64

Table 2: Visitor by travel companion by major markets (%) ............................. 64

Table 3: Monthly visitors by purpose (number) ................................................ 65

Table 4: Visitor by source of information on Bhutan by Major Markets (%) ..... 66

Table 5: Visitor by length of stay in Bhutan by major markets ......................... 67

Table 6: Visitor by geographical Spread by Major Markets (Number) ............. 68


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Table 7: ALoS by Dzongkhag by major markets .............................................. 69

Table 8: Visitor by number of visits (repeat) to Bhutan (%) ............................. 70

Table 9: Total Trip Expenditure by major markets (USD) ................................. 71

Table 10: Total trip expenditure by item by major markets (USD million) ........ 72

Table 11: Average trip expenditure by item (USD) ........................................... 73

Table 12: Total trip expenditure by purpose of visit (USD million) ................... 74

Table 13: Average trip expenditure by purpose of visit (USD) ......................... 75

Table 14: Visitor by age by major markets ....................................................... 76

Table 15: Visitor qualification by major markets (%) ........................................ 77

Table 16: Visitor occupation by major markets (%) ......................................... 77

Table 17: Likeliness to return to Bhutan (%) .................................................... 78

Table 18: Likeliness to recommend Bhutan (%) .............................................. 79

Table 19: Plan to visit Bhutan again within next 12 Months (%) ...................... 79

Table 20: Visitor by types of Accommodation used by major markets (%) ..... 81

Table 21: Visitor by nationality by Purpose ...................................................... 88

Table 22: Visitors by Mode of entry by nationality ........................................... 94

Table 23: Visitors by Mode of exit by nationality .............................................. 98

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FOREWORD

The Tourism Council of Bhutan is pleased to present the Bhutan Tourism Monitor (BTM) 2019 – an annual statistical publication. This is an important publication representing the overall performance for the year. The report also contains data on market trends over the years, findings and analysis to support future developments in the tourism industry such as their marketing and commercial decisions relating to the sector.

In comparison to the past editions, the BTM 2019 is comprehensive with the presentation of statistical analysis depicting an extensive scenario and the ultimate impact of the industry in the country. The report incorporates an elaborated statistical breakdown of visitor arrivals, visitor profiles, and demographics, travel patterns, and interests. Additionally, it also accommodates information on tourism trends and analysis, market intelligence, expenditure trends of the tourists and the subsequent generation of tourism receipts.

It is evident that the tourism industry in Bhutan has continued to grow in 2019 with a significant contribution to the socio-economic development through revenue and foreign currency generation and employment creation. The year 2019 saw a total of 315,599 foreign individuals visiting Bhutan which is a 15.14% increase as compared to 2018. The major arrivals recorded are those who are visiting for leisure. A total of 72,199 visited from MDPR paying countries and 243,400 from non- MDPR paying countries. The industry generated a total gross receipt of USD 88.63 million from the MDPR paying arrivals, a 3.77 percentage change as compared to 2018.

Bhutan has continued to be recognized in the international community as a sustainable tourism destination with increasing name and fame. Bhutan has been presented Green Destinations Gold Award by the ITB Berlin in Germany in March 2019. The award is an acknowledgment of Bhutan’s disputed effort in the preservation of its rich culture and traditions, sound and pristine environment and definitely the social well-being of others. Bhutan was also recognized as the number one travel destination for 2020 by the Lonely Planet in October 2019.

However, there are undeniable issues and challenges despite reaping abundant benefits. As such, it has now become imperative that we continue to make concerted efforts to devise appropriate interventions to curb such issues in a destination like Bhutan where sustainability is at the forefront of any developmental agenda.


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I would like to extend my deep gratitude to the Hon’ble Foreign Minister, Lyonpo Tandi Dorji, the Chairperson and other members of the Tourism Council for their guidance and support. I would also like to thank other stakeholders, especially the 315,599 visitors for their continued support and contribution to tourism in Bhutan. Together, we shall fulfill the dreams and visions of His Majesty The King, people and the country. We will make “Happiness is a Place” in actuality while being guided by our motto of “Taking Tourism To The Top” and the tourism policy of “High-Value Low Volume.”

Finally, we would like to humbly dedicate this publication to the celebration of the 40th Birth Anniversary of our beloved King, His Majesty The Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck with our sincere prayers. We offer our prayers for the Long and Happy Life of His Majesty The King, Her Majesty The Queen and Their Highnesses The Gyalseys.

Palden Drukpa Gyalo ! Wangchuck Dynasty Gyalo!

Tashi Delek

Dorji Dhradhul

Director General

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

TCB would like to thank the Enhanced Integrated Framework Trust Fund (EIF-TF) for the funding support in developing this publication and other statistical development initiatives of TCB and the Department of Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs for their support with the E-Infrastructure for Trade and Services Development (E4T) Project.

TCB would also like to thank National Statistics Bureau for the technical support rendered for the design, operation and analysis of the VES 2019 and the Department of Immigration (DOI) for their continued support in sharing data.


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ABBREVIATION

TCB Tourism Council of Bhutan

MDPR Minimum Daily Package Rate

DOI Department of Immigration

VES Visitor Exit Survey

SDF Sustainable Development Fee

ALOS Average Length of Stay

VFR Visiting Friends and Relatives

USD / US $ United States Dollars

VHS Village Home Stays

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DEFINITIONS

Inbound tourism: Inbound tourism comprise the activities of a non-resident visitor to the country of reference on an inbound tourism trip.

Visitor / Tourist: A visitor is a traveler taking a trip to a main destination outside his/her usual environment, for less than a year, for any main purpose (business, leisure or other personal purpose) other than to be employed by a resident entity in the country or place visited.

Non-MDPR paying / Regional visitors: Nationals of India, Bangladesh and Maldives arrivals to Bhutan for leisure, official, business and VFR.

MDPR paying / International Visitors: Nationals of all other countries (other than India, Bangladesh and Maldives) who visit Bhutan for leisure, official, business and VFR.

Leisure Arrivals: Non-resident arrivals to Bhutan for the purpose of holiday and leisure.

Business Arrivals: Non-resident arrivals to Bhutan whose main purpose for a tourism trip corresponds to the business category of purpose

Official Arrivals: Non-residents arrivals to Bhutan whose main purpose for a tourism trip corresponds to professional category of purpose

Others / VFR – Visiting Friends and Relatives: Personal guests, friends and relatives of Bhutanese and expat residents of Bhutan

Minimum Daily Package Rate (MDPR): Refers to the minimum rate paid by all leisure tourist for an all-inclusive package tour to Bhutan. This includes Sustainable Development Fee component and payment for the all-inclusive service package (accommodation, meals, guides and ground transport within Bhutan).


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The current MDPR is USD 250 per person per night during the months of March, April, May, September, October, November and USD 200 per person per night during other months of the year (December, January, February, June, July and August). For both periods the SDF is fixed at $65 per person per night.

The MDPR will not apply to countries granted exemptions by the RGOB which currently includes nationals of Bangladesh, India and Maldives. However, for this category of leisure tourist a SDF will be applied. The SDF will be determined by the RGOB based on the need to manage the pressures on our society, culture and environment.

Gross Earnings: refers to the gross convertible currency earnings from MDPR paying leisure arrivals only and includes SDF.

Sustainable Development Fee (SDF): Refers to the tourism levy on all leisure tourists per person per night and applicable throughout the year as a contribution towards sustainable development initiatives undertaken by the Government and to compensate for the negative environmental impacts associated to tourism.

Tourism Expenditure: refers to the amount paid for the acquisition of consumption goods and services, as well as valuables, for own use or to give away, for and during tourism trips. It includes expenditures by visitors themselves, as well as expenses that are paid for or reimbursed by others

Travel Group: is made up of individuals or travel parties travelling together

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Major Markets

India | USA | Thailand | Japan | Canada | Australia | China | Singapore | UK | France | Malaysia | Switzerland

Visitor Arrivals

315,59915%

Tourism Enterprises

Tour Operators - 3,020Hotels - 160

Village Homestays - 149Guides - 4,600

Average Length of stay

7 nights

Foreign Exchange Earnings

USD $ 88.65 million3.79%

Direct Revemue (SDF)

USD $ 23.42 million3.49%

Average Expenditure

Trip Exp. $1,354Daily Exp. $235

Gross Tourism Receipts

USD $ 345.88 million


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ABOUT US

The Tourism Council of Bhutan is the apex tourism organization responsible for the development, promotion and regulation of tourism in the country.

Vision

A green, sustainable, inclusive and a high value tourism destination

Guiding Principles

i. Develop and promote forms of tourism that is consistent with our national development philosophy of Gross National Happiness.

ii. Promote High value, Low volume tourism

iii. Promote tourism that does not undermine national security and does not erode our tangible and intangible cultural heritage and environment.

iv. Promote inclusive and equitable growth.

v. Ensure sustainable tourism development.

High value, Low volume Tourism

Targeting mindful and responsible visitors, creating good value for money experiences, high revenue and yield, quality infrastructure and tourism products

and services and Brand Bhutan.

While ensuring that the number of tourists Bhutan receives is consistent with the absorptive carrying capacity of our natural endowment, socio-cultural values and infrastructure and does not exacerbate our vulnerabilities as a small nation.

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Mandates

1. Tourism Policy and planning

2. Regulation and monitoring

3. Facilitation and coordination

4. Development, promotion and branding of tourism products and services

5. Human resource development

6. Certification and accreditation of tourism services and facilities

Connect with us

For Industry: www.tourism.gov.bt | For Visitors: bhutan.travel

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CHAPTER 1 - OVERVIEW

Introduction

Bhutan Tourism Monitor (BTM) is an annual statistical publication of the Tourism Council of Bhutan presenting a comprehensive analysis of the performance of the tourism industry during the calendar year. The report presents statistical insights on the visitor, first-hand feedback from the visitors and past tourism trends and analysis. TCB continually strives to publish improved, enhanced and relevant publications for its stakeholders in the travel and tourism industry and beyond to meet the needs of these diverse group of users.

Unlike in the past editions, BTM 2019 is more elaborate and detailed in terms of statistical analysis and representations to present the overall scenario and impact of the tourism industry.

Objectives

The objective of the annual statistical publication is to provide comprehensive and reliable information on the state and performance of the tourism industry for the calendar year 2019.

The report contains detailed statistical breakdown of visitor arrivals, visitor profiles and demographics, travel patterns and interests, expenditure and tourism receipts, including tourism trends and analysis and market intelligence.

Study Design and Methodology

The tourism statistics (BTM 2019) is reported on a calendar year basis. The secondary data is obtained from Tashel Information Management System, a database maintained by TCB and Immigration database maintained by Department of Immigration (DOI).

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The data presented in the past annual tourism monitors were also used while making trend analysis on various variables.

The primary data were collected through visitor exit survey (VES) administered at the Paro International Airport and Phuentsholing Integrated Outpost targeting all departing tourists/visitors. Primary data was collected using exit survey questionnaires comprising of both open-ended and closed-ended questions which was designed and interviewed using Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI). The data cleaning, cross tabulation, table generation and data analysis were carried out in statistical software Stata SE - 15.

Sampling frame

The sampling frame for the Visitors Exit Survey of Bhutan 2019 was developed based on the 272,705 tourists who departed the country in 2018 through two major exit points namely Paro airport by air and Phuentsholing by land.

Sampling Design

Two stage systematic cluster design was adopted for the Visitors Exit Survey of Bhutan 2019 to provide estimates on international tourists related indicators at national level. In the first stage 12 weeks were selected using systematic random sampling from week 1st up to the 52nd week with a sampling interval of 4 and a random start of any number from 1 to 52 to capture the seasonality in the data. In the second stage, required number of tourists were selected using systematic random sampling in each sampled week.

Sample Size Determination

In order to estimate the required sample size, a criterion variable was decided upon which the estimation was based. It was decided that estimation of the required sample size be based on the mean of length of stay in the country (regional and international tourists).

The required sample size was estimated using the number of tourist arrivals in 2018 on the mean length of stay in the country.

The formula for sample size is as follow:


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where:

n is the parameter to be calculated and is the sample size in terms of

number of tourists to be selected;

z is the statistic that defines the level of confidence desired (95%

confidence interval);

s is the variance length of stay by visitors;

f is the sample design effect, assumed to be 2.0

k is a multiplier to account for the anticipated rate of non-response;

p is the proportion of the total population accounted for by the target

population and upon which the parameter, r, is based (r pertains to the

variable length of stay);

e is the acceptable margin of error in estimating p.

Based on the above formula, the total sample size was estimated at 5,202 individuals (non-resident tourists) at the national level.

Sample Allocation

The sample of 5,202 were allocated to Paro and Phuentsholing exit points with proportionate to number of tourists who departed from two exit points in 2018. The allocation of sample size was done proportionate to the number of tourists departed in each month for both exit points. The Paro International Airport constitute of 52% (2,717) and the Phuentsholing Integrated Outpost constitute of 48% (2,485) of the total sample size as shown in the Table 1

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Table 1: Sample Size Allocations by months and area 2019

Month Paro Phuentsholing Total

January 73 137 210

February 126 100 225

March 210 206 417

April 256 236 492

May 330 423 753

June 241 238 479

July 107 125 232

August 178 91 269

September 238 140 378

October 309 396 705

November 253 255 507

December 395 112 507

Total 2,717 2,485 5,202

Survey limitations

The VES 2019 does not have data on the first quarter of 2019 (January – March). The statistical tables / charts and analysis for VES 2019 were made based on the data collected from April – December 2019.


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CHAPTER 2 - TOURISM BHUTAN TRENDS

This chapter presents the tourism trends and analysis of key variables of tourism in Bhutan over the past years.

Visitor Arrivals

Chart 1: Visitor Arrival growth trends

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Table 1: Visitor arrival trends (in number of persons)

Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019Number of tourists 105,407 116,209 133,480 155,121 209,570 254,704 274,097 315,599

%Change 10.25 14.86 16.21 35.10 21.54 7.61 15.14

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Bhutan recorded continued growth in the last seven years with record arrivals although the growth rate declined in 2017 and 2018. A total of 315,599 inbound visitors were recorded in 2019 representing a growth of 15.14% over 2018. Visitor arrivals crossed the 200,000 mark in 2016.

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Visitor by Purpose The chart below shows the trend in arrivals by purpose over the past years. The leisure arrivals have seen an increasing trend over the years.

Chart 2: Visitor by purpose trends

(Source: TCB and DOI)

Visitor Arrival by Month Chart 3: Visitor by month trends



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The monthly arrivals trends show high seasonality (spring and autumn are the peak seasons) of tourist visitations although visitation during other months are improving mainly with arrivals from India as shown in chart 3.

Visitor arrival by Dzongkhag / Geographical spread trends

Table 2: Visitor arrival and visitor nights by Dzongkhag

Dzongkhag Visitors %Change Visitor Nights %Change2018 2019 2018 2019

Paro 62,781 60,706 -3.31 142,663 138,900 -2.64Thimphu 60,100 58,593 -2.51 107,063 104,307 -2.57Punakha 53,555 53,904 0.65 75,355 77,443 2.77

Wangdue Pho-drang

19,581 20,529 4.84 28,998 30,090 3.77

Bumthang 11,636 11,950 2.70 30,137 30,580 1.47Haa 6,615 5,751 -13.06 8,095 7,233 -10.65

Trongsa 5,864 5,364 -8.53 6,614 5,934 -10.28Chukha 2,971 2,490 -16.19 3,141 2,768 -11.88Mongar 2,600 2,593 -0.27 4,404 3,808 -13.53

Trashigang 2,374 2,648 11.54 4,489 5,616 25.11Samdrup Jongkhar

1,937 1,721 -11.15 2,144 1,981 -7.60

Trashi Yangtse 820 1,031 25.73 1,031 1,411 36.86Gasa 675 813 20.44 3,341 4,605 37.83

Lhuentse 594 761 28.11 1,120 1,215 8.48Zhemgang 332 346 4.22 931 915 -1.72Sarpang 231 263 13.85 309 396 28.16

Pema Gatshel 122 96 -21.31 250 175 -30.00Tsirang 68 74 8.82 91 107 17.58Dagana 24 30 25.00 37 67 81.08 TOTAL 232,880 229,663 -1.38 420,213 417,551 -0.63

(Source: TCB | Includes only MDPR visitors whose purposes are Holiday, Leisure and Recreation, Incentives travel and others)

The table 2 shows the total visits undertaken by MDPR paying tourists and their night spends in the Dzongkhags. 2019 saw a slight decline in the visits and visitor nights by this segment of visitors.

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Table 4: Top Ten Source Markets by Month (includes MDPR paying tourist only)

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January 2019 317 301 58 81 133 38 83 62 13 6

2018 360 184 63 56 51 51 76 66 42 10

February 2019 623 704 216 255 152 267 135 142 180 396

2018 691 527 176 228 359 177 111 159 183 213

March 2019 1,441 743 324 561 460 480 282 207 137 136

2018 1170 757 349 530 437 748 273 446 256 34

April 2019 1,101 986 474 442 465 464 455 242 201 452

2018 1152 764 315 354 772 305 383 248 261 492

May 2019 630 563 338 181 453 109 205 119 254 42

2018 644 608 363 168 457 195 127 182 218 57

June 2019 467 472 455 75 220 48 75 96 215 157

2018 489 331 369 72 236 71 207 129 434 150

July 2019 291 242 69 72 111 43 84 121 41 44

2018 281 412 107 65 130 37 169 154 86 75

August 2019 312 475 325 80 56 59 80 381 189 269

2018 288 584 216 87 73 110 175 441 294 419

September 2019 826 712 326 300 175 267 221 171 276 137

2018 986 825 342 397 220 294 248 347 400 75

October 2019 2,508 871 558 955 297 718 465 280 394 92

2018 2362 768 310 768 287 793 423 194 210 114

November 2019 1,446 627 401 669 106 516 312 123 145 29

2018 1425 612 322 663 336 532 326 128 272 136

December 2019 640 657 847 219 409 99 188 127 463 150

2018 713 506 954 197 528 109 221 180 484 186

(Source: TCB)

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Tourism receipts (earnings)

Table 5: Tourism Receipt Trends (in USD Million)

Category 2017 2018 2019 %ChangeGross Amount 79.81 85.41 88.63 3.77

Sustainable Development Fee (SDF)

22.36 22.63 23.42 3.47

Visa Fee 2.43 2.46 2.57 4.49TDS 1.09 1.20 1.24 3.67

(Source: TCB)

The earnings from tourism has increased over the years. Tourism earnings as shown in the table above comprise of convertible currency earnings from MDPR. It is inclusive of SDF which is the direct revenue contribution.


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CHAPTER 3 - 2019 TOURISM PERFORMANCE

This chapter presents report and analysis of tourism performance in 2019. Statistics relating to visitor arrivals, profile and demographics, visitation, activities, expenditure and sanitization relating to all inbound arrivals are presented.

Annual visitor arrivalsBhutan recorded a total of 315,599 visitor arrivals in 2019 which is an increase of 15.14% over 2018. There were 72,199 international visitors which is an increase of 0.55%, and 243,400 arrivals from the regionals markets which is an increase of 20.32% vis-à-vis 2018.

Purpose of Visit

Visitor by Purpose

Chart 5: 2019 visitor arrivals (%)

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Majority (89%) of the overall visitor arrivals’ main purpose of visit to Bhutan is holiday, leisure and recreation with the remaining on business, official and other reasons.

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Visitor by entry mode of transport by purpose

Table 6: Arrival by mode of transport by purpose (number of visitors)

Purpose Air Land TotalBusiness 3,021 1,869 4,890

Education/Training/Exchange program 448 5 453Holiday, Leisure and Recreation 125,408 156,138 281,546

Incentives travel (FAM, Tour leader) 1,029 55 1,084MICE 881 23 904Official 9,188 834 10,022

Visiting friends and relatives/guest 2,721 415 3,136Others 232 13,332 13,564Total 142,928 172,671 315,599

(Source: TCB & DOI)

More than half (55%) of all arrivals used land as their mode of entry for their trip with majority comprising of leisure arrivals. The arrival by land mainly comprise of nationals of India because of the proximity of land entry/exit points while majority (>93%) international tourists’ mode of transport to enter Bhutan is air.

Monthly Average Length of Stay (ALoS) by purpose

Table 7: Monthly ALoS by Purpose

Purpose Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Business 21 15 15 10 9 7 8 6 7 8 8 7

Education/Training/Exchange pro-gram

64 53 58 13 27 39 75 18 32 16 21 0

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6

Incentives travel (FAM, Tour leader) 7 7 9 9 9 7 8 7 8 10 9 5

MICE 43 12 13 6 27 6 6 9 5 5 6 4

Official 31 30 32 20 19 15 13 10 9 9 7 7

Others 12 11 11 12 11 13 13 12 12 13 13 14

Visiting friends and relatives/guest 47 40 20 18 19 19 15 14 18 12 11 8

(Source: TCB & DOI)

The national average length of stay is 7 nights. The leisure tourists spend on an average 6 nights while officials, business and other arrivals spend more than 10 nights in the country during their trip.


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Visitors purpose and ALoS by visitor nights

Chart 8: ALoS by purpose

Purpose Visitors Visitor nights Median night Mean nightBusiness 4,890 50,321 6 10Education/Training/Exchange program

453 19,348 16 43

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation 281,546 1,724,152 6 6Incentives travel (FAM, Tour leader)

1,084 8,606 6 8

MICE 904 9,517 5 11Official 10,022 173,350 6 17Others 13,564 163,759 6 12Visiting friends and relatives/guest 3,136 60,941 8 19Total 315,599 2,209,994 6 7

(Source: TCB & DOI)

A total of 2.209 million visitor nights were spend in the country by all arrivals in 2019. Of this, 1.724million visitor nights were spent by all leisure tourists and the remaining by other visitors. Except for arrivals for education/training / exchange program and visiting friends and relatives, all others have stayed in a commercial establishment.

Visitor nights by purpose

Table 9: Visitor nights by Purpose in Numbers

Purpose 1 – 2 Nights

3 – 4 Nights

5 – 6 Nights

7 – 8 Nights

9 – 14 Nights

15 Nights and above

Total

Business 506 978 2,452 255 266 433 4,890

Education/Training/Exchange program 9 11 24 33 112 264 453

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation 2,220 35,947 190,836 32,072 18,210 2,261 281,546

Incentives travel (FAM, Tour leader) 18 277 286 167 249 87 1,084

MICE 45 402 269 102 47 39 904

Official 759 2,534 2,411 1,194 1,563 1,561 10,022

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Others 1,393 288 6,592 408 1,860 3,023 13,564

Visiting friends and relatives/guest 100 386 711 400 720 819 3,136

Total 5,050 40,823 203,581 34,631 23,027 8,487 315,599

(Source: TCB & DOI)

190,836 holiday, leisure and recreation visitors spend 5-6 nights in Bhutan, whereas majority of the visitors who came to Bhutan to visit friends and relatives or as guests stayed more than 15 nights.

Frequency of visits to Bhutan by purpose and country

Table 10: Frequency of visit by Purpose (%)

Purpose First visit Return visitHoliday, Leisure and Recreation 96.08 3.92

Visiting friends and relatives 64.35 35.65Religion/Pilgrimage 83.69 16.31

Incentives travel 81.11 18.89Business/professional 61.3 38.7

Others 100 0Total 94.34 5.66

(source: TCB Survey estimates)

Majority of the visitor arrivals visited Bhutan for the first time. 5.66% of the visitors are repeat visitors. The repeat visitation of visitors from country / nationality of UK, Japan, Germany and China are slightly higher.


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Seasonality (Monthly visitations)

Visitor by Mode of Transport by Month

Chart 6: Monthly Arrivals by mode of Transport (Number of persons)

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Table 11: Visitor by Mode of Transport by Month

MonthAir Land

TotalNo % No %

Jan 6,323 43.92 8,074 56.08 14,397

Feb 7,839 55.13 6,381 44.87 14,220

Mar 12,125 49.48 12,382 50.52 24,507

Apr 15,629 51.07 14,976 48.93 30,605

May 19,847 42.12 27,271 57.88 47,118

Jun 15,176 50.09 15,121 49.91 30,297

Jul 5,568 41.89 7,723 58.11 13,291

Aug 7,814 62.55 4,678 37.45 12,492

Sep 11,047 50.36 10,890 49.64 21,937

Oct 18,747 40.47 27,578 59.53 46,325

Nov 12,562 46.09 14,694 53.91 27,256

Dec 10,251 30.92 22,903 69.08 33,154

Total 142,928 45.29 172,671 54.71 315,599

(Source: TCB & DOI)

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Source Markets

Average Length of Stay by Major Markets

Table 12: ALoS by major markets

Country Mean MedianIndia 6 6

Bangladesh 5 6USA 10 7

China 6 5Singapore 8 6

UK 10 7Thailand 8 4Germany 11 8Australia 10 7

Japan 14 4Malaysia 6 6Vietnam 6 4France 11 9Canada 9 7Spain 7 6

Other African countries 20 5Other American countries 8 5

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 8 5Other European countries 10 7

Other Middle East countries 14 5Other South Asian Countries 16 5

Total 7 6

(Source: TCB & DOI)

The above table shows the ALoS by the major source markets in 2019. Arrivals from Asian countries such as China, Thailand, Japan etc. spend relatively lesser nights (4nights on average) in the country while arrivals from the European and American markets tends to spend longer although the ALoS from these markets are stagnating at around 7 ALoS.


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Duration of stay by Major Markets

Table 13: Visitors by duration of stay by major markets

Country code 1-2nights 3-4nights 5-6 nights

7-8 nights

9-14 nights

15 nights ad above

Total

India 3,141 16,044 175,213 22,915 8,572 4,496 230,381Bangladesh 196 4,887 6,834 754 274 71 13,016

USA 356 2,128 3,184 2,347 2,893 799 11,707China 154 3,526 2,075 980 751 78 7,564

Singapore 60 546 3,065 191 813 69 4,744UK 59 528 1,316 808 1,203 327 4,241

Thailand 114 2,743 779 200 82 168 4,086Germany 45 392 630 658 1,344 306 3,375Australia 36 617 758 491 960 291 3,153

Japan 273 1,240 734 268 211 284 3,010Malaysia 28 958 1,158 367 219 31 2,761Vietnam 6 1,408 436 83 109 30 2,072France 19 236 362 359 812 165 1,953Canada 40 366 505 409 434 116 1,870Spain 32 344 569 413 281 20 1,659

Other African countries 10 88 93 38 30 50 309Other American countries 52 571 550 175 131 40 1,519

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries

158 1,881 2,195 908 577 174 5,893

Other European countries 160 1,663 2,489 2,046 2,993 729 10,080Other Middle East countries 25 108 126 19 8 28 314Other South Asian Countries 86 549 510 202 330 215 1,892

Total 5,050 40,823 203,581 34,631 23,027 8,487 315,599

(Source: TCB & DOI)

The table above shows the breakdown of major markets by the number of nights spend in Bhutan. Majority of all arrivals from the major source markets spend between 5-6nights while majority of arrivals from the Asian markets such as China, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam etc. spend between 3-4 nights in the country. However, there are arrivals from all the source markets who spend more than 9 nights in the country.

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Travel Arrangement

Table 14: Travel Arrangement (%)

Country Package Non-packageIndia 74.74 25.26

Bangladesh 69.59 30.41USA 94.02 5.98

China 95.55 4.45Singapore 97.69 2.31

UK 94.84 5.16Thailand 85.99 14.01Germany 89.83 10.17Australia 96.33 3.67

Japan 78.6 21.4Malaysia 100 0Vietnam 100 0France 88.47 11.53Canada 93.68 6.32Spain 95.35 4.65

Other African countries 74.13 25.87Other American countries 100 0

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 93.81 6.19Other European countries 95.9 4.1

Other Middle East countries 100 0Other South Asian Countries 65.17 34.83

Total 78.85 21.15


78.85% of the respondents have travelled to Bhutan through packaged tours. The arrivals through non-package comprise of visiting friends and relatives and other arrivals. All leisure arrivals of MDPR paying come through the package tours arranged by Bhutanese tour operators while arrivals of non-MPDR paying leisure arrivals from India, Bangladesh and Maldives availed package tours offered by both Bhutanese operators and non-Bhutanese operators.


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Visitor by main purpose by Major Markets

Table 16: Major markets by main purpose

Country

Business

Education/ Training/ Ex-

change program

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation Incentives travel

(FAM, Tour leader)

MICE Official Others

Visiting friends and relatives/

guest

TotalNo % No % No % No % No % No % No % No %

India 4,039 1.75 2 0 207,766 90.18 0 0 73 0.03 3,962 1.72 13,532 5.87 1,007 0.44 230,381

Bangladesh 116 0.89 2 0.02 12,464 95.76 0 0 9 0.07 390 3 14 0.11 21 0.16 13,016

USA 43 0.37 133 1.14 10,475 89.48 125 1.07 60 0.51 509 4.35 3 0.03 359 3.07 11,707

China 33 0.44 1 0.01 7,237 95.68 115 1.52 27 0.36 137 1.81 1 0.01 13 0.17 7,564

Singapore 41 0.86 13 0.27 4,357 91.84 34 0.72 4 0.08 168 3.54 0 0 127 2.68 4,744

UK 31 0.73 15 0.35 3,803 89.67 87 2.05 30 0.71 205 4.83 0 0 70 1.65 4,241

Thailand 87 2.13 36 0.88 2,962 72.49 75 1.84 11 0.27 684 16.74 0 0 231 5.65 4,086

Germany 24 0.71 2 0.06 3,066 90.84 42 1.24 13 0.39 165 4.89 0 0 63 1.87 3,375

Australia 38 1.21 139 4.41 2,541 80.59 44 1.4 48 1.52 237 7.52 0 0 106 3.36 3,153

Japan 117 3.89 53 1.76 2,036 67.64 35 1.16 51 1.69 577 19.17 0 0 141 4.68 3,010

Malaysia 20 0.72 1 0.04 2,486 90.04 22 0.8 45 1.63 100 3.62 0 0 87 3.15 2,761

Vietnam 12 0.58 1 0.05 1,854 89.48 56 2.7 5 0.24 41 1.98 0 0 103 4.97 2,072

France 31 1.59 2 0.1 1,728 88.48 25 1.28 10 0.51 118 6.04 0 0 39 2 1,953

Canada 9 0.48 6 0.32 1,664 88.98 18 0.96 19 1.02 89 4.76 0 0 65 3.48 1,870

Spain 1 0.06 1 0.06 1,407 84.81 28 1.69 6 0.36 201 12.12 0 0 15 0.9 1,659

Other African countries 9 2.91 0 0 130 42.07 1 0.32 65 21.04 98 31.72 0 0 6 1.94 309

Other American countries 2 0.13 2 0.13 1,386 91.24 20 1.32 13 0.86 58 3.82 0 0 38 2.5 1,519

Other East Asia and the Pacific

countries 48 0.81 11 0.19 4,926 83.59 107 1.82 173 2.94 494 8.38 2 0.03 132 2.24 5,893

Other European countries 88 0.87 14 0.14 8,867 87.97 135 1.34 94 0.93 670 6.65 12 0.12 200 1.98 10,080

Other Middle East countries 0 0 3 0.96 141 44.9 2 0.64 7 2.23 159 50.64 0 0 2 0.64 314

Other South Asian Countries 101 5.34 16 0.85 250 13.21 113 5.97 141 7.45 960 50.74 0 0 311 16.44 1,892

Total 4,890 1.55 453 0.14 281,546 89.21 1,084 0.34 904 0.29 10,022 3.18 13,564 4.3 3,136 0.99 315,599

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Frequency of visit

Table 15: Frequency of visit by Country (%)

Country First visit Return visitIndia 94.69 5.31

Bangladesh 94.82 5.18USA 95.29 4.71

China 88.34 11.66Singapore 92.95 7.05

UK 89.48 10.52Thailand 91.7 8.3Germany 89.94 10.06Australia 96.01 3.99

Japan 86.54 13.46Malaysia 96.62 3.38Vietnam 92.32 7.68France 92.72 7.28Canada 100 0Spain 97.16 2.84

Other African countries 100 0Other American countries 96.48 3.52

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 91.51 8.49Other European countries 92.05 7.95

Other Middle East countries 100 0Other South Asian Countries 95.01 4.99


Of the major markets in 2019, highest return visits are recorded from Japan (13.46%), China (11.66%), UK (10.52%), Germany (10.06) and other countries recording some return visits.

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Visitor by main purpose by Major Markets

Table 16: Major markets by main purpose

Country

Business

Education/ Training/ Ex-

change program

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation Incentives travel

(FAM, Tour leader)

MICE Official Others

Visiting friends and relatives/

guest

TotalNo % No % No % No % No % No % No % No %

India 4,039 1.75 2 0 207,766 90.18 0 0 73 0.03 3,962 1.72 13,532 5.87 1,007 0.44 230,381

Bangladesh 116 0.89 2 0.02 12,464 95.76 0 0 9 0.07 390 3 14 0.11 21 0.16 13,016

USA 43 0.37 133 1.14 10,475 89.48 125 1.07 60 0.51 509 4.35 3 0.03 359 3.07 11,707

China 33 0.44 1 0.01 7,237 95.68 115 1.52 27 0.36 137 1.81 1 0.01 13 0.17 7,564

Singapore 41 0.86 13 0.27 4,357 91.84 34 0.72 4 0.08 168 3.54 0 0 127 2.68 4,744

UK 31 0.73 15 0.35 3,803 89.67 87 2.05 30 0.71 205 4.83 0 0 70 1.65 4,241

Thailand 87 2.13 36 0.88 2,962 72.49 75 1.84 11 0.27 684 16.74 0 0 231 5.65 4,086

Germany 24 0.71 2 0.06 3,066 90.84 42 1.24 13 0.39 165 4.89 0 0 63 1.87 3,375

Australia 38 1.21 139 4.41 2,541 80.59 44 1.4 48 1.52 237 7.52 0 0 106 3.36 3,153

Japan 117 3.89 53 1.76 2,036 67.64 35 1.16 51 1.69 577 19.17 0 0 141 4.68 3,010

Malaysia 20 0.72 1 0.04 2,486 90.04 22 0.8 45 1.63 100 3.62 0 0 87 3.15 2,761

Vietnam 12 0.58 1 0.05 1,854 89.48 56 2.7 5 0.24 41 1.98 0 0 103 4.97 2,072

France 31 1.59 2 0.1 1,728 88.48 25 1.28 10 0.51 118 6.04 0 0 39 2 1,953

Canada 9 0.48 6 0.32 1,664 88.98 18 0.96 19 1.02 89 4.76 0 0 65 3.48 1,870

Spain 1 0.06 1 0.06 1,407 84.81 28 1.69 6 0.36 201 12.12 0 0 15 0.9 1,659

Other African countries 9 2.91 0 0 130 42.07 1 0.32 65 21.04 98 31.72 0 0 6 1.94 309

Other American countries 2 0.13 2 0.13 1,386 91.24 20 1.32 13 0.86 58 3.82 0 0 38 2.5 1,519


countries 48 0.81 11 0.19 4,926 83.59 107 1.82 173 2.94 494 8.38 2 0.03 132 2.24 5,893

Other European countries 88 0.87 14 0.14 8,867 87.97 135 1.34 94 0.93 670 6.65 12 0.12 200 1.98 10,080

Other Middle East countries 0 0 3 0.96 141 44.9 2 0.64 7 2.23 159 50.64 0 0 2 0.64 314

Other South Asian Countries 101 5.34 16 0.85 250 13.21 113 5.97 141 7.45 960 50.74 0 0 311 16.44 1,892

Total 4,890 1.55 453 0.14 281,546 89.21 1,084 0.34 904 0.29 10,022 3.18 13,564 4.3 3,136 0.99 315,599

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Country BusinessEducation/

Training/ Ex-change program

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation

Incentives travel (FAM, Tour

leader)MICE

No % No % No % No % No %

India 4,039 1.75 2 0 207,766 90.18 0 0 73 0.03

Bangladesh 116 0.89 2 0.02 12,464 95.76 0 0 9 0.07

USA 43 0.37 133 1.14 10,475 89.48 125 1.07 60 0.51

China 33 0.44 1 0.01 7,237 95.68 115 1.52 27 0.36

Singapore 41 0.86 13 0.27 4,357 91.84 34 0.72 4 0.08

UK 31 0.73 15 0.35 3,803 89.67 87 2.05 30 0.71

Thailand 87 2.13 36 0.88 2,962 72.49 75 1.84 11 0.27

Germany 24 0.71 2 0.06 3,066 90.84 42 1.24 13 0.39

Australia 38 1.21 139 4.41 2,541 80.59 44 1.4 48 1.52

Japan 117 3.89 53 1.76 2,036 67.64 35 1.16 51 1.69

Malaysia 20 0.72 1 0.04 2,486 90.04 22 0.8 45 1.63

Vietnam 12 0.58 1 0.05 1,854 89.48 56 2.7 5 0.24

France 31 1.59 2 0.1 1,728 88.48 25 1.28 10 0.51

Canada 9 0.48 6 0.32 1,664 88.98 18 0.96 19 1.02

Spain 1 0.06 1 0.06 1,407 84.81 28 1.69 6 0.36

Other African countries 9 2.91 0 0 130 42.07 1 0.32 65 21.04

Other American countries 2 0.13 2 0.13 1,386 91.24 20 1.32 13 0.86


countries 48 0.81 11 0.19 4,926 83.59 107 1.82 173 2.94

Other European countries 88 0.87 14 0.14 8,867 87.97 135 1.34 94 0.93

Other Middle East countries 0 0 3 0.96 141 44.9 2 0.64 7 2.23

Other South Asian Countries 101 5.34 16 0.85 250 13.21 113 5.97 141 7.45

Total 4,890 1.55 453 0.14 281,546 89.21 1,084 0.34 904 0.29

(Source: TCB & DOI)


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Monthly arrivals by major markets

Table 17: Monthly arrivals by major markets

Source Markets January February March April May June July August September October November December Total

India 11,528 8,365 15,288 20,551 41,629 24,623 10,287 6,965 15,425 32,686 18,102 24,932 230,381

Bangladesh 503 898 976 917 390 1,705 531 1,515 761 1,067 902 2,851 13,016

USA 435 698 1,552 1,198 762 577 422 363 915 2,606 1,504 675 11,707

China 342 714 770 1,004 593 495 252 497 719 875 632 671 7,564

Singapore 102 255 349 519 368 470 82 339 368 599 422 871 4,744

UK 103 300 612 487 206 115 88 96 325 980 695 234 4,241

Thailand 174 200 603 612 545 336 224 92 311 396 142 451 4,086

Germany 66 300 510 515 126 71 58 69 279 735 537 109 3,375

Australia 129 176 360 526 249 108 102 101 291 552 351 208 3,153

Japan 157 274 354 289 183 163 179 491 225 351 158 186 3,010

Malaysia 29 187 155 225 277 244 85 205 295 414 153 492 2,761

Vietnam 12 409 141 481 51 178 56 285 146 110 44 159 2,072

France 50 87 272 234 157 29 42 46 65 461 391 119 1,953

Canada 68 105 247 266 133 66 70 62 122 414 233 84 1,870

Spain 11 22 47 202 105 58 73 284 162 271 339 85 1,659

Other African countries 15 28 30 20 44 14 18 10 20 64 24 22 309

Other American countries 121 153 126 157 99 77 80 35 152 275 161 83 1,519


194 373 696 625 559 575 214 418 571 885 447 336 5,893

Other European countries 229 455 1,222 1,594 523 243 267 466 616 2,359 1,652 454 10,080

Other Middle East countries 17 16 44 33 14 14 10 13 13 15 116 9 314

Other South Asian Countries 112 205 153 150 105 136 151 140 156 210 251 123 1,892

Total 14,397 14,220 24,507 30,605 47,118 30,297 13,291 12,492 21,937 46,325 27,256 33,154 315,599

(Source: TCB & DOI)

The above table shows the monthly distribution of arrivals by top 15 major source markets and regional segmentation of the remaining source markets. The arrivals from India are spread throughout the year with highest arrivals during the months of May, October, December and June indicating the opportunities in terms of promoting geographical spread of tourism in the country. Arrivals from the MDPR paying countries are mainly concentrated during the months of March, April, September, October and November. The arrivals during the other months also show mixed growths.

Table 16.1: Major markets by main purpose

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Official OthersVisiting friends and relatives/

guest

TotalNo % No % No %

3,962 1.72 13,532 5.87 1,007 0.44 230,381

390 3 14 0.11 21 0.16 13,016

509 4.35 3 0.03 359 3.07 11,707

137 1.81 1 0.01 13 0.17 7,564

168 3.54 0 0 127 2.68 4,744

205 4.83 0 0 70 1.65 4,241

684 16.74 0 0 231 5.65 4,086

165 4.89 0 0 63 1.87 3,375

237 7.52 0 0 106 3.36 3,153

577 19.17 0 0 141 4.68 3,010

100 3.62 0 0 87 3.15 2,761

41 1.98 0 0 103 4.97 2,072

118 6.04 0 0 39 2 1,953

89 4.76 0 0 65 3.48 1,870

201 12.12 0 0 15 0.9 1,659

98 31.72 0 0 6 1.94 309

58 3.82 0 0 38 2.5 1,519

494 8.38 2 0.03 132 2.24 5,893

670 6.65 12 0.12 200 1.98 10,080

159 50.64 0 0 2 0.64 314

960 50.74 0 0 311 16.44 1,892

10,022 3.18 13,564 4.3 3,136 0.99 315,599

Country

India

Bangladesh

USA

China

Singapore

UK

Thailand

Germany

Australia

Japan

Malaysia

Vietnam

France

Canada

Spain

Other African countries

Other American countries


countries

Other European countries

Other Middle East countries

Other South Asian Countries

Total

Official TotalCountry OthersVisiting friends and relatives/

guest

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Monthly arrivals by major markets

Table 17: Monthly arrivals by major markets

Source Markets January February March April May June July August September October November December Total

India 11,528 8,365 15,288 20,551 41,629 24,623 10,287 6,965 15,425 32,686 18,102 24,932 230,381

Bangladesh 503 898 976 917 390 1,705 531 1,515 761 1,067 902 2,851 13,016

USA 435 698 1,552 1,198 762 577 422 363 915 2,606 1,504 675 11,707

China 342 714 770 1,004 593 495 252 497 719 875 632 671 7,564

Singapore 102 255 349 519 368 470 82 339 368 599 422 871 4,744

UK 103 300 612 487 206 115 88 96 325 980 695 234 4,241

Thailand 174 200 603 612 545 336 224 92 311 396 142 451 4,086

Germany 66 300 510 515 126 71 58 69 279 735 537 109 3,375

Australia 129 176 360 526 249 108 102 101 291 552 351 208 3,153

Japan 157 274 354 289 183 163 179 491 225 351 158 186 3,010

Malaysia 29 187 155 225 277 244 85 205 295 414 153 492 2,761

Vietnam 12 409 141 481 51 178 56 285 146 110 44 159 2,072

France 50 87 272 234 157 29 42 46 65 461 391 119 1,953

Canada 68 105 247 266 133 66 70 62 122 414 233 84 1,870

Spain 11 22 47 202 105 58 73 284 162 271 339 85 1,659

Other African countries 15 28 30 20 44 14 18 10 20 64 24 22 309

Other American countries 121 153 126 157 99 77 80 35 152 275 161 83 1,519


194 373 696 625 559 575 214 418 571 885 447 336 5,893

Other European countries 229 455 1,222 1,594 523 243 267 466 616 2,359 1,652 454 10,080

Other Middle East countries 17 16 44 33 14 14 10 13 13 15 116 9 314

Other South Asian Countries 112 205 153 150 105 136 151 140 156 210 251 123 1,892

Total 14,397 14,220 24,507 30,605 47,118 30,297 13,291 12,492 21,937 46,325 27,256 33,154 315,599

(Source: TCB & DOI)

The above table shows the monthly distribution of arrivals by top 15 major source markets and regional segmentation of the remaining source markets. The arrivals from India are spread throughout the year with highest arrivals during the months of May, October, December and June indicating the opportunities in terms of promoting geographical spread of tourism in the country. Arrivals from the MDPR paying countries are mainly concentrated during the months of March, April, September, October and November. The arrivals during the other months also show mixed growths.

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Monthly visitor nights by Major markets

Table 18: Monthly visitor nights by Major Markets

Country Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

India 70,417 53,727 100,405 133,686 269,279 157,150 71,470 47,522 101,201 209,794 116,204 159,661 1,490,516

Bangladesh 2,910 4,709 4,736 4,429 1,998 8,994 2,691 6,621 3,920 6,814 4,975 15,848 68,645

USA 10,723 7,197 14,639 12,040 7,014 6,163 5,975 3,054 9,341 20,678 11,445 4,858 113,127

China 1,940 3,479 4,966 5,314 3,511 2,746 1,536 3,363 3,692 5,241 3,351 3,643 42,782

Singapore 2,367 2,575 3,121 4,093 2,409 3,144 468 2,293 2,533 4,226 2,972 5,170 35,371

UK 1,282 4,260 6,452 5,274 1,632 1,839 582 609 2,933 8,280 5,467 1,574 40,184

Thailand 3,248 1,762 6,040 5,263 3,418 3,263 1,655 448 1,612 2,253 742 1,954 31,658

Germany 2,626 3,791 5,706 4,976 1,118 645 533 948 3,084 7,332 4,950 955 36,664

Australia 1,428 2,269 3,888 5,148 3,354 1,128 1,331 745 2,961 4,630 3,155 1,655 31,692

Japan 5,915 8,222 10,144 3,194 3,109 2,082 1,148 3,510 1,539 2,236 933 824 42,856

Malaysia 796 1,194 1,658 1,403 1,766 1,344 597 1,049 1,620 2,460 972 2,401 17,260

Vietnam 286 2,317 1,160 2,222 318 803 371 1,243 1,029 626 349 710 11,434

France 1,260 1,809 3,049 2,796 1,109 319 946 341 799 4,156 3,774 991 21,349

Canada 732 718 2,341 2,172 1,330 822 529 483 1,574 3,306 1,630 597 16,234

Spain 269 160 522 1,220 964 337 435 1,722 1,105 1,838 2,300 624 11,496

Other African countries 560 864 1,099 202 1,563 623 228 51 164 499 129 138 6,120

Other American countries 922 2,576 1,647 941 742 724 903 176 833 1,546 803 450 12,263


2,722 3,136 8,359 4,787 4,763 3,512 1,317 2,577 3,172 5,266 2,724 1,860 44,195

Other European countries 6,220 9,460 14,630 15,153 4,772 2,326 3,146 3,417 6,203 19,604 13,726 3,347 102,004

Other Middle East countries 1,081 160 634 160 67 853 424 47 91 117 571 60 4,265

Other South Asian Countries 5,128 6,276 3,937 3,291 1,362 1,221 2,039 1,063 1,341 1,492 2,029 700 29,879

Total 1,22,832 120,661 199,133 217,764 315,598 200,038 98,324 81,282 150,747 312,394 183,201 208,020 2,209,994

(Source: TCB & DOI)

A total of 2.21million (2,209,994) nights were spent by all tourist in Bhutan in 2019 with majority of nights spent during the months of May (315,598), October (312, 394), December (208,020) and June (200,038) with the least nights spent being the month of August (81,282)

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Monthly visitor nights by Major markets

Table 18: Monthly visitor nights by Major Markets

Country Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

India 70,417 53,727 100,405 133,686 269,279 157,150 71,470 47,522 101,201 209,794 116,204 159,661 1,490,516

Bangladesh 2,910 4,709 4,736 4,429 1,998 8,994 2,691 6,621 3,920 6,814 4,975 15,848 68,645

USA 10,723 7,197 14,639 12,040 7,014 6,163 5,975 3,054 9,341 20,678 11,445 4,858 113,127

China 1,940 3,479 4,966 5,314 3,511 2,746 1,536 3,363 3,692 5,241 3,351 3,643 42,782

Singapore 2,367 2,575 3,121 4,093 2,409 3,144 468 2,293 2,533 4,226 2,972 5,170 35,371

UK 1,282 4,260 6,452 5,274 1,632 1,839 582 609 2,933 8,280 5,467 1,574 40,184

Thailand 3,248 1,762 6,040 5,263 3,418 3,263 1,655 448 1,612 2,253 742 1,954 31,658

Germany 2,626 3,791 5,706 4,976 1,118 645 533 948 3,084 7,332 4,950 955 36,664

Australia 1,428 2,269 3,888 5,148 3,354 1,128 1,331 745 2,961 4,630 3,155 1,655 31,692

Japan 5,915 8,222 10,144 3,194 3,109 2,082 1,148 3,510 1,539 2,236 933 824 42,856

Malaysia 796 1,194 1,658 1,403 1,766 1,344 597 1,049 1,620 2,460 972 2,401 17,260

Vietnam 286 2,317 1,160 2,222 318 803 371 1,243 1,029 626 349 710 11,434

France 1,260 1,809 3,049 2,796 1,109 319 946 341 799 4,156 3,774 991 21,349

Canada 732 718 2,341 2,172 1,330 822 529 483 1,574 3,306 1,630 597 16,234

Spain 269 160 522 1,220 964 337 435 1,722 1,105 1,838 2,300 624 11,496

Other African countries 560 864 1,099 202 1,563 623 228 51 164 499 129 138 6,120

Other American countries 922 2,576 1,647 941 742 724 903 176 833 1,546 803 450 12,263


2,722 3,136 8,359 4,787 4,763 3,512 1,317 2,577 3,172 5,266 2,724 1,860 44,195

Other European countries 6,220 9,460 14,630 15,153 4,772 2,326 3,146 3,417 6,203 19,604 13,726 3,347 102,004

Other Middle East countries 1,081 160 634 160 67 853 424 47 91 117 571 60 4,265

Other South Asian Countries 5,128 6,276 3,937 3,291 1,362 1,221 2,039 1,063 1,341 1,492 2,029 700 29,879

Total 1,22,832 120,661 199,133 217,764 315,598 200,038 98,324 81,282 150,747 312,394 183,201 208,020 2,209,994

(Source: TCB & DOI)

A total of 2.21million (2,209,994) nights were spent by all tourist in Bhutan in 2019 with majority of nights spent during the months of May (315,598), October (312, 394), December (208,020) and June (200,038) with the least nights spent being the month of August (81,282)

Visitor by Regional destinations (Circuit Tourism)

Table 19: Bhutan and the Circuit Tourism (%)

Country Regional visitors International visitors Both

Bangladesh 0.07 1.86 0.51Cambodia 0 0.76 0.19

China 0.18 5.02 1.37India 0.64 20.63 5.58

Indonesia 0.11 0.55 0.22Japan 0 1.2 0.3

Malaysia 0.29 0.98 0.46Myanmar 0.04 0.33 0.11

Nepal 0.64 32.64 8.54North Korea 0 0.22 0.05Singapore 0.18 2.95 0.86Thailand 0.39 16.16 4.29Vietnam 0.04 0.87 0.24

Other Asian Countries 0.21 2.07 0.67Other European Countries 0.32 0.87 0.46Other American Countries 0.29 0.44 0.32

Other African Countries 0.14 0.66 0.27Other Middle East Countries 0.18 1.09 0.4

Only Bhutan 97.49 38.32 82.88


This sub-section reveals the visitors’ plan to visit other countries in the region before/after Bhutan or as part of the trip. 82.88% of the visitor’s sole destination was only Bhutan. 8.54% of the visitors visited Nepal, 5.58% India and 4.29% Thailand while making a trip to Bhutan.

The majority of regional visitors i.e. 97.49% visited only Bhutan where as 61.68% of the international visitors visited other international destinations while making a trip to Bhutan.


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Visitor arrival by Global Segmentation by Gender

Table 20: Visitor by Global Segmentation by Gender

Nationality Male Female TotalAfrica 188 121 309

America 6,663 8,433 15,096East Asia and the Pacific 12,922 20,361 33,283

Europe 10,041 11,267 21,308Middle east 223 91 314South Asia 144,053 101,236 245,289

Total 174,090 141,509 315,599


Chart 7: Global segmentation


Overall, 55% male visitors and 45% female visitors visited Bhutan in 2019. 53% of the European visitors were female and 59% of the visitors from South Asia were male.

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Visitor arrivals by Global Segmentation by Mode of transport

Table 21: Visitor by Global Segmentation by Mode of Transport by Month

Africa America East Asia and the pacific

Europe Middle east

South Asia

January Air 14 606 1,119 433 17 4,134Land 1 18 20 26 0 8,009

February Air 23 926 2,538 1,019 16 3,317Land 5 30 50 145 0 6,151

March Air 29 1,874 3,298 2,139 44 4,741Land 1 51 130 524 0 11,676

April Air 19 1,546 4,123 2,660 32 7,249Land 1 75 158 372 1 14,369

May Air 44 971 2,725 1,021 14 15,072Land 0 23 100 96 0 27,052

June Air 10 704 2,508 499 14 11,441Land 4 16 61 17 0 15,023

July Air 17 549 1,159 474 10 3,359Land 1 23 35 54 0 7,610

August Air 10 451 2,340 857 13 4,143Land 0 9 88 104 0 4,477

September Air 17 1,160 2,864 1,273 13 5,720Land 3 29 62 174 0 10,622

October Air 64 3,231 4,030 4,080 14 7,328Land 0 64 152 726 1 26,635

November Air 23 1,808 2,315 2,824 116 5,476Land 1 90 34 790 0 13,779

December Air 21 802 3,269 853 9 5,297Land 1 40 105 148 0 22,609

Total Air 291 14628 32288 18132 312 77277Land 18 468 995 3176 2 168012

(Source: TCB & DOI)


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Geographical Spread (visitation by Dzongkhag)

Visitor and Visitor nights by Dzongkhag

Table 22: MDPR paying visitors by Dzongkhag and visitor nights

Dzonkhag Visitor Visitor % Visitor Nights

Visitor Night distribution%

Bumthang 11,950 19.15 30,580 7.32Chukha 2,490 3.99 2,768 0.66Dagana 30 0.05 67 0.02Gasa 813 1.3 4,605 1.10Haa 5,751 9.22 7,233 1.73

Lhuentse 761 1.22 1,215 0.29Monggar 2,593 4.15 3,808 0.91

Paro 60,706 97.27 138,900 33.27Pema Gatshel 96 0.15 175 0.04

Punakha 53,904 86.37 77,443 18.55Samdrup Jongkhar 1,721 2.76 1,981 0.47

Sarpang 263 0.42 396 0.09Thimphu 58,593 93.89 104,307 24.98

Trashi Yangtse 1,031 1.65 1,411 0.34Trashigang 2,648 4.24 5,616 1.34

Trongsa 5,364 8.6 5,934 1.42Tsirang 74 0.12 107 0.03

Wangdue Phodrang 20,529 32.89 30,090 7.21Zhemgang 346 0.55 915 0.22

Total 229,663 368 417,551 100.00


The above visitation and visitor night distribution of MDPR paying tourists by Dzongkhag shows that Paro, Thimphu, Punakha, Wangdi and Bumthang have recorded the highest visitors and visitor nights. This trend could be attributed to air being the main mode of transport and with an ALoS of 7 days for majority of the MDPR paying tourists.

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Visitor by Dzongkhag by Gender

Table 23: Visitor by Dzongkhag by Gender (MDPR tourist only)

Country Male Female TotalBumthang 4,857 7,093 11,950

Chukha 1,080 1,410 2,490Dagana 18 12 30Gasa 422 391 813Haa 2,350 3,401 5,751

Lhuentse 269 492 761Monggar 1,123 1,470 2,593

Paro 24,476 36,230 60,706Pema Gatshel 33 63 96

Punakha 21,490 32,414 53,904Samdrup Jongkhar 771 950 1,721

Sarpang 133 130 263Thimphu 23,628 34,965 58,593

Trashi Yangtse 418 613 1,031Trashigang 1,118 1,530 2,648

Trongsa 2,184 3,180 5,364Tsirang 41 33 74

Wangdue Phodrang 8,182 12,347 20,529Zhemgang 169 177 346

Total 92,762 136,901 229,663


Majority visits in the Dzongkhags were undertaken by female international leisure tourists with almost all Dzongkhags seeing higher number of female tourists.


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Bed night and ALoS by Dzongkhag

Table 24: Visitor nights and ALoS by Dzongkhag (MDPR tourist only)

Dzongkhags Bed night ALOS (mean)Bumthang 30,580 3

Chukha 2,768 1Dagana 67 2

Gasa 4,605 6Haa 7,233 1

Lhuentse 1,215 2Monggar 3,808 1

Paro 138,900 2Pema Gatshel 175 2

Punakha 77,443 1Samdrup Jongkhar 1,981 1

Sarpang 396 2Thimphu 104,307 2

Trashiyangtse 1,411 1Trashigang 5,616 2

Trongsa 5,934 1Tsrirang 107 1

Wangdu Phodrang 30,090 1Zhemgang 915 3


The above table shows the ALOS in each Dzongkhag for MDPR paying tourists. Gasa recorded the highest number of nights spent with 6 followed by Bumthang and Zhemgang at 3 nights and less than 2 nights in most other dzongkhags including Thimphu and Paro. The highest number of nights recorded in Gasa, Bumthang and Zhemgang can be attributed to the major treks and birding sites being located in these Dzongkhags.

Visitor by Dzongkhag by major markets

Table 25: Visitor by Dzongkhag by major markets

country code

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Punakha Samdrup Jongkhar

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Thim-phu

Trashi-Yangtse

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Trong-sa

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Zhemgang

USA 2,058 185 17 153 1,030 95 268 10,333 12 8,898 102 50 9,818 84 263 876 27 3,696 98

China 1,057 85 0 19 189 125 148 7,209 2 6,440 18 16 6,895 71 156 275 5 1,642 11

Singapore 587 20 1 18 456 47 102 4,312 19 3,958 39 37 4,132 19 89 227 4 2,010 5

UK 711 312 5 92 559 76 199 3,789 7 3,362 132 67 3,497 79 192 331 16 1,621 88

Thailand 87 8 0 1 82 0 14 2,956 1 2,837 2 0 2,934 14 15 40 0 268 0

Germany 1,263 382 0 105 465 97 414 3,068 2 2,856 352 26 2,952 230 429 694 5 1,378 18

Australia 506 72 1 53 373 17 89 2,502 2 2,205 51 6 2,469 24 90 279 5 1,061 9

Japan 168 237 4 14 315 8 52 1,844 23 1,193 77 2 1,803 26 90 70 2 296 4

Malaysia 161 26 0 8 145 10 13 2,491 1 2,327 5 0 2,415 2 18 71 0 650 0

Vietnam 89 7 0 0 46 3 1 1,887 0 1,802 0 1 1,810 0 1 23 0 88 1

France 778 119 0 61 309 6 213 1,730 0 1,620 183 2 1,702 58 202 457 0 900 25

Canada 313 65 0 27 224 20 35 1,652 2 1,465 18 2 1,591 16 33 129 2 585 6

Spain 267 118 0 7 131 0 92 1,421 3 1,194 80 0 1,399 20 98 104 0 442 2


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Total 11,950 2,490 30 813 5,751 761 2,593 60,706 96 53,904 1,721 263 58,593 1,031 2,648 5,364 74 20,529 346


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Visitor by Dzongkhag by major markets

Table 25: Visitor by Dzongkhag by major markets

country code

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Gasa Haa Lhuen-tse

Mon-gar

Paro Pema Gat-shel

Punakha Samdrup Jongkhar

Sar-pang

Thim-phu

Trashi-Yangtse

Trashi-gang

Trong-sa


Zhemgang

USA 2,058 185 17 153 1,030 95 268 10,333 12 8,898 102 50 9,818 84 263 876 27 3,696 98

China 1,057 85 0 19 189 125 148 7,209 2 6,440 18 16 6,895 71 156 275 5 1,642 11

Singapore 587 20 1 18 456 47 102 4,312 19 3,958 39 37 4,132 19 89 227 4 2,010 5

UK 711 312 5 92 559 76 199 3,789 7 3,362 132 67 3,497 79 192 331 16 1,621 88

Thailand 87 8 0 1 82 0 14 2,956 1 2,837 2 0 2,934 14 15 40 0 268 0

Germany 1,263 382 0 105 465 97 414 3,068 2 2,856 352 26 2,952 230 429 694 5 1,378 18

Australia 506 72 1 53 373 17 89 2,502 2 2,205 51 6 2,469 24 90 279 5 1,061 9

Japan 168 237 4 14 315 8 52 1,844 23 1,193 77 2 1,803 26 90 70 2 296 4

Malaysia 161 26 0 8 145 10 13 2,491 1 2,327 5 0 2,415 2 18 71 0 650 0

Vietnam 89 7 0 0 46 3 1 1,887 0 1,802 0 1 1,810 0 1 23 0 88 1

France 778 119 0 61 309 6 213 1,730 0 1,620 183 2 1,702 58 202 457 0 900 25

Canada 313 65 0 27 224 20 35 1,652 2 1,465 18 2 1,591 16 33 129 2 585 6

Spain 267 118 0 7 131 0 92 1,421 3 1,194 80 0 1,399 20 98 104 0 442 2


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2,915 584 2 229 1,129 217 809 8,766 14 7,793 596 41 8,523 342 834 1,359 6 3,835 69


4 0 0 0 2 0 0 136 0 113 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 13 0


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Total 11,950 2,490 30 813 5,751 761 2,593 60,706 96 53,904 1,721 263 58,593 1,031 2,648 5,364 74 20,529 346


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Type of accommodation used in the Dzongkhags

Chart 8: Visitor by Accommodation types used by Dzongkhag (%)

(Source: TCB survey estimates)

Table 26: Visitors by Accommodation types used by Dzongkhag (%)

4 or 5 star ac-commodation

3 star accom-modation

Budget hotel/Non-Star hotel

Village home stays

Campsites With friends/relatives

Rented house/apartment

Guest house/tran-

sit camp

Paro 14.88 54.50 21.29 1.48 0.32 0.16 0.03 0.65

Punakha 7.65 37.20 7.71 0.89 0.16 0.03 0.00 0.13

Thimphu 16.47 56.15 21.89 0.97 0.27 0.59 0.24 1.13

Wangdi Phodrang 0.86 5.44 1.62 1.40 0.19 0.03 0.00 0.27

Gasa 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.08 0.00 0.03 0.03

Haa 0.00 1.78 0.40 0.54 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.24

Bumthang 0.49 3.48 0.70 0.22 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.19

Trongsa 0.00 2.26 0.19 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.13

Zhemgang 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03

Mongar 0.00 0.32 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Lhuentse 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00

Samdrup Jongkhar 0.03 0.27 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00

Tashi Gang 0.00 0.43 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.03

Tashi Yangtse 0.03 0.16 0.19 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.05

Chukha 0.00 7.90 3.37 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.03 0.08

Sarpang 0.00 0.03 0.05 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00

Tsirang 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Dagana 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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Tourism Services / Service Providers

Accommodation

Table 27: Tourist accommodation in the country (TCB Certified)

DzongkhagAccommodation Type TOTAL

5 star 4 star 3 star VHS Accommodation Rooms BedBumthang 1 0 19 18 38 500 980Chhukha 0 0 12 0 12 398 707Sarpang 0 0 1 0 1 22 37

Haa 0 0 4 0 4 69 132Mongar 0 0 2 0 2 44 78

Paro 6 3 25 20 54 990 1,744Punakha 3 3 12 14 32 525 982

Samdrup Jongkhar 0 0 1 0 1 8 16Thimphu 4 7 41 4 56 1,688 2,953

Trashigang 0 0 3 3 6 103 203Trongsa 0 0 1 0 1 21 37Tsirang 0 0 1 0 1 13 26Wangdi 3 0 8 30 41 283 540Gasa 0 0 0 10 10 30 60Haa 0 0 0 20 20 60 120

Lhuentse 0 0 0 19 19 57 114Mongar 0 0 0 2 2 6 12

Trashi Yangtse 0 0 0 7 7 21 42Zhemgang 0 0 0 2 2 6 12

Total 17 13 130 149 309 4,844 8,795

There are 309 TCB certified accommodation providers in the country which includes village homestays.

There is a total of 3,020 registered tour operators and over 4,500 licensed tour guides.


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Tourism Receipts and Expenditure

The following section presents the tourism receipts and expenditure estimates relating to all arrivals to Bhutan during their stay in Bhutan. The estimates are based on information from TCB /DOI records and VES estimates.

Average trip expenditure, total trip expenditure by main purpose (USD)

Table 28: Expenditure summary

Main Purpose Average trip expen-diture

Total trip expendi-ture (USD million)

Average expenditure per night

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation 1,323 317.65 231.90Visiting friends and relatives 1,434 2.51 185.40

Religion/Pilgrimage 2,636 8.78 392.53Incentives travel 2,936 0.74 618.54

Business/professional 1,619 16.02 257.33Others 1,433 0.18 286.61Total 1,354 345.88 235.07

(Source: Survey estimates)

The above table shows the expenditure summary of all arrivals to Bhutan by main purpose of visit. The estimates show that USD 345.88 million total expenditure made by all arrivals in the country in 2019. In other words, USD 345.88 million worth of tourism businesses were generated in the country in 2019. It includes amount paid for package tours for those who availed packaged tours, out-of-pocket spends, transportation cost etc. Of this USD 88.63 million comprise of receipts through the MDPR which includes USD 23.42m in direct revenue contribution in the form of SDF.

The average trip expenditure estimate is USD 1,354 with USD 235.07 as daily average expenditure. Leisure arrivals have spent on average USD 231.90 per person per night while Incentive travelers spending the highest with USD 618.54. Incentive travelers include arrivals whose expenditure are borne by their companies.

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Visitors on Package Tour (Summary of package cost)

Table 29: Visitors by Package cost

Country Mean Median Total (USD million)India 592 434 83.99

Bangladesh 727 594 3.73USA 4,260 3,333 43.22

China 3,002 2,500 7.46 Singapore 2,625 2,400 8.47

UK 3,779 3,000 13.99 Thailand 2,142 1,800 3.39Germany 3,982 3,500 13.46 Australia 3,245 2,430 11.72

Japan 2,324 2,374 3.74 Malaysia 1,951 1,750 4.22 Vietnam 2,048 2,200 1.27France 3,777 3,000 9.60 Canada 3,705 2,500 6.97 Spain 2,627 2,500 3.22

Other African countries 2,260 2,000 0.96Other American countries 3,283 2,000 6.42


2,638 2,500 8.43

Other European countries 3,419 3,000 34.27Other Middle East countries 8,286 4,000 1.00Other South Asian Countries 1,639 1,385 0.78


The above table shows the estimates of average cost paid for tour packages to Bhutan by major markets. The estimate includes packages offered by Bhutanese operators as well as the respective country operators for non MDPR paying visitors mainly arrivals from India, Bangladesh and Maldives. The total cost of the package will vary depending on the ALOS and is inclusive of airfare (Bhutan sector)

Likewise, the following table shows the estimates of average expenditure per person on major items for those visitors who did not come through package tours. The estimates show that the major costs are incurred on international airfare (Bhutan sector), domestic airfare (for those who have availed the service) and accommodation followed by other expenditure items.


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Average Expenditure per person on Major items – visitors on non-package tours

Table 30: Average expenditure on major items for non-package Tours (in USD)

country code International airfare

Domestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transport

Accommodation Food and beverages

Shopping Others Oil Entertainment Guide services

Host organi-zation

India 364 80 138 70 202 76 65 22 43 23 34 790

Bangladesh 406 . 113 64 247 72 80 . 65 16 14 .

USA 950 . . 191 667 436 255 205 . 56 73 .

China 1,008 . . 5 1,031 20 71 . . . 20 .

Singapore 725 . . . 600 350 100 . . 50 . .

UK 505 . 86 53 1,089 250 73 . . 22 100 .

Thailand 914 40 35 79 556 82 133 . 20 85 750 .

Germany 867 . 332 70 325 211 243 49 120 44 216 .

Australia 1,008 . . 7 650 300 250 . . . . .

Japan 849 1,500 165 20 517 139 94 . . . 200 .

France 813 . . 200 1,116 368 89 . . 100 . .

Canada 997 . . 581 591 500 36 . . 185 . .

Spain 1,008 . . 72 15 100 100 . . 5 . .


. . . . . . 415 . . 30 . .

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tries

830 . 166 13 191 49 119 50 . 50 . .

Other Europe-an countries

628 2,020 100 221 738 267 199 . . 50 111 .

Other South Asian Coun-tries

322 . . 97 765 168 66 . . 21 . .

Total 457 911 137 78 228 86 74 52 44 24 66 790


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Average Expenditure per person on Major items – visitors on non-package tours

Table 30: Average expenditure on major items for non-package Tours (in USD)

country code International airfare

Domestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transport



Host organi-zation

India 364 80 138 70 202 76 65 22 43 23 34 790

Bangladesh 406 . 113 64 247 72 80 . 65 16 14 .

USA 950 . . 191 667 436 255 205 . 56 73 .

China 1,008 . . 5 1,031 20 71 . . . 20 .

Singapore 725 . . . 600 350 100 . . 50 . .

UK 505 . 86 53 1,089 250 73 . . 22 100 .

Thailand 914 40 35 79 556 82 133 . 20 85 750 .

Germany 867 . 332 70 325 211 243 49 120 44 216 .

Australia 1,008 . . 7 650 300 250 . . . . .

Japan 849 1,500 165 20 517 139 94 . . . 200 .

France 813 . . 200 1,116 368 89 . . 100 . .

Canada 997 . . 581 591 500 36 . . 185 . .

Spain 1,008 . . 72 15 100 100 . . 5 . .


. . . . . . 415 . . 30 . .

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tries

830 . 166 13 191 49 119 50 . 50 . .


628 2,020 100 221 738 267 199 . . 50 111 .


322 . . 97 765 168 66 . . 21 . .

Total 457 911 137 78 228 86 74 52 44 24 66 790


Average Length of Stay, Average Expenditure by Nationality

Table 31: ALoS and average expenditure by Nationality

Country AVERAGE NIGHTS STAYED*

MEDIAN NIGHTS STAYED*

AVERAGE TRIP EXPENDITURE**

AVERAGE EXPENDITURE PER NIGHT**

India 6 6 669.62 131.90Bangladesh 5 6 793.58 206.94

USA 10 7 4,561.13 684.26China 6 5 3,460.92 630.63

Singapore 7 6 3,110.61 528.17UK 9 7 4,129.36 567.24

Thailand 8 4 2,453.92 575.81Germany 11 8 4,057.67 550.52Australia 10 7 3,631.98 572.88

Japan 14 4 2,341.47 518.30Malaysia 6 6 2,381.84 422.58Vietnam 6 4 2,245.42 512.30France 11 9 3,784.20 478.20Canada 9 7 4,342.92 579.75Spain 7 6 2,840.33 533.54

Other African countries 20 5 1,976.84 402.92Other American countries 8 5 3,869.14 618.92Other East Asia and the

Pacific countries7 5

2,962.87 527.60Other European countries 10 7 3,761.91 568.08

Other Middle East countries 14 5 8,467.09 2617.46Other South Asian Countries 16 5 1,621.98 272.57

Total 7 6 1,354.33 235.07

(Source: *TCB/DOI | **Survey Estimates)

Table 23 and 24 shows the estimates visitor, visitor nights (bed nights) and average trip and daily expenditures.

The estimates show that the visitors from America have made the highest daily spend with USD 684.26 per person per night with an average mean ALoS of 10 nights followed by the visitors from China, Canada, Thailand etc. Estimates also show that while the ALoS for Asian countries are relatively lower than other markets, their daily spends are quite significant.


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Expenditure per trip per person

Table 32: Trip Expenditure per person

Item Mean Median Total (in USD million)

International airfare 525 381 14.58Domestic airfare 680 300 0.52

Car rental 142 101 2.27Local ground transport 72 50 1.23

Accommodation 226 115 12.20Food and beverages 73 43 11.60

Shopping 115 56 23.42Others 112 29 0.33Oil (car) 43 35 0.84

Entertainment 26 17 3.07Guides services 75 45 5.35

Host organization 799 790 0.16Package tour 1,342 661 270.31

Total 1,354 664 345.88


The above table on the estimates of expenditure per trip per person shows that the major expenditure item is airfare (international – Bhutan sector and domestic) followed by accommodation and shopping.

Gross Earnings

Table 33: Gross earnings from MDPR paying Tourist

Gross receipts (in USD Million) 88.63SDF (In USD Million) 23.42

Visa fee (In USD Million) 2.572% TDS (In USD Million) 1.24

(Source: Tashel System, TCB)

In 2019, the total tourism receipts from MDPR was USD 88.63million out of which USD 23.42million was direct revenue contribution through SDF.

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Visitor by ActivityTable 34: visitor by activity

Activities Frequency %

Cultural sight seeing 62,029 99.39

Hiking 2,858 4.58

Bumdra Trek 1,579 2.53

Druk Path trek 1,135 1.82

Textile tour 756 1.21

Jomolhari trek 684 1.1

Bird watching 614 0.98

Thimphu Tshechu 523 0.84

Retreat Meditation 485 0.78

Rafting/kayaking 459 0.74

Cycling 441 0.71

Paro Tsechu 394 0.63

Flora fauna 319 0.51

Laya Gasa treak 298 0.48

Snowman Trek 208 0.33

Motor Cycling 203 0.33

Dagala Thousand lake trek 182 0.29

Punakha Tsechu 147 0.24

Spa Wellness 140 0.22

Outdoor Camping 129 0.21

Samtengang trek 101 0.16

Sagala Trek 91 0.15

Thimphu Drupchen 86 0.14

Jambay lhakang drup 84 0.13

Bumthang Owl trek 76 0.12

Rhododendron festival 73 0.12

Bumthang Cultural trek 72 0.12

Nabji Korphu trek 71 0.11

Chelela Trek 60 0.1

Dochula Tsechu 56 0.09

Wangdue Tsechu 49 0.08

Tamshingphala Choepa 48 0.08

Gangtey Festival 44 0.07

Nubtsona Pata Trek 41 0.07

Fishing 37 0.06

Tangbi Mani 36 0.06

Gangkar Puensum trek 35 0.06

Natural Hotspring 35 0.06


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Masagang Trek 33 0.05

Sinchula Trek 31 0.05

Outdoor Picnic 30 0.05

Punakha Drupchen 29 0.05

Traditional medicine 25 0.04

JDW national Park 22 0.04

Prakhar Duchhoed 21 0.03

Tashigang tshechu 21 0.03

Royal Mana trek 18 0.03

Wild EastRodungla Trek 16 0.03

Matsutake festival 16 0.03

Merak Tsechu 14 0.02

Gantey Trek 13 0.02

Ura Yakchoe 13 0.02

Gangjula Trek 12 0.02

Kurjey Tsechu 9 0.01

Dur Hot Spring trek 7 0.01

Nomads Festival 7 0.01

Gomkora 6 0.01

Rigsum Goenpa trek 5 0.01

Nimalung Tsechu 5 0.01

Jiligang PineTrail 5 0.01

Dongla Trek 4 0.01

Punakha Winter trek 4 0.01

Mongar Tsechu 4 0.01

Genekha Dagana trek 4 0.01

Haa Summer festival 4 0.01

Nalakhar Tsechu 2 0.003

Pemagatsel tsechu 2 0.003

UraMatsuta festival 2 0.003

Lhuntse Tsechu 1 0.002

Trongsa Tsechu 1 0.002

Total 75,064 120.28

(Source: TCB)

Almost all arrivals to Bhutan has undertaken some form of cultural sightseeing activity during the stay in Bhutan followed by other specific and special interest-based activities as shown in the above table.

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Destination Loyalty and visitor satisfaction

Destination Loyalty

The following section presents the likeliness of the respondents return visit to Bhutan, how soon and whether they would recommend Bhutan to others for their trip.

Chart 9: Likeliness to Recommend Bhutan to others (%)


Chart 10: Likeliness to return to Bhutan (%)



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Chart 11: Plan to visit Bhutan again within next 12 months (%)


Visitor Satisfaction

The following shows the satisfaction level of the respondents on various services availed during their stay in the country.

Overall Satisfaction

99.66% of the respondents were satisfied with their trip to Bhutan with over 75.76% indicating very satisfied with their overall stay in the country.

Chart 12: Overall Satisfaction (%)


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Satisfaction with Accommodation

Over 95% of the total respondents are satisfied with the accommodation services availed during their stay in Bhutan.

Chart 13: Satisfaction with Accommodation (%)


Satisfaction with Food and Beverages

Little over 85% of the total respondents were satisfied with the food and beverages (including drinks) services availed in the restaurants.

Chart 14: Satisfaction with Food and Beverage (%)



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Satisfaction with Passport control / immigration procedures

More than 90% of the total respondents are satisfied with the services relating to passport control / immigration procedures.

Chart 15: Satisfaction with passport control/immigration procedures (%)


Local transportation services

The respondents were asked to rate their satisfaction level with the local transportation services and close to 97% of respondents who have used some form of local transportation services were satisfied. Some 20.07% of the respondents indicated non-applicability of the question.

Chart 16: Satisfaction with Local Transport Services (%)


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Satisfaction with Guide services

Over 95% of the respondents who availed guiding services were satisfied with their services. However, there were significant respondents (48.5%) who did not use guiding services during their stay in the country. This is mainly attributed to the arrivals from Bangladesh, India and Maldives who do not use guiding services during their stay in the country.

Chart 17: Satisfaction with Guides services (%)


Table 35: Satisfaction summary

Variable Mean Std. Dev.Accommodation satisfaction 1.4 0.64

Food and beverages satisfaction 1.8 0.81Passport control or immigration procedure 1.4 0.77

Local transportation services 1.3 0.58Guide services 1.3 0.62

Overall satisfaction 1.3 0.52

Very Satisfied-1, Satisfied-2, Somewhat satisfied-3, Somewhat Dissatisfied-4, Dissatisfied-5, Very Dissatisfied-6



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Demographics and Profile

The following section presents the demographic profile of all arrivals to Bhutan.

Gender

Majority of the visitors from the regional markets were male whereas the visitors from international markets were mostly female.

Chart 18: Gender (%)

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Table 36: Gender by Country

country Male Female TotalNo % No %

India 133,942 58.14 96,439 41.86 230,381Bangladesh 8,727 67.05 4,289 32.95 13,016

USA 5,255 44.89 6,452 55.11 11,707China 2,751 36.37 4,813 63.63 7,564

Singapore 1,641 34.59 3,103 65.41 4,744UK 2,084 49.14 2,157 50.86 4,241

Thailand 1,534 37.54 2,552 62.46 4,086Germany 1,600 47.41 1,775 52.59 3,375Australia 1,320 41.86 1,833 58.14 3,153

Japan 1,641 54.52 1,369 45.48 3,010Malaysia 939 34.01 1,822 65.99 2,761

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Vietnam 759 36.63 1,313 63.37 2,072France 916 46.9 1,037 53.1 1,953Canada 800 42.78 1,070 57.22 1,870Spain 825 49.73 834 50.27 1,659

Other African countries 188 60.84 121 39.16 309Other American countries 608 40.03 911 59.97 1,519

Other East Asia and the Pacific coun-tries

2,337 39.66 3,556 60.34 5,893

Other European countries 4,616 45.79 5,464 54.21 10,080Other Middle East countries 223 71.02 91 28.98 314Other South Asian Countries 1,384 73.15 508 26.85 1,892

Total 174,090 55.16 141,509 44.84 315,599

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Age

The mean and median age of visitors are 42 and 40 respectively. Almost 74% of the visitors were in the age category of 26-64 years.

Chart 19: Age (%)

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Does not include international visitors whose main purposes are (1. Business, 2. Education/Training/Exchange program, 3. MICE, 4. Official, 5. Visiting friends and relatives/guest, 6. Others)


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Table 37: Age by country

Country mean medianIndia 39 40

Bangladesh 35 39USA 54 59

China 47 49Singapore 47 49

UK 54 57Thailand 51 52Germany 55 56Australia 55 58

Japan 52 53Malaysia 50 51Vietnam 42 42France 56 61Canada 54 57Spain 52 55

Other African countries 46 46Other American countries 48 49

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 51 54Other European countries 53 56

Other Middle East countries 41 39Other South Asian Countries 44 44

Total 42 40

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Does not include international visitors whose main purposes are (1. Business, 2. Education/Training/Exchange program, 3. MICE, 4. Official, 5. Visiting friends and relatives/guest, 6. Others)

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Education qualification

Chart 20: Education completed (%)


Employment status / Occupation

Chart 21: Employment status (%)

(Source: TCB Survey estimates)


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Source of Information

Table 38: Source of information

Sources %Internet 64.45

Friends or relatives 53.02Travel agent 28.19

Print media (articles, newspaper, magazine, travel guide)

5.5

Broadcast media (films, TV, documentary etc.)

3.02

Work related/Business colleagues 2.72Previous visit(s) 2.61

Education related 1.21TCB 1.13

Airline company 0.27Bhutanese Consulate/Embassy 0.27

Conference related 0.22Somewhere else 0.05


The above table shows the VES findings on how the respondents knew about Bhutan. The major source of information on Bhutan are internet (64.45%) followed by friends and relatives (53.02%) and travel agent (28.19%).

Travel Companion

The VES estimates show that 92.67% of the respondents has traveled to Bhutan accompanied by someone. This includes 46.95% travelling with friends and relatives, 36.28% in family groups (parents and children), 14.51% adult couple and rest with business associates etc.

In terms of source markets, arrivals from the Asian countries travelled with friends and relatives and family group while arrivals from US and European countries including Australians travelled as adult couple.

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Chart 22: Travel companion


Mode of Transport used while in Bhutan

Chart 23: Mode of transport used



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ANNEXURE - STATISTICAL TABLES

Table 1: Visitors by length of stay by Purpose (%)

Purpose 1 - 2 Nights

3 - 4 Nights

5 - 6 Nights

7 - 8 Nights

9 - 14 Nights

15 Nights

and above

Total

Business 10.35 20 50.14 5.21 5.44 8.85 100Education/Training/Exchange pro-

gram1.99 2.43 5.3 7.28 24.72 58.28 100

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation 0.79 12.77 67.78 11.39 6.47 0.8 100Incentives travel (FAM, Tour leader) 1.66 25.55 26.38 15.41 22.97 8.03 100

MICE 4.98 44.47 29.76 11.28 5.2 4.31 100Official 7.57 25.28 24.06 11.91 15.6 15.58 100Others 10.27 2.12 48.6 3.01 13.71 22.29 100

Visiting friends and relatives/guest 3.19 12.31 22.67 12.76 22.96 26.12 100Total 1.6 12.94 64.51 10.97 7.3 2.69 100

(Source: TCB & DOI)

Table 2: Visitor by travel companion by major markets (%)

Country Adult couple

Family group-

parent(s) and

Child(ren)

Friends &/ or relatives travelling together

Business associates travelling

together with or without

spouse

School group tour (teachers

and/or stu-dents)

India 10.48 40.74 47.54 0.87 0.37Bangladesh 15.04 48.54 31.44 2.63 2.35

USA 37.05 22.08 31.56 4.01 5.29China 10.94 20.18 58.61 4.44 5.82

Singapore 17.34 20.67 61.99 0 0UK 43.07 13.55 34.92 2.35 6.11

Thailand 3.58 11.59 67.88 16.95 0Germany 46.54 21.37 32.08 0 0Australia 25.09 14.91 51.96 1.19 6.85

Japan 21.43 14 25.17 10.4 29Malaysia 14.34 12.86 72.79 0 0Vietnam 11.09 9.29 79.62 0 0France 38.87 9.07 52.06 0 0Canada 40.23 16.95 39.11 0 3.71

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Spain 52.43 24.55 23.02 0 0Other African countries 15.82 0 52.55 31.63 0

Other American countries 29.3 27.03 43.67 0 0Other East Asia and the Pacific coun-

tries18.31 15.03 64.27 2.39 0

Other European countries 34.08 14.47 49.77 1.68 0Other Middle East countries 0 39.51 60.49 0 0Other South Asian Countries 15.94 36.39 47.67 0 0

Total 14.51 36.28 46.95 1.31 0.95


Table 3: Monthly visitors by purpose (number)


Purpose Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Business 374 470 602 355 409 411 420

Education/Training/Exchange program 66 37 41 18 13 30 56

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation 11,897 11,419 21,222 27,649 43,893 27,290 10,509

Incentives travel

(FAM, Tour leader) 56 94 80 107 67 93 46

MICE 48 65 79 83 77 104 126

Official 745 867 1,090 1,002 743 707 752

Others 1,021 1,055 1,175 1,043 1,553 1,305 1,157

Visiting friends and relatives/Guests 190 213 218 348 363 357 225

Total 14,397 14,220 24,507 30,605 47,118 30,297 13,291

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

365 405 314 442 323 4,890

18 99 56 19 0 453

9,893 19,005 43,216 24,406 31,147 281,546

101 80 108 102 150 1,084

41 45 136 74 26 904

991 751 844 1,070 460 10,022

890 1,296 1,302 949 818 13,564

193 256 349 194 230 3,136

12,492 21,937 46,325 27,256 33,154 315,599

Purpose

Business

Education/Training/Exchange program


Incentives travel

(FAM, Tour leader)

MICE

Official

Others

Visiting friends and relatives/Guests

Total

Table 3.1: Monthly visitors by purpose (number)


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Table 4: Visitor by source of information on Bhutan by Major Markets (%)

Country Airline company

travel agent

Internet Print media (arti-cles, newspaper, magazine, travel

guide)

Broadcast media (films,

TV, documentary

etc)

Friends or relatives

Bhutanese Consulate/Embassy

Tourism Council of

Bhutan

Previous visit(s)

Education related

Work related/Busi-ness colleagues

conference related

somewhere else

India 0.05 22.16 66.46 3.42 1.44 65.76 0.09 0.64 2.38 0.43 1.37 0.1 0.06

Bangladesh 0 31.36 66.84 1.93 2.8 52.67 0.81 2.07 1.48 1.64 5.43 0.49 0

USA 0 40.87 54.94 13.39 7.78 28.11 0 3.49 0.64 5.34 4.39 0.34 0

China 0 39.1 62.92 0 8.08 35.96 2.65 2.65 2.65 2.5 1.4 0 0

Singapore 1.1 53.31 55.45 8.51 3.99 34.57 0 1.44 2.85 0 5.58 0 0

UK 0 45.85 54.97 10.37 6.01 25.43 1.95 5.51 7.82 3.06 2.7 0 0

Thailand 0 55.12 56.59 20.95 10.21 35.89 3.52 0 1.98 3.52 8.3 0 0

Germany 2.03 46.46 69.92 23.14 11.74 22.65 0 2.03 2.92 0 3.61 0 0

Australia 0 35.43 49.15 9.07 3.71 29.99 0 0 2.04 5.61 5.38 0 0

Japan 0 29.53 55.08 11.7 5.89 14.34 0 0 4.6 18.63 7.47 3.87 0

Malaysia 0 48.81 57.86 9.7 13.2 45.06 0 0 3.38 0 0 0 0

Vietnam 0 35.75 65.85 0 0 36.91 0 0 7.68 0 0 0 0

France 0 47.07 72.11 10.16 10.26 23.45 0 0 3.67 0 5.15 0 0

Canada 0 34.13 56.53 3.65 3.8 32.5 0 0 0 0 6.32 0 0

Spain 0 41.6 79.01 4.49 13.56 18.46 0 4.49 0 4.65 0 0 0


12.03 36.73 52.01 0 0 26.64 0 0 0 0 37.91 12.03 0


0 45.82 65.67 3.52 0 26.45 3.32 3.32 0 7.04 3.52 0 0


4.34 39.94 57.88 10.44 4.26 25.21 0 6.34 3.84 0 2.02 0 0


2.24 50.52 68.18 14.9 9.11 17.91 1.33 2.32 2.41 1.3 3.8 0 0


0 0 60.49 69.76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


0 41.34 52.86 4.99 0 17.31 0 0 0 0 42.83 10.83 0

Total 0.26 27.39 65.12 5.22 2.81 56.4 0.25 1.07 2.39 1.05 2.27 0.19 0.05


Table 5: Visitor by length of stay in Bhutan by major markets

Country 1 - 2 Nights 3 - 4 Nights 5 - 6 Nights 7 - 8 Nights 9 - 14 Nights 5 Nights and above Total

No % No % No % No % No % No %

India 3,141 1.36 16,044 6.96 175,213 76.05 22,915 9.95 8,572 3.72 4,496 1.95 230,381

Bangladesh 196 1.51 4,887 37.55 6,834 52.5 754 5.79 274 2.11 71 0.55 13,016

USA 356 3.04 2,128 18.18 3,184 27.2 2,347 20.05 2,893 24.71 799 6.82 11,707

China 154 2.04 3,526 46.62 2,075 27.43 980 12.96 751 9.93 78 1.03 7,564

Singapore 60 1.26 546 11.51 3,065 64.61 191 4.03 813 17.14 69 1.45 4,744

UK 59 1.39 528 12.45 1,316 31.03 808 19.05 1,203 28.37 327 7.71 4,241

Thailand 114 2.79 2,743 67.13 779 19.07 200 4.89 82 2.01 168 4.11 4,086

Germany 45 1.33 392 11.61 630 18.67 658 19.5 1,344 39.82 306 9.07 3,375

Australia 36 1.14 617 19.57 758 24.04 491 15.57 960 30.45 291 9.23 3,153

Japan 273 9.07 1,240 41.2 734 24.39 268 8.9 211 7.01 284 9.44 3,010

Malaysia 28 1.01 958 34.7 1,158 41.94 367 13.29 219 7.93 31 1.12 2,761

Vietnam 6 0.29 1,408 67.95 436 21.04 83 4.01 109 5.26 30 1.45 2,072

France 19 0.97 236 12.08 362 18.54 359 18.38 812 41.58 165 8.45 1,953

Canada 40 2.14 366 19.57 505 27.01 409 21.87 434 23.21 116 6.2 1,870

Spain 32 1.93 344 20.74 569 34.3 413 24.89 281 16.94 20 1.21 1,659

Other African countries 10 3.24 88 28.48 93 30.1 38 12.3 30 9.71 50 16.18 309

Other American countries 52 3.42 571 37.59 550 36.21 175 11.52 131 8.62 40 2.63 1,519

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 158 2.68 1,881 31.92 2,195 37.25 908 15.41 577 9.79 174 2.95 5,893

Other European countries 160 1.59 1,663 16.5 2,489 24.69 2,046 20.3 2,993 29.69 729 7.23 10,080

Other Middle East countries 25 7.96 108 34.39 126 40.13 19 6.05 8 2.55 28 8.92 314

Other South Asian Countries 86 4.55 549 29.02 510 26.96 202 10.68 330 17.44 215 11.36 1,892

Total 5,050 1.6 40,823 12.94 203,581 64.51 34,631 10.97 23,027 7.3 8,487 2.69 315,599

(Source: TCB and DoI)

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Table 4: Visitor by source of information on Bhutan by Major Markets (%)

Country Airline company

travel agent

Internet Print media (arti-cles, newspaper, magazine, travel

guide)

Broadcast media (films,

TV, documentary

etc)

Friends or relatives

Bhutanese Consulate/Embassy

Tourism Council of

Bhutan

Previous visit(s)

Education related

Work related/Busi-ness colleagues

conference related

somewhere else

India 0.05 22.16 66.46 3.42 1.44 65.76 0.09 0.64 2.38 0.43 1.37 0.1 0.06

Bangladesh 0 31.36 66.84 1.93 2.8 52.67 0.81 2.07 1.48 1.64 5.43 0.49 0

USA 0 40.87 54.94 13.39 7.78 28.11 0 3.49 0.64 5.34 4.39 0.34 0

China 0 39.1 62.92 0 8.08 35.96 2.65 2.65 2.65 2.5 1.4 0 0

Singapore 1.1 53.31 55.45 8.51 3.99 34.57 0 1.44 2.85 0 5.58 0 0

UK 0 45.85 54.97 10.37 6.01 25.43 1.95 5.51 7.82 3.06 2.7 0 0

Thailand 0 55.12 56.59 20.95 10.21 35.89 3.52 0 1.98 3.52 8.3 0 0

Germany 2.03 46.46 69.92 23.14 11.74 22.65 0 2.03 2.92 0 3.61 0 0

Australia 0 35.43 49.15 9.07 3.71 29.99 0 0 2.04 5.61 5.38 0 0

Japan 0 29.53 55.08 11.7 5.89 14.34 0 0 4.6 18.63 7.47 3.87 0

Malaysia 0 48.81 57.86 9.7 13.2 45.06 0 0 3.38 0 0 0 0

Vietnam 0 35.75 65.85 0 0 36.91 0 0 7.68 0 0 0 0

France 0 47.07 72.11 10.16 10.26 23.45 0 0 3.67 0 5.15 0 0

Canada 0 34.13 56.53 3.65 3.8 32.5 0 0 0 0 6.32 0 0

Spain 0 41.6 79.01 4.49 13.56 18.46 0 4.49 0 4.65 0 0 0


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Total 0.26 27.39 65.12 5.22 2.81 56.4 0.25 1.07 2.39 1.05 2.27 0.19 0.05


Table 5: Visitor by length of stay in Bhutan by major markets

Country 1 - 2 Nights 3 - 4 Nights 5 - 6 Nights 7 - 8 Nights 9 - 14 Nights 5 Nights and above Total

No % No % No % No % No % No %

India 3,141 1.36 16,044 6.96 175,213 76.05 22,915 9.95 8,572 3.72 4,496 1.95 230,381

Bangladesh 196 1.51 4,887 37.55 6,834 52.5 754 5.79 274 2.11 71 0.55 13,016

USA 356 3.04 2,128 18.18 3,184 27.2 2,347 20.05 2,893 24.71 799 6.82 11,707

China 154 2.04 3,526 46.62 2,075 27.43 980 12.96 751 9.93 78 1.03 7,564

Singapore 60 1.26 546 11.51 3,065 64.61 191 4.03 813 17.14 69 1.45 4,744

UK 59 1.39 528 12.45 1,316 31.03 808 19.05 1,203 28.37 327 7.71 4,241

Thailand 114 2.79 2,743 67.13 779 19.07 200 4.89 82 2.01 168 4.11 4,086

Germany 45 1.33 392 11.61 630 18.67 658 19.5 1,344 39.82 306 9.07 3,375

Australia 36 1.14 617 19.57 758 24.04 491 15.57 960 30.45 291 9.23 3,153

Japan 273 9.07 1,240 41.2 734 24.39 268 8.9 211 7.01 284 9.44 3,010

Malaysia 28 1.01 958 34.7 1,158 41.94 367 13.29 219 7.93 31 1.12 2,761

Vietnam 6 0.29 1,408 67.95 436 21.04 83 4.01 109 5.26 30 1.45 2,072

France 19 0.97 236 12.08 362 18.54 359 18.38 812 41.58 165 8.45 1,953

Canada 40 2.14 366 19.57 505 27.01 409 21.87 434 23.21 116 6.2 1,870

Spain 32 1.93 344 20.74 569 34.3 413 24.89 281 16.94 20 1.21 1,659

Other African countries 10 3.24 88 28.48 93 30.1 38 12.3 30 9.71 50 16.18 309

Other American countries 52 3.42 571 37.59 550 36.21 175 11.52 131 8.62 40 2.63 1,519

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 158 2.68 1,881 31.92 2,195 37.25 908 15.41 577 9.79 174 2.95 5,893

Other European countries 160 1.59 1,663 16.5 2,489 24.69 2,046 20.3 2,993 29.69 729 7.23 10,080

Other Middle East countries 25 7.96 108 34.39 126 40.13 19 6.05 8 2.55 28 8.92 314

Other South Asian Countries 86 4.55 549 29.02 510 26.96 202 10.68 330 17.44 215 11.36 1,892

Total 5,050 1.6 40,823 12.94 203,581 64.51 34,631 10.97 23,027 7.3 8,487 2.69 315,599


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45.

7927

42.

1171

0.55

13,0

16

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A35

63.

042,

128

18.1

83,

184

27.2

2,34

720

.05

2,89

324

.71

799

6.82

11,7

07

Chi

na15

42.

043,

526

46.6

22,

075

27.4

398

012

.96

751

9.93

781.

037,

564

Sin

gapo

re60

1.26

546

11.5

13,

065

64.6

119

14.

0381

317

.14

691.

454,

744

UK

591.

3952

812

.45

1,31

631

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808

19.0

51,

203

28.3

732

77.

714,

241

Thai

land

114

2.79

2,74

367

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779

19.0

720

04.

8982

2.01

168

4.11

4,08

6

Ger

man

y45

1.33

392

11.6

163

018

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658

19.5

1,34

439

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306

9.07

3,37

5

Aus

tralia

361.

1461

719

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758

24.0

449

115

.57

960

30.4

529

19.

233,

153

Japa

n27

39.

071,

240

41.2

734

24.3

926

88.

921

17.

0128

49.

443,

010

Mal

aysi

a28

1.01

958

34.7

1,15

841

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367

13.2

921

97.

9331

1.12

2,76

1

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nam

60.

291,

408

67.9

543

621

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834.

0110

95.

2630

1.45

2,07

2

Fran

ce19

0.97

236

12.0

836

218

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359

18.3

881

241

.58

165

8.45

1,95

3

Can

ada

402.

1436

619

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505

27.0

140

921

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434

23.2

111

66.

21,

870

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in32

1.93

344

20.7

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934

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324

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281

16.9

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1.21

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frica

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mer

ican

cou

ntrie

s52

3.42

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175

11.5

213

18.

6240

2.63

1,51

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er E

ast A

sia

and

the

Pac

ific

coun

tries

158

2.68

1,88

131

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2,19

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908

15.4

157

79.

7917

42.

955,

893

Oth

er E

urop

ean

coun

tries

160

1.59

1,66

316

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489

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92,

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729

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er M

iddl

e E

ast c

ount

ries

257.

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126

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82.

5528

8.92

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er S

outh

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an C

ount

ries

864.

5554

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510

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210

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330

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511

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l5,

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6931

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9


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Table 6: Visitor by geographical Spread by Major Markets (Number)

Country Bumthang Chukha Daga-na

Gasa Haa Lhuen-tse

Mon-gar

Paro Pema Gat-shel

Puna-kha

Samdrup-Jongkhar

Sar-pang

Thim-phu

TrashiYang-tse

Trashi-gang

Trong-sa

Tsirang WangduePho-drang

Zhemgang

USA 2,058 185 17 153 1,030 95 268 10,333 12 8,898 102 50 9,818 84 263 876 27 3,696 98

China 1,057 85 0 19 189 125 148 7,209 2 6,440 18 16 6,895 71 156 275 5 1,642 11

Singa-pore

587 20 1 18 456 47 102 4,312 19 3,958 39 37 4,132 19 89 227 4 2,010 5

UK 711 312 5 92 559 76 199 3,789 7 3,362 132 67 3,497 79 192 331 16 1,621 88

Thailand 87 8 0 1 82 0 14 2,956 1 2,837 2 0 2,934 14 15 40 0 268 0

Germany 1,263 382 0 105 465 97 414 3,068 2 2,856 352 26 2,952 230 429 694 5 1,378 18

Australia 506 72 1 53 373 17 89 2,502 2 2,205 51 6 2,469 24 90 279 5 1,061 9

Japan 168 237 4 14 315 8 52 1,844 23 1,193 77 2 1,803 26 90 70 2 296 4

Malaysia 161 26 0 8 145 10 13 2,491 1 2,327 5 0 2,415 2 18 71 0 650 0

Vietnam 89 7 0 0 46 3 1 1,887 0 1,802 0 1 1,810 0 1 23 0 88 1

France 778 119 0 61 309 6 213 1,730 0 1,620 183 2 1,702 58 202 457 0 900 25

Canada 313 65 0 27 224 20 35 1,652 2 1,465 18 2 1,591 16 33 129 2 585 6

Spain 267 118 0 7 131 0 92 1,421 3 1,194 80 0 1,399 20 98 104 0 442 2

Other African coun-tries”

18 1 0 2 4 0 9 124 0 95 4 1 119 0 6 5 0 35 3


97 22 0 11 105 3 9 1,375 0 1,160 4 0 1,334 2 6 56 1 272 0


countries

834 238 0 13 174 36 122 4,776 6 4,312 57 8 4,736 44 125 356 1 1,648 3

Other Euro-pean

countries

2,915 584 2 229 1,129 217 809 8,766 14 7,793 596 41 8,523 342 834 1,359 6 3,835 69

Other Middle East

countries

4 0 0 0 2 0 0 136 0 113 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 13 0


37 9 0 0 13 1 4 335 2 274 1 4 342 0 1 12 0 89 4

Total 11,950 2,490 30 813 5,751 761 2,593 60,706 96 53,904 1,721 263 58,593 1,031 2,648 5,364 74 20,529 346

(Source: TCB Tashel system | includes MDPR paying countries only)

Table 7: ALoS by Dzongkhag by major markets

Country code

Bumthang Chukha Daga-na

Gasa Haa Lhuen-tse

Mon-gar

Paro Pema Gatshel

Puna-kha

Samdrup Jongkhar

Sar-pang

Thim-phu

Trashi Yangtse

Trashi-gang

Trong-sa


Zhemgang

USA 3 1 1 6 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3

China 2 1 . 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2

Singapore 2 1 6 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 4

UK 3 1 4 7 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3

Thailand 2 1 . 1 1 . 1 2 1 1 2 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 .

Germany 3 1 . 7 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2

Australia 3 1 1 6 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3

Japan 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 2

Malaysia 3 1 . 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 . 2 1 3 1 . 1 .

Vietnam 3 2 . . 1 1 1 2 . 1 . 2 2 . 2 1 . 1 1

France 3 1 . 6 1 3 1 3 . 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 . 1 2

Canada 3 1 . 8 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3

Spain 2 1 . 1 1 . 1 2 2 1 1 . 2 1 2 1 . 1 3


4 1 . 7 1 . 3 2 . 1 2 8 2 . 2 2 . 1 2


2 1 . 7 1 2 1 2 . 1 1 . 2 1 2 1 1 1 .


countries

2 1 . 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 5


3 1 5 5 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3


4 . . . 1 . . 2 . 1 . . 2 . . . . 2 .


2 1 . . 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 . 2 2 . 1 3

Total 3 1 2 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 3


Cou

ntry

B

umth

ang

Chu

kha

Dag

a-na

Gas

aH

aaLh

uen-

tse

Mon

-ga

rPa

roPe

ma

Gat

-sh

elPu

na-

kha

Sam

drup

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ngkh

arSa

r-pa

ngTh

im-

phu

Tras

hiYa

ng-

tse

Tras

hi-

gang

Tron

g-sa

Tsira

ngW

angd

uePh

o-dr

ang

Zhem

gang

US

A2,

058

185

1715

31,

030

9526

810

,333

128,

898

102

509,

818

8426

387

627

3,69

698

Chi

na1,

057

850

1918

912

514

87,

209

26,

440

1816

6,89

571

156

275

51,

642

11

Sin

ga-

pore

587

201

1845

647

102

4,31

219

3,95

839

374,

132

1989

227

42,

010

5

UK

711

312

592

559

7619

93,

789

73,

362

132

673,

497

7919

233

116

1,62

188

Thai

land

878

01

820

142,

956

12,

837

20

2,93

414

1540

026

80

Ger

man

y1,

263

382

010

546

597

414

3,06

82

2,85

635

226

2,95

223

042

969

45

1,37

818

Aus

tralia

506

721

5337

317

892,

502

22,

205

516

2,46

924

9027

95

1,06

19

Japa

n16

823

74

1431

58

521,

844

231,

193

772

1,80

326

9070

229

64

Mal

aysi

a16

126

08

145

1013

2,49

11

2,32

75

02,

415

218

710

650

0

Viet

nam

897

00

463

11,

887

01,

802

01

1,81

00

123

088

1

Fran

ce77

811

90

6130

96

213

1,73

00

1,62

018

32

1,70

258

202

457

090

025

Can

ada

313

650

2722

420

351,

652

21,

465

182

1,59

116

3312

92

585

6

Spa

in26

711

80

713

10

921,

421

31,

194

800

1,39

920

9810

40

442

2

Oth

er

Afri

can

coun

-tri

es”

181

02

40

912

40

954

111

90

65

035

3

Oth

er

Am

eric

an

coun

tries

9722

011

105

39

1,37

50

1,16

04

01,

334

26

561

272

0

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t Asi

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d th

e P

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c co

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834

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013

174

3612

24,

776

64,

312

578

4,73

644

125

356

11,

648

3

Oth

er

Eur

o-pe

an

coun

tries

2,91

558

42

229

1,12

921

780

98,

766

147,

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596

418,

523

342

834

1,35

96

3,83

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er

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dle

Eas

t co

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es

40

00

20

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113

00

122

00

00

130

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th

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an

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379

00

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433

52

274

14

342

01

120

894

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l11

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2,49

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813

5,75

176

12,

593

60,7

0696

53,9

041,

721

263

58,5

931,

031

2,64

85,

364

7420

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346

Tabl

e 6:

Vis

itor b

y ge

ogra

phic

al S

prea

d by

Maj

or M

arke

ts (N

umbe

r)

(Sou

rce:

TC

B T

ashe

l sys

tem

| in

clud

es M

DP

R p

ayin

g co

untri

es o

nly)

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Table 6: Visitor by geographical Spread by Major Markets (Number)

Country Bumthang Chukha Daga-na

Gasa Haa Lhuen-tse

Mon-gar

Paro Pema Gat-shel

Puna-kha

Samdrup-Jongkhar

Sar-pang

Thim-phu

TrashiYang-tse

Trashi-gang

Trong-sa

Tsirang WangduePho-drang

Zhemgang

USA 2,058 185 17 153 1,030 95 268 10,333 12 8,898 102 50 9,818 84 263 876 27 3,696 98

China 1,057 85 0 19 189 125 148 7,209 2 6,440 18 16 6,895 71 156 275 5 1,642 11

Singa-pore

587 20 1 18 456 47 102 4,312 19 3,958 39 37 4,132 19 89 227 4 2,010 5

UK 711 312 5 92 559 76 199 3,789 7 3,362 132 67 3,497 79 192 331 16 1,621 88

Thailand 87 8 0 1 82 0 14 2,956 1 2,837 2 0 2,934 14 15 40 0 268 0

Germany 1,263 382 0 105 465 97 414 3,068 2 2,856 352 26 2,952 230 429 694 5 1,378 18

Australia 506 72 1 53 373 17 89 2,502 2 2,205 51 6 2,469 24 90 279 5 1,061 9

Japan 168 237 4 14 315 8 52 1,844 23 1,193 77 2 1,803 26 90 70 2 296 4

Malaysia 161 26 0 8 145 10 13 2,491 1 2,327 5 0 2,415 2 18 71 0 650 0

Vietnam 89 7 0 0 46 3 1 1,887 0 1,802 0 1 1,810 0 1 23 0 88 1

France 778 119 0 61 309 6 213 1,730 0 1,620 183 2 1,702 58 202 457 0 900 25

Canada 313 65 0 27 224 20 35 1,652 2 1,465 18 2 1,591 16 33 129 2 585 6

Spain 267 118 0 7 131 0 92 1,421 3 1,194 80 0 1,399 20 98 104 0 442 2

Other African coun-tries”

18 1 0 2 4 0 9 124 0 95 4 1 119 0 6 5 0 35 3


97 22 0 11 105 3 9 1,375 0 1,160 4 0 1,334 2 6 56 1 272 0


countries

834 238 0 13 174 36 122 4,776 6 4,312 57 8 4,736 44 125 356 1 1,648 3

Other Euro-pean

countries

2,915 584 2 229 1,129 217 809 8,766 14 7,793 596 41 8,523 342 834 1,359 6 3,835 69

Other Middle East

countries

4 0 0 0 2 0 0 136 0 113 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 13 0


37 9 0 0 13 1 4 335 2 274 1 4 342 0 1 12 0 89 4

Total 11,950 2,490 30 813 5,751 761 2,593 60,706 96 53,904 1,721 263 58,593 1,031 2,648 5,364 74 20,529 346


Table 7: ALoS by Dzongkhag by major markets

Country code

Bumthang Chukha Daga-na

Gasa Haa Lhuen-tse

Mon-gar

Paro Pema Gatshel

Puna-kha

Samdrup Jongkhar

Sar-pang

Thim-phu

Trashi Yangtse

Trashi-gang

Trong-sa


Zhemgang

USA 3 1 1 6 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3

China 2 1 . 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2

Singapore 2 1 6 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 4

UK 3 1 4 7 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3

Thailand 2 1 . 1 1 . 1 2 1 1 2 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 .

Germany 3 1 . 7 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2

Australia 3 1 1 6 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3

Japan 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 2

Malaysia 3 1 . 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 . 2 1 3 1 . 1 .

Vietnam 3 2 . . 1 1 1 2 . 1 . 2 2 . 2 1 . 1 1

France 3 1 . 6 1 3 1 3 . 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 . 1 2

Canada 3 1 . 8 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3

Spain 2 1 . 1 1 . 1 2 2 1 1 . 2 1 2 1 . 1 3


4 1 . 7 1 . 3 2 . 1 2 8 2 . 2 2 . 1 2


2 1 . 7 1 2 1 2 . 1 1 . 2 1 2 1 1 1 .


countries

2 1 . 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 5


3 1 5 5 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3


4 . . . 1 . . 2 . 1 . . 2 . . . . 2 .


2 1 . . 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 . 2 2 . 1 3

Total 3 1 2 6 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 3


Cou

ntry

cod

eB

umth

ang

Chu

kha

Da-

gana

Gas

aH

aaLh

uen-

tse

Mon

-ga

rPa

roPe

ma

Gat

shel

Puna

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aSa

mdr

up

Jong

khar

Sar-

pang

Thim

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uTr

ashi

Ya

ngts

eTr

ashi

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ngTr

ong-

saTs

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gdue

Ph

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ng

US

A3

11

61

22

21

21

22

12

12

23

Chi

na2

1.

11

21

22

11

21

13

11

12

Sin

gapo

re2

16

21

11

23

12

12

23

11

14

UK

31

47

11

23

12

11

21

21

12

3

Thai

land

21

.1

1.

12

11

2.

11

11

.1

.

Ger

man

y3

1.

71

11

33

21

12

12

12

22

Aus

tralia

31

16

12

23

22

12

21

21

12

3

Japa

n2

12

31

11

22

12

51

12

11

12

Mal

aysi

a3

1.

21

12

22

12

.2

13

1.

1.

Viet

nam

32

..

11

12

.1

.2

2.

21

.1

1

Fran

ce3

1.

61

31

3.

21

12

12

1.

12

Can

ada

31

.8

11

22

22

11

21

21

11

3

Spa

in2

1.

11

.1

22

11

.2

12

1.

13

Oth

er A

frica

n co

untri

es4

1.

71

.3

2.

12

82

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2.

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er A

mer

ican

co

untri

es2

1.

71

21

2.

11

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11

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sia

and

the

Pac

ific

coun

tries

21

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12

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12

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31

11

5

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cou

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ount

ries

4.

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ntrie

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12

21

11

12

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13

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l3

12

61

21

22

11

22

12

11

13

Tabl

e 7:

ALo

S b

y D

zong

khag

by

maj

or m

arke

ts

(Sou

rce:

TC

B T

ashe

l sys

tem

| in

clud

es M

DP

R p

ayin

g co

untri

es o

nly)


- 70 -

Table 8: Visitor by number of visits (repeat) to Bhutan (%)

CountryNo. of times visited

1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7 or more than 7x

India 94.69 3.56 0.75 0.35 0.24 0.1 0.31

Bangladesh 94.82 4.3 0.88 0 0 0 0USA 95.29 2.46 0.55 0 1 0.71 0

China 88.34 6.72 0 4.94 0 0 0Singapore 92.95 5.95 1.1 0 0 0 0

UK 89.48 8.06 1.53 0.94 0 0 0Thailand 91.7 1.98 3.73 0 2.59 0 0Germany 89.94 10.06 0 0 0 0 0Australia 96.01 2.04 0 1.95 0 0 0

Japan 86.54 2.82 6.53 0 1.78 0 2.33Malaysia 96.62 0 0 0 0 3.38 0Vietnam 92.32 0 0 0 7.68 0 0France 92.72 3.35 0 1.27 2.66 0 0Canada 100 0 0 0 0 0 0Spain 97.16 0 0 0 0 2.84 0

Other African countries 100 0 0 0 0 0 0Other American countries 96.48 0 0 0 3.52 0 0

Other East Asia and the Pacific coun-tries

91.51 6.17 2.32 0 0 0 0

Other European countries 92.05 4.04 0.7 0 0 1.27 1.93Other Middle East countries 100 0 0 0 0 0 0Other South Asian Countries 95.01 4.99 0 0 0 0 0

Total 94.34 3.66 0.78 0.37 0.33 0.2 0.33


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Table 9: Total Trip Expenditure by major markets (USD)

Country Visitors* Visitor nights* Total trip expenditure (USD million) **

India 230,381 1,490,516 127.11Bangladesh 13,016 68,645 5.85

USA 11,707 113,127 49.22China 7,564 42,782 8.99

Singapore 4,744 35,371 10.28UK 4,241 40,184 16.12

Thailand 4,086 31,658 4.52Germany 3,375 36,664 15.27Australia 3,153 31,692 13.61

Japan 3,010 42,856 4.80Malaysia 2,761 17,260 5.15Vietnam 2,072 11,434 1.39France 1,953 21,349 10.87Canada 1,870 16,234 8.71Spain 1,659 11,496 3.65

Other African countries 309 6120 1.13Other American countries 1,519 12,263 7.56

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 5,893 44,195 10.09Other European countries 10,080 102,004 39.33

Other Middle East countries 314 4,265 1.022Other South Asian Countries 1,892 29,879 1.19

Total 315,599 2,209,994 345.88

(Source: *TCB/DOI | **TCB Survey Estimates)


- 72 -

Table 10: Total trip expenditure by item by major markets (USD million)

country code

International airfare

Domestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transport



Host organi-zation

Package tour

total

India 5.959 0.089 2.098 0.906 9.806 8.173 11.551 0.147 0.827 2.660 0.852 0.056 83.988 127.112

Bangladesh 0.640 0.000 0.089 0.061 0.501 0.251 0.439 0.004 0.010 0.085 0.044 0.000 3.733 5.854

USA 1.779 0.000 0.000 0.066 0.304 0.743 1.961 0.016 0.000 0.042 1.090 0.000 43.223 49.223

China 0.341 0.028 0.000 0.000 0.119 0.068 0.850 0.003 0.000 0.000 0.132 0.000 7.456 8.997

Singapore 0.293 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.075 0.141 0.937 0.086 0.000 0.040 0.234 0.000 8.475 10.280

UK 0.659 0.000 0.006 0.013 0.220 0.274 0.571 0.007 0.000 0.009 0.373 0.000 13.991 16.122

Thailand 0.274 0.002 0.002 0.015 0.072 0.066 0.542 0.000 0.001 0.009 0.144 0.000 3.394 4.523

Germany 0.567 0.000 0.019 0.009 0.124 0.212 0.544 0.010 0.004 0.017 0.299 0.000 13.461 15.268

Australia 0.459 0.015 0.000 0.003 0.099 0.285 0.701 0.000 0.000 0.012 0.324 0.000 11.716 13.612

Japan 0.380 0.119 0.014 0.003 0.152 0.094 0.206 0.000 0.000 0.005 0.082 0.000 3.740 4.795

Malaysia 0.311 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.044 0.341 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.133 0.103 4.221 5.154

Vietnam 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.020 0.084 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.018 0.000 1.271 1.394

France 0.295 0.000 0.000 0.007 0.206 0.142 0.408 0.000 0.000 0.008 0.204 0.000 9.595 10.866

Canada 0.578 0.000 0.000 0.074 0.075 0.116 0.695 0.000 0.000 0.033 0.179 0.000 6.965 8.715

Spain 0.118 0.000 0.000 0.004 0.001 0.058 0.182 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.066 0.000 3.217 3.648

Other African

countries

0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.015 0.129 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.025 0.000 0.959 1.131


0.288 0.110 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.089 0.437 0.007 0.000 0.005 0.210 0.000 6.417 7.563

Other East Asia and

the Pacific countries

0.605 0.021 0.035 0.001 0.027 0.057 0.693 0.004 0.000 0.005 0.214 0.000 8.432 10.095


0.922 0.121 0.006 0.048 0.289 0.686 2.107 0.051 0.000 0.134 0.690 0.000 34.274 39.327

Other Middle East

countries

0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.004 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.015 0.000 1.000 1.022

Other South Asian Coun-

tries

0.114 0.012 0.000 0.017 0.134 0.068 0.039 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.020 0.000 0.781 1.185

Total 14.582 0.516 2.269 1.227 12.203 11.603 23.421 0.334 0.842 3.071 5.348 0.159 270.309 345.885


Table 11: Average trip expenditure by item (USD)

country code Internation-al airfare

Do-mestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transport

Accommoda-tion

Food and beverag-

es

Shop-ping

Others Oil Entertain-ment

Guide ser-vices

Host orga-nization

Package tour

total

India 374 414 144 65 201 65 77 103 43 24 31 467 592 670Bangladesh 388 . 113 64 247 57 77 24 65 29 21 . 727 794

USA 882 . . 130 592 126 204 84 . 47 134 . 4,260 4,561China 1,006 400 . 5 1,031 69 371 12 . . 79 . 3,002 3,461

Singapore 822 . . . 550 95 341 1,173 . 357 99 . 2,625 3,111UK 779 . 86 50 1,089 118 177 120 . 28 134 . 3,779 4,129

Thailand 896 40 35 79 556 74 339 . 20 79 118 . 2,142 2,454Germany 828 . 332 70 325 115 163 33 120 50 104 . 3,982 4,058Australia 768 200 . 13 684 122 245 . . 45 123 . 3,245 3,632

Japan 744 1,500 165 20 517 91 133 . . 47 101 . 2,324 2,341Malaysia 598 . . . . 86 173 . . . 77 1300 1,951 2,382Vietnam . . . . . 43 167 . . . 48 . 2,048 2,245France 670 . . 200 1,116 116 153 . . 64 101 . 3,777 3,784Canada 880 . . 397 591 102 415 . . 234 122 . 3,705 4,343Spain 1,004 . . 72 15 91 141 . . 10 70 . 2,627 2,840

Other African coun-tries . . . . . 53 259 . . 22 69 . 2,260 1,977

Other American countries 624 1,500 . . . 109 272 45 . 44 129 . 3,283 3,869

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 815 300 166 13 191 53 225 29 . 35 91 . 2,638 2,963

Other European countries 734 2,020 53 221 738 136 246 186 . 185 92 . 3,419 3,762

Other Middle East countries . . . . . 29 120 . . . 124 . 8,286 8,467

Other South Asian Countries 328 200 . 97 765 120 82 . . 21 122 . 1,639 1,622

Total 525 680 142 72 226 73 115 112 43 26 75 799 1,342 1,354


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Table 10: Total trip expenditure by item by major markets (USD million)

country code

International airfare

Domestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transport



Host organi-zation

Package tour

total

India 5.959 0.089 2.098 0.906 9.806 8.173 11.551 0.147 0.827 2.660 0.852 0.056 83.988 127.112

Bangladesh 0.640 0.000 0.089 0.061 0.501 0.251 0.439 0.004 0.010 0.085 0.044 0.000 3.733 5.854

USA 1.779 0.000 0.000 0.066 0.304 0.743 1.961 0.016 0.000 0.042 1.090 0.000 43.223 49.223

China 0.341 0.028 0.000 0.000 0.119 0.068 0.850 0.003 0.000 0.000 0.132 0.000 7.456 8.997

Singapore 0.293 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.075 0.141 0.937 0.086 0.000 0.040 0.234 0.000 8.475 10.280

UK 0.659 0.000 0.006 0.013 0.220 0.274 0.571 0.007 0.000 0.009 0.373 0.000 13.991 16.122

Thailand 0.274 0.002 0.002 0.015 0.072 0.066 0.542 0.000 0.001 0.009 0.144 0.000 3.394 4.523

Germany 0.567 0.000 0.019 0.009 0.124 0.212 0.544 0.010 0.004 0.017 0.299 0.000 13.461 15.268

Australia 0.459 0.015 0.000 0.003 0.099 0.285 0.701 0.000 0.000 0.012 0.324 0.000 11.716 13.612

Japan 0.380 0.119 0.014 0.003 0.152 0.094 0.206 0.000 0.000 0.005 0.082 0.000 3.740 4.795

Malaysia 0.311 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.044 0.341 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.133 0.103 4.221 5.154

Vietnam 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.020 0.084 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.018 0.000 1.271 1.394

France 0.295 0.000 0.000 0.007 0.206 0.142 0.408 0.000 0.000 0.008 0.204 0.000 9.595 10.866

Canada 0.578 0.000 0.000 0.074 0.075 0.116 0.695 0.000 0.000 0.033 0.179 0.000 6.965 8.715

Spain 0.118 0.000 0.000 0.004 0.001 0.058 0.182 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.066 0.000 3.217 3.648

Other African

countries

0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.015 0.129 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.025 0.000 0.959 1.131


0.288 0.110 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.089 0.437 0.007 0.000 0.005 0.210 0.000 6.417 7.563

Other East Asia and

the Pacific countries

0.605 0.021 0.035 0.001 0.027 0.057 0.693 0.004 0.000 0.005 0.214 0.000 8.432 10.095


0.922 0.121 0.006 0.048 0.289 0.686 2.107 0.051 0.000 0.134 0.690 0.000 34.274 39.327

Other Middle East

countries

0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.004 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.015 0.000 1.000 1.022

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tries

0.114 0.012 0.000 0.017 0.134 0.068 0.039 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.020 0.000 0.781 1.185

Total 14.582 0.516 2.269 1.227 12.203 11.603 23.421 0.334 0.842 3.071 5.348 0.159 270.309 345.885


Table 11: Average trip expenditure by item (USD)

country code Internation-al airfare

Do-mestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transport

Accommoda-tion

Food and beverag-

es

Shop-ping


Guide ser-vices

Host orga-nization

Package tour

total

India 374 414 144 65 201 65 77 103 43 24 31 467 592 670Bangladesh 388 . 113 64 247 57 77 24 65 29 21 . 727 794

USA 882 . . 130 592 126 204 84 . 47 134 . 4,260 4,561China 1,006 400 . 5 1,031 69 371 12 . . 79 . 3,002 3,461

Singapore 822 . . . 550 95 341 1,173 . 357 99 . 2,625 3,111UK 779 . 86 50 1,089 118 177 120 . 28 134 . 3,779 4,129

Thailand 896 40 35 79 556 74 339 . 20 79 118 . 2,142 2,454Germany 828 . 332 70 325 115 163 33 120 50 104 . 3,982 4,058Australia 768 200 . 13 684 122 245 . . 45 123 . 3,245 3,632

Japan 744 1,500 165 20 517 91 133 . . 47 101 . 2,324 2,341Malaysia 598 . . . . 86 173 . . . 77 1300 1,951 2,382Vietnam . . . . . 43 167 . . . 48 . 2,048 2,245France 670 . . 200 1,116 116 153 . . 64 101 . 3,777 3,784Canada 880 . . 397 591 102 415 . . 234 122 . 3,705 4,343Spain 1,004 . . 72 15 91 141 . . 10 70 . 2,627 2,840

Other African coun-tries . . . . . 53 259 . . 22 69 . 2,260 1,977

Other American countries 624 1,500 . . . 109 272 45 . 44 129 . 3,283 3,869

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 815 300 166 13 191 53 225 29 . 35 91 . 2,638 2,963

Other European countries 734 2,020 53 221 738 136 246 186 . 185 92 . 3,419 3,762

Other Middle East countries . . . . . 29 120 . . . 124 . 8,286 8,467

Other South Asian Countries 328 200 . 97 765 120 82 . . 21 122 . 1,639 1,622

Total 525 680 142 72 226 73 115 112 43 26 75 799 1,342 1,354


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Table 12: Total trip expenditure by purpose of visit (USD million)

Purpose International airfare

Domestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transport



Host organi-zation

Package tour

Total


10.98 0.28 2.11 0.85 9.92 10.16 21.52 0.31 0.82 2.96 5.11 0.11 252.53 317.65

Visiting friends and relatives

0.49 0.12 0.03 0.01 0.09 0.16 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.00 1.38 2.51

Religion/Pilgrimage 0.38 0.00 0.01 0.06 0.12 0.12 0.75 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.08 0.00 7.24 8.78

Incentives travel 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.58 0.74

Business/professional 2.69 0.12 0.12 0.30 2.05 1.16 0.87 0.02 0.01 0.09 0.10 0.05 8.45 16.02

Others 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.18

Total 14.58 0.52 2.27 1.23 12.20 11.60 23.42 0.33 0.84 3.07 5.35 0.16 270.31 345.88


Table 13: Average trip expenditure by purpose of visit (USD)

Purpose Internation-al airfare

Do-mestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transport

Accommoda-tion

Food and beverag-

es

Shop-ping


Guide services

Host orga-nization

Pack-age tour

Total

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation 524 446 145 64 207 69 112 116 43 26 75 803 1303 1323

Visiting friends and relatives 583 2020 134 28 141 125 128 50 43 22 74 . 2249 1434

Religion/Pilgrim-age 760 . 99 289 293 68 309 11 73 28 52 . 2561 2636

Incentives travel 400 . . . . 29 368 . . . 157 . 2295 2936

Business/profes-sional 502 1500 111 97 420 155 122 125 47 57 73 790 2253 1619

Others 232 . . . 362 44 45 . . 20 . . 2000 1433

Total 525 680 142 72 226 73 115 112 43 26 75 799 1342 1354



Domestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transportAccommodation Food and

beverages Shopping


10.98 0.28 2.11 0.85 9.92 10.16 21.52


0.49 0.12 0.03 0.01 0.09 0.16 0.19

Religion/Pilgrimage 0.38 0.00 0.01 0.06 0.12 0.12 0.75

Incentives travel 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09

Business/professional 2.69 0.12 0.12 0.30 2.05 1.16 0.87

Others 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01

Total 14.58 0.52 2.27 1.23 12.20 11.60 23.42

Purpose Others Oil Entertainment Guide services

Host organi-zation

Package tour Total


0.31 0.82 2.96 5.11 0.11 252.53 317.65


0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.00 1.38 2.51

Religion/Pilgrimage 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.08 0.00 7.24 8.78

Incentives travel 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.58 0.74

Business/professional 0.02 0.01 0.09 0.10 0.05 8.45 16.02

Others 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.18

Total 0.33 0.84 3.07 5.35 0.16 270.31 345.88

Table 12.1: Total trip expenditure by purpose of visit (USD million)


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Table 12: Total trip expenditure by purpose of visit (USD million)


Domestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transport



Host organi-zation

Package tour

Total


10.98 0.28 2.11 0.85 9.92 10.16 21.52 0.31 0.82 2.96 5.11 0.11 252.53 317.65


0.49 0.12 0.03 0.01 0.09 0.16 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.00 1.38 2.51

Religion/Pilgrimage 0.38 0.00 0.01 0.06 0.12 0.12 0.75 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.08 0.00 7.24 8.78

Incentives travel 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.58 0.74

Business/professional 2.69 0.12 0.12 0.30 2.05 1.16 0.87 0.02 0.01 0.09 0.10 0.05 8.45 16.02

Others 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.18

Total 14.58 0.52 2.27 1.23 12.20 11.60 23.42 0.33 0.84 3.07 5.35 0.16 270.31 345.88


Table 13: Average trip expenditure by purpose of visit (USD)

Purpose Internation-al airfare

Do-mestic Airfare

Car rental

Local ground

transport

Accommoda-tion

Food and beverag-

es

Shop-ping


Guide services

Host orga-nization

Pack-age tour

Total

Holiday, Leisure and Recreation 524 446 145 64 207 69 112 116 43 26 75 803 1303 1323

Visiting friends and relatives 583 2020 134 28 141 125 128 50 43 22 74 . 2249 1434

Religion/Pilgrim-age 760 . 99 289 293 68 309 11 73 28 52 . 2561 2636

Incentives travel 400 . . . . 29 368 . . . 157 . 2295 2936

Business/profes-sional 502 1500 111 97 420 155 122 125 47 57 73 790 2253 1619

Others 232 . . . 362 44 45 . . 20 . . 2000 1433

Total 525 680 142 72 226 73 115 112 43 26 75 799 1342 1354


Purp

ose

Inte

rna-

tiona

l ai

rfar

e

Do-

mes

tic

Airf

are

Car

re

nt-

al

Loca

l gr

ound

tr

ans-

port

Acc

omm

oda-

tion

Food

and

be

vera

g-es

Shop

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Ente

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tion

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-ag

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tal

Hol

iday

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sure

an

d R

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atio

n52

444

614

564

207

6911

211

643

2675

803

1303

1323

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ting

frien

ds a

nd

rela

tives

583

2020

134

2814

112

512

850

4322

74.

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400

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9529

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ines

s/pr

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212

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232

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244

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2000

1433

Tota

l52

568

014

272

226

7311

511

243

2675

799

1342

1354

Tabl

e 13

: Ave

rage

trip

exp

endi

ture

by

purp

ose

of v

isit

(US

D)

(Sou

rce:

TC

B S

urve

y es

timat

es)


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Table 14: Visitor by age by major markets

Age/Country code

Less than 5 years 5 - 11 years 12 - 25 years 26 - 64 years 65 years and above Total

No % No % No % No % No %India 3,517 1.53 9,843 4.27 29,252 12.7 171,607 74.49 16,162 7.02 230,381

Bangladesh 191 1.47 379 2.91 2,298 17.66 9,968 76.58 180 1.38 13,016

USA 48 0.45 155 1.46 576 5.43 6,063 57.19 3,760 35.47 10,602

China 18 0.24 80 1.09 334 4.54 6,201 84.33 720 9.79 7,353

Singapore 11 0.25 40 0.91 253 5.76 3,620 82.44 467 10.64 4,391

UK 12 0.31 31 0.8 126 3.24 2,585 66.45 1,136 29.2 3,890

Thailand 8 0.26 24 0.79 141 4.64 2,361 77.74 503 16.56 3,037

Germany 6 0.19 15 0.48 98 3.15 2,202 70.85 787 25.32 3,108

Australia 3 0.12 23 0.89 109 4.22 1,676 64.84 774 29.94 2,585

Japan 2 0.1 15 0.72 160 7.73 1,223 59.05 671 32.4 2,071

Malaysia 1 0.04 15 0.6 110 4.39 2,066 82.38 316 12.6 2,508

Vietnam 14 0.73 40 2.09 137 7.17 1,581 82.77 138 7.23 1,910

France 5 0.29 17 0.97 55 3.14 1,014 57.84 662 37.76 1,753

Canada 5 0.3 11 0.65 80 4.76 1,096 65.16 490 29.13 1,682

Spain 1 0.07 11 0.77 59 4.11 1,041 72.54 323 22.51 1,435

Other African countries 0 0 2 1.53 6 4.58 103 78.63 20 15.27 131

Other American countries 1 0.07 7 0.5 73 5.19 1,090 77.52 235 16.71 1,406

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 3 0.06 17 0.34 266 5.28 3,894 77.34 855 16.98 5,035

Other European countries 26 0.29 71 0.79 302 3.35 6,312 70.07 2,297 25.5 9,008

Other Middle East countries 0 0 0 0 3 2.1 129 90.21 11 7.69 143

Other South Asian Countries 0 0 1 0.28 14 3.86 322 88.71 26 7.16 363

Total 3,872 1.27 10,797 3.53 34,452 11.27 226,154 73.95 30,533 9.98 305,808

Doesn’t includes international whose main purposes are (1. Business, 2. Education/Training/Exchange program, 3. MICE, 4. Official, 5. Visiting friends and relatives/guest, 6. Others)


Age

/Cou

ntry

cod

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ss th

an 5

yea

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year

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yea

rs65

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bove

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l

No

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o%

No

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%

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517

1.53

9,84

34.

2729

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12.7

171,

607

74.4

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7.02

230,

381

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glad

esh

191

1.47

379

2.91

2,29

817

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9,96

876

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180

1.38

13,0

16

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A48

0.45

155

1.46

576

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201

84.3

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0.25

400.

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4,39

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120.

3131

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126

3.24

2,58

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1,13

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890

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land

80.

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0.79

141

4.64

2,36

177

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503

16.5

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man

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0.19

150.

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3.15

2,20

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23,

108

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tralia

30.

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0.89

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4.22

1,67

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29.9

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585

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nam

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1,58

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7.23

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ce5

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16.7

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the

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ific

coun

tries

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tries

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11.2

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8

Tabl

e 14

: Vis

itor b

y ag

e by

maj

or m

arke

ts

Doe

sn’t

incl

udes

inte

rnat

iona

l who

se m

ain

purp

oses

are

(1. B

usin

ess,

2. E

duca

tion/

Trai

ning

/Exc

hang

e pr

ogra

m, 3

. MIC

E, 4

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cial

, 5. V

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lativ

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, 6. O

ther

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(Sou

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TC

B a

nd D

oI)

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Table 14: Visitor by age by major markets

Age/Country code

Less than 5 years 5 - 11 years 12 - 25 years 26 - 64 years 65 years and above Total

No % No % No % No % No %India 3,517 1.53 9,843 4.27 29,252 12.7 171,607 74.49 16,162 7.02 230,381

Bangladesh 191 1.47 379 2.91 2,298 17.66 9,968 76.58 180 1.38 13,016

USA 48 0.45 155 1.46 576 5.43 6,063 57.19 3,760 35.47 10,602

China 18 0.24 80 1.09 334 4.54 6,201 84.33 720 9.79 7,353

Singapore 11 0.25 40 0.91 253 5.76 3,620 82.44 467 10.64 4,391

UK 12 0.31 31 0.8 126 3.24 2,585 66.45 1,136 29.2 3,890

Thailand 8 0.26 24 0.79 141 4.64 2,361 77.74 503 16.56 3,037

Germany 6 0.19 15 0.48 98 3.15 2,202 70.85 787 25.32 3,108

Australia 3 0.12 23 0.89 109 4.22 1,676 64.84 774 29.94 2,585

Japan 2 0.1 15 0.72 160 7.73 1,223 59.05 671 32.4 2,071

Malaysia 1 0.04 15 0.6 110 4.39 2,066 82.38 316 12.6 2,508

Vietnam 14 0.73 40 2.09 137 7.17 1,581 82.77 138 7.23 1,910

France 5 0.29 17 0.97 55 3.14 1,014 57.84 662 37.76 1,753

Canada 5 0.3 11 0.65 80 4.76 1,096 65.16 490 29.13 1,682

Spain 1 0.07 11 0.77 59 4.11 1,041 72.54 323 22.51 1,435

Other African countries 0 0 2 1.53 6 4.58 103 78.63 20 15.27 131

Other American countries 1 0.07 7 0.5 73 5.19 1,090 77.52 235 16.71 1,406

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 3 0.06 17 0.34 266 5.28 3,894 77.34 855 16.98 5,035

Other European countries 26 0.29 71 0.79 302 3.35 6,312 70.07 2,297 25.5 9,008

Other Middle East countries 0 0 0 0 3 2.1 129 90.21 11 7.69 143

Other South Asian Countries 0 0 1 0.28 14 3.86 322 88.71 26 7.16 363

Total 3,872 1.27 10,797 3.53 34,452 11.27 226,154 73.95 30,533 9.98 305,808

Doesn’t includes international whose main purposes are (1. Business, 2. Education/Training/Exchange program, 3. MICE, 4. Official, 5. Visiting friends and relatives/guest, 6. Others)


Table 15: Visitor qualification by major markets (%)

Country Less than Primary

EducationHigh School Education

Technical/vocational/ some college

educationUniversity/college

degree Master /PhD Others

India 1.17 8.85 6.29 54.77 28.74 0.17

Bangladesh 0 6.62 8.71 41.77 41.87 1.03

USA 0 2.22 1.53 47.93 48.32 0

China 1.83 7.96 1.83 54.6 33.77 0

Singapore 0 14.73 9.47 61.64 14.17 0

UK 0 12.88 8.14 41.99 37 0

Thailand 0 6.48 0 36.53 56.99 0

Germany 0 10.59 1.95 49.03 38.44 0

Australia 0 9.75 8.1 60.05 22.1 0

Japan 3.36 19.47 3.17 47.99 26.01 0

Malaysia 0 10.02 16.58 50.61 22.79 0

Vietnam 0 23.05 0 30.74 46.21 0

France 0 5.05 7.71 29.02 58.21 0

Canada 0 2.98 3.8 61.41 31.82 0

Spain 0 5.36 4.49 54.16 35.99 0


0 0 0 52.52 47.48 0


0 0 3.52 71.59 24.89 0


2.32 2.32 2.02 47.23 46.1 0


0 16.26 9.09 42.8 31.85 0


0 0 0 60.49 39.51 0


4.99 7.89 0 45.9 31.08 10.12

Total 0.96 8.8 6.14 52.98 30.93 0.19


Table 16: Visitor occupation by major markets (%)

country full time (as an employee)

Working part time (as an employee)

Self-employed (includes employer/

business owner)Unemployed Retired/

pensionerHome maker Student Others

(Specify)

India 53.47 1.9 23.93 1.29 8.29 4.91 6.04 0.17

Bangladesh 49.86 1.21 22.22 2.88 4.56 3.78 15.5 0

USA 43.69 5.7 16.71 2.07 24.32 0.53 5.68 1.29

China 58.02 6.87 10.24 5.64 12.41 4.33 2.5 0

Singapore 69.65 2.08 19.05 0 0 7.01 1.1 1.1

UK 46.1 3.48 15.81 1.88 22.4 3.72 6.62 0

Thailand 57.53 1.98 22.89 0 11.11 0 6.48 0

Germany 58.01 5.92 12.23 0 20.84 0.97 2.03 0

Australia 45.54 7.72 21.64 1.84 17.65 0 5.61 0


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Japan 47.67 3.57 7.44 3.73 11.55 3.57 22.48 0

Malaysia 42.36 3.18 28.31 7.32 16.63 2.2 0 0

Vietnam 76.95 0 7.68 0 0 7.68 7.68 0

France 46.18 2.4 20.27 0 26.74 2.4 2.01 0

Canada 44.96 0 25.1 0 23.12 2.87 3.95 0

Spain 72.39 8.36 11.05 0 8.2 0 0 0

Other African countries 86.16 13.84 0 0 0 0 0 0


66.3 0 22.91 0 7.27 0 3.52 0


56.08 6.67 23.4 1.69 7.68 2.15 2.32 0


57.83 6.58 16.53 0 14.72 1.3 3.05 0


100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


66.55 0 15.43 0 7.89 0 0 10.12

Total 53.38 2.57 22.4 1.36 9.98 4.19 5.91 0.22


Table 17: Likeliness to return to Bhutan (%)

Country very Likely Likely Neutral Unlikely Very unlikely Total

India 56.99 30.49 10.52 1.65 0.36 100

Bangladesh 40.37 48.31 11.32 0 0 100

USA 34.63 30.29 27.63 6.11 1.36 100

China 50.03 24.88 22.28 2.82 0 100

Singapore 32.59 49.19 14.73 3.5 0 100

UK 39.17 35.29 10.37 13.4 1.76 100

Thailand 66.63 10 23.37 0 0 100

Germany 31.37 25.67 35.02 7.95 0 100

Australia 29.43 34.49 22.14 11.68 2.25 100

Japan 51.17 26.24 19.77 0 2.82 100

Malaysia 40.72 50.75 1.69 6.84 0 100

Vietnam 56.56 26.46 16.98 0 0 100

France 54.19 23.48 22.33 0 0 100

Canada 22.71 44.01 16.07 17.2 0 100

Spain 19.02 49.48 31.5 0 0 100

Other African countries 39.21 47.99 12.8 0 0 100

Other American countries 58.29 26.34 7.57 7.8 0 100

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 47.26 26.84 22.75 3.15 0 100

Other European countries 31.52 32.08 25.24 10.8 0.35 100

Other Middle East countries 0 100 0 0 0 100

Other South Asian Countries 45.59 24.85 18.73 10.83 0 100

Total 52.25 31.39 13.12 2.82 0.42 100


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Table 18: Likeliness to recommend Bhutan (%)

Country very Likely Likely Neutral Unlikely very unlikely TotalIndia 78.81 19.36 1.63 0.12 0.08 100

Bangladesh 81.07 15.65 3.29 0 0 100

USA 83.86 15.59 0.55 0 0 100

China 87.6 12.4 0 0 0 100

Singapore 71.49 24.96 3.55 0 0 100

UK 90.42 8.05 1.53 0 0 100

Thailand 83.61 14.41 1.98 0 0 100

Germany 71.74 14.91 11.32 0 2.03 100

Australia 81.09 16.1 0 2.81 0 100

Japan 77.53 19.65 0 2.82 0 100

Malaysia 70.56 26.26 0 3.18 0 100

Vietnam 76.95 23.05 0 0 0 100

France 90.86 9.14 0 0 0 100

Canada 72.9 20.32 6.78 0 0 100

Spain 80.19 19.81 0 0 0 100

Other African countries 100 0 0 0 0 100

Other American countries 96.48 3.52 0 0 0 100

Other East Asia and the Pacific countries 74.07 24.24 1.69 0 0 100

Other European countries 84.57 12.21 3.22 0 0 100

Other Middle East countries 100 0 0 0 0 100

Other South Asian Countries 89.17 0 10.83 0 0 100

Total 79.63 18.28 1.82 0.18 0.09 100


Table 19: Plan to visit Bhutan again within next 12 Months (%)

Country Yes No Don’t KnowIndia 19.06 34.7 46.25

Bangladesh 18.36 36.12 45.52USA 7.24 69.62 23.14

China 21.83 47.91 30.26Singapore 5.27 53.34 41.39

UK 7.29 73.41 19.3Thailand 9.35 64.76 25.9Germany 6.12 72.28 21.6Australia 9.03 73.59 17.38

Japan 10.64 65.44 23.92Malaysia 17.91 49 33.09Vietnam 7.68 61.58 30.74France 2.4 70.87 26.73


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Canada 0 72.17 27.83Spain 0 66.03 33.97

Other African countries 37.91 52.01 10.08Other American coun-

tries17.83 68.45 13.72


12.24 46.97 40.79

Other European coun-tries

4.9 73.01 22.1


0 0 100


28.42 39.15 32.43

Total 16.64 41.84 41.52


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Tabl

e 20

: Vi

sito

r by

type

s of

Acc

omm

odat

ion

used

by

maj

or m

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)

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Table 22: Visitors by Mode of entry by nationality

NationalityAir Land

TotalNo % No %

Afghan 49 100 0 0 49

Albanian 2 100 0 0 2

Algerian 2 100 0 0 2

American 11,349 96.94 358 3.06 11,707

Andorran 4 100 0 0 4

Angolan 3 100 0 0 3

Argentinean 119 95.97 5 4.03 124

Armenian 18 100 0 0 18

Australian 3,024 95.91 129 4.09 3153

Austrian 441 74.24 153 25.76 594

Bahraini 9 100 0 0 9

Bangladesh 6,397 49.15 6,619 50.85 13016

Barbadian 1 100 0 0 1

Belarusian 14 93.33 1 6.67 15

Belgian 445 76.86 134 23.14 579

Bhutanese 1 100 0 0 1

Bolivian 10 100 0 0 10

Bosnian 5 100 0 0 5

Brazilian 669 98.24 12 1.76 681

British 3,874 91.35 367 8.65 4241

Bruneian 15 100 0 0 15

Bulgarian 50 96.15 2 3.85 52

Burkinabe 5 100 0 0 5

Burmese 216 100 0 0 216

Burundian 0 0 1 100 1

Cambodian 114 100 0 0 114

Cameroonian 4 40 6 60 10

Canadian 1,789 95.67 81 4.33 1870

Central African 1 100 0 0 1

Chadian 5 100 0 0 5

Chilean 100 97.09 3 2.91 103

Chinese 7,451 98.51 113 1.49 7564

Colombian 70 98.59 1 1.41 71

Congolese 1 100 0 0 1

Costa Rican 25 96.15 1 3.85 26

Croatian 48 97.96 1 2.04 49

Cuban 1 100 0 0 1

Cypriot 10 100 0 0 10

Czech 199 71.33 80 28.67 279

Danish 295 70.91 121 29.09 416

- 95 -


Dominican 3 100 0 0 3

Dutch 713 72.68 268 27.32 981

East Timor 31 100 0 0 31

Ecuadorean 10 100 0 0 10

Egyptian 12 92.31 1 7.69 13

Emirati 36 100 0 0 36

Estonian 35 62.5 21 37.5 56

Ethiopian 19 100 0 0 19

Fijian 8 100 0 0 8

Filipino 685 99.42 4 0.58 689

Finnish 217 96.02 9 3.98 226

French 1,616 82.74 337 17.26 1953

Georgian 5 100 0 0 5

German 2,542 75.32 833 24.68 3375

Ghanaian 6 75 2 25 8

Greek 107 95.54 5 4.46 112

Grenadian 3 100 0 0 3

Guatemalan 16 100 0 0 16

Guinean 6 85.71 1 14.29 7

Guyanese 2 100 0 0 2

Haitian 3 100 0 0 3

Honduran 2 100 0 0 2

Hungarian 165 98.8 2 1.2 167

Icelander 22 100 0 0 22

India 69,241 30.05 161,140 69.95 230381

Indonesian 1,290 97.21 37 2.79 1327

Iranian 12 92.31 1 7.69 13

Iraqi 5 100 0 0 5

Irish 191 93.17 14 6.83 205

Israeli 421 82.71 88 17.29 509

Italian 1,359 92.51 110 7.49 1469

Ivorian 3 60 2 40 5

Jamaican 1 100 0 0 1

Japanese 2,737 90.93 273 9.07 3010

Jordanian 10 100 0 0 10

Kazakhstani 23 88.46 3 11.54 26

Kenyan 22 100 0 0 22

Kittian and Nevisian 4 100 0 0 4

Kuwaiti 143 100 0 0 143

Kyrgyz 2 100 0 0 2

Laotian 56 100 0 0 56

Latvian 50 94.34 3 5.66 53


- 96 -

Lebanese 30 100 0 0 30

Lesotho 4 100 0 0 4

Liberian 1 100 0 0 1

Liechtensteiner 4 80 1 20 5

Lithuanian 57 98.28 1 1.72 58

Luxembourger 13 65 7 35 20

Macedonian 1 100 0 0 1

Madagascar 1 100 0 0 1

Malawian 4 100 0 0 4

Malaysian 2,685 97.25 76 2.75 2761

Maldives 10 76.92 3 23.08 13

Malian 1 100 0 0 1

Maltese 35 100 0 0 35

Mauritanian 1 100 0 0 1

Mauritian 19 100 0 0 19

Mexican 370 98.67 5 1.33 375

Moldovan 7 100 0 0 7

Monacan 2 66.67 1 33.33 3

Mongolian 24 96 1 4 25

Montenegrian 2 100 0 0 2

Moroccan 5 100 0 0 5

Mozambican 4 100 0 0 4

Namibian 2 100 0 0 2

Nepalese 1,196 83.17 242 16.83 1438

New Zealander 397 89.01 49 10.99 446

Ni-Vanuatu 10 100 0 0 10

Nicaraguan 2 100 0 0 2

Nigerian 12 92.31 1 7.69 13

Nigerien 1 100 0 0 1

North Korean 2 100 0 0 2

Norwegian 327 94.78 18 5.22 345

Omani 30 100 0 0 30

Pakistani 62 100 0 0 62

Palauan 1 100 0 0 1

Panamanian 4 100 0 0 4

Papua New Guinean 3 100 0 0 3

Paraguayan 12 100 0 0 12

Peruvian 27 96.43 1 3.57 28

Polish 382 79.58 98 20.42 480

Portuguese 344 89.35 41 10.65 385

Qatari 9 100 0 0 9

Romanian 106 100 0 0 106

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Russian 478 95.03 25 4.97 503

Rwandan 1 100 0 0 1

Salvadoran 4 80 1 20 5

Samoan 1 100 0 0 1

San Marinese 6 100 0 0 6

Saudi 16 100 0 0 16

Senegalese 2 100 0 0 2

Serbian 13 92.86 1 7.14 14

Sierra Leonean 2 100 0 0 2

Singaporean 4,654 98.1 90 1.9 4744

Slovakian 48 59.26 33 40.74 81

Slovenian 86 85.15 15 14.85 101

Solomon Islander 2 100 0 0 2

South African 97 95.1 5 4.9 102

South Korean 1,300 92.33 108 7.67 1408

Spanish 1,499 90.36 160 9.64 1659

Sri Lankan 309 97.78 7 2.22 316

Sudanese 5 100 0 0 5

Surinamer 3 100 0 0 3

Swaziland 12 100 0 0 12

Swedish 379 88.14 51 11.86 430

Swiss 1,282 88.6 165 11.4 1447

Syrian 2 100 0 0 2

Taiwanese 1,473 95.71 66 4.29 1539

Tajikistan 3 100 0 0 3

Tanzanian 8 100 0 0 8

Thai 4,046 99.02 40 0.98 4086

Togolese 1 100 0 0 1

Trinidadian and Tob.. 7 100 0 0 7

Tunisian 5 100 0 0 5

Turkish 107 98.17 2 1.83 109

Turkmenistan 1 100 0 0 1

Ugandan 20 100 0 0 20

Ukrainian 76 93.83 5 6.17 81

Uruguayan 10 100 0 0 10

Uzbekistani 1 100 0 0 1

Venezuelan 15 100 0 0 15

Vietnamese 2,063 99.57 9 0.43 2072

Yemenite 2 66.67 1 33.33 3

Zimbabwean 11 100 0 0 11

Total 142,928 45.29 172,671 54.71 315599



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Table 23: Visitors by Mode of exit by nationality

NationalityAir Land Total

No % No %

Afghan 49 100 0 0 49

Albanian 2 100 0 0 2

Algerian 2 100 0 0 2

American 11,519 98.39 188 1.61 11,707

Andorran 4 100 0 0 4

Angolan 3 100 0 0 3

Argentinean 121 97.58 3 2.42 124

Armenian 18 100 0 0 18

Australian 3,082 97.75 71 2.25 3,153

Austrian 560 94.28 34 5.72 594

Bahraini 9 100 0 0 9

Bangladesh 6,397 49.15 6,619 50.85 13,016

Barbadian 0 0 1 100 1

Belarusian 7 46.67 8 53.33 15

Belgian 547 94.47 32 5.53 579

Bhutanese 1 100 0 0 1

Bolivian 10 100 0 0 10

Bosnian 5 100 0 0 5

Brazilian 669 98.24 12 1.76 681

British 4,050 95.5 191 4.5 4,241

Bruneian 12 80 3 20 15

Bulgarian 51 98.08 1 1.92 52

Burkinabe 5 100 0 0 5

Burmese 206 95.37 10 4.63 216

Burundian 1 100 0 0 1

Cambodian 114 100 0 0 114

Cameroonian 4 40 6 60 10

Canadian 1,829 97.81 41 2.19 1,870

Central African 1 100 0 0 1

Chadian 5 100 0 0 5

Chilean 99 96.12 4 3.88 103

Chinese 7,509 99.27 55 0.73 7,564

Colombian 71 100 0 0 71

Congolese 1 100 0 0 1

Costa Rican 26 100 0 0 26

Croatian 49 100 0 0 49

Cuban 1 100 0 0 1

Cypriot 10 100 0 0 10

Czech 234 83.87 45 16.13 279

- 99 -


Danish 391 93.99 25 6.01 416

Dominican 3 100 0 0 3

Dutch 872 88.89 109 11.11 981

East Timor 31 100 0 0 31

Ecuadorean 10 100 0 0 10

Egyptian 13 100 0 0 13

Emirati 36 100 0 0 36

Estonian 41 73.21 15 26.79 56

Ethiopian 19 100 0 0 19

Fijian 8 100 0 0 8

Filipino 684 99.27 5 0.73 689

Finnish 218 96.46 8 3.54 226

French 1,866 95.55 87 4.45 1,953

Georgian 5 100 0 0 5

German 3,184 94.34 191 5.66 3,375

Ghanaian 6 75 2 25 8

Greek 87 77.68 25 22.32 112

Grenadian 3 100 0 0 3

Guatemalan 16 100 0 0 16

Guinean 5 71.43 2 28.57 7

Guyanese 2 100 0 0 2

Haitian 3 100 0 0 3

Honduran 2 100 0 0 2

Hungarian 153 91.62 14 8.38 167

Icelander 22 100 0 0 22

India 69,241 30.05 161,140 69.95 230,381

Indonesian 1,288 97.06 39 2.94 1,327

Iranian 13 100 0 0 13

Iraqi 5 100 0 0 5

Irish 198 96.59 7 3.41 205

Israeli 500 98.23 9 1.77 509

Italian 1,339 91.15 130 8.85 1,469

Ivorian 4 80 1 20 5

Jamaican 1 100 0 0 1

Japanese 2,770 92.03 240 7.97 3,010

Jordanian 10 100 0 0 10

Kazakhstani 24 92.31 2 7.69 26

Kenyan 22 100 0 0 22

Kittian and Nevisian 4 100 0 0 4

Kuwaiti 143 100 0 0 143

Kyrgyz 2 100 0 0 2

Laotian 56 100 0 0 56


- 100 -

Latvian 53 100 0 0 53

Lebanese 30 100 0 0 30

Lesotho 4 100 0 0 4

Liberian 1 100 0 0 1

Liechtensteiner 5 100 0 0 5

Lithuanian 58 100 0 0 58

Luxembourger 20 100 0 0 20

Macedonian 1 100 0 0 1

Madagascar 1 100 0 0 1

Malawian 4 100 0 0 4

Malaysian 2,732 98.95 29 1.05 2,761

Maldives 10 76.92 3 23.08 13

Malian 1 100 0 0 1

Maltese 35 100 0 0 35

Mauritanian 1 100 0 0 1

Mauritian 13 68.42 6 31.58 19

Mexican 375 100 0 0 375

Moldovan 7 100 0 0 7

Monacan 3 100 0 0 3

Mongolian 24 96 1 4 25

Montenegrian 2 100 0 0 2

Moroccan 5 100 0 0 5

Mozambican 4 100 0 0 4

Namibian 2 100 0 0 2

Nepalese 1,144 79.55 294 20.45 1,438

New Zealander 429 96.19 17 3.81 446

Ni-Vanuatu 10 100 0 0 10

Nicaraguan 2 100 0 0 2

Nigerian 12 92.31 1 7.69 13

Nigerien 1 100 0 0 1

North Korean 2 100 0 0 2

Norwegian 336 97.39 9 2.61 345

Omani 30 100 0 0 30

Pakistani 62 100 0 0 62

Palauan 1 100 0 0 1

Panamanian 4 100 0 0 4

Papua New Guinean 3 100 0 0 3

Paraguayan 12 100 0 0 12

Peruvian 28 100 0 0 28

Polish 412 85.83 68 14.17 480

Portuguese 375 97.4 10 2.6 385

Qatari 9 100 0 0 9

- 101 -


Romanian 106 100 0 0 106

Russian 498 99.01 5 0.99 503

Rwandan 1 100 0 0 1

Salvadoran 5 100 0 0 5

Samoan 1 100 0 0 1

San Marinese 6 100 0 0 6

Saudi 16 100 0 0 16

Senegalese 2 100 0 0 2

Serbian 12 85.71 2 14.29 14

Sierra Leonean 2 100 0 0 2

Singaporean 4,704 99.16 40 0.84 4,744

Slovakian 75 92.59 6 7.41 81

Slovenian 86 85.15 15 14.85 101

Solomon Islander 2 100 0 0 2

South African 98 96.08 4 3.92 102

South Korean 1,306 92.76 102 7.24 1,408

Spanish 1,568 94.51 91 5.49 1,659

Sri Lankan 309 97.78 7 2.22 316

Sudanese 5 100 0 0 5

Surinamer 3 100 0 0 3

Swaziland 12 100 0 0 12

Swedish 417 96.98 13 3.02 430

Swiss 1,356 93.71 91 6.29 1,447

Syrian 2 100 0 0 2

Taiwanese 1,454 94.48 85 5.52 1,539

Tajikistan 3 100 0 0 3

Tanzanian 8 100 0 0 8

Thai 4,053 99.19 33 0.81 4,086

Togolese 1 100 0 0 1

Trinidadian and Tob.. 7 100 0 0 7

Tunisian 5 100 0 0 5

Turkish 107 98.17 2 1.83 109

Turkmenistan 1 100 0 0 1

Ugandan 20 100 0 0 20

Ukrainian 80 98.77 1 1.23 81

Uruguayan 10 100 0 0 10

Uzbekistani 1 100 0 0 1

Venezuelan 15 100 0 0 15

Vietnamese 2,063 99.57 9 0.43 2,072

Yemenite 2 66.67 1 33.33 3

Zimbabwean 11 100 0 0 11

Total 145,279 46.03 170,320 53.97 315,599


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