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We shall develop and promote tourism assets such as tangible and intangible heritages.
We shall open up all dzongkhags to tourism.
We shall open the southern gateways to facilitate arrival and departure of tourists.
We shall create 5,000 new jobs in the tourism sector in the next ve years.
We shall explore the possibilities of constructing additional domestic airports in eastern Bhutan to encourage tourism in the east.
We shall develop and expand the Gelephu Domestic Airport infrastructure
as an emergency landing airport to handle landing of Airbus aircrafts in situations when landing is not possible in Paro. This would be the rst step towards expanding the Gelephu Airport into an international one.
We shall buy additional helicopters to enhance domestic helicopter service and tourism.
We shall identify every dzongkhag as tourist destination for special product or services and brand and market it accordingly.
We shall promote eastern, southern and central dzongkhags as attractive tourism destinations to diversify bene t from the tourism industry.
We shall promote Bhutan as a unique destination for adventure sports.
We shall promote linkages between tourism and other sectors like agriculture, handicraft, businesses and other creative industries.
We shall also promote domestic tourism by developing and advocating pilgrimage and spiritual tourism sites for Bhutanese.
We shall promote Bhutan as a unique Meeting Incentive Convention and Events (MICE) tourism destination.
We shall facilitate capacity enhancement of our tour guides through various training programs both within the country and abroad.
We shall facilitate the establishment of training centers and tertiary institutes in the hospitality sector.
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