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Tourist fee revamp won’t affect Indian travellers: Bhutan

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By
Feb 05, 2020 07:08 AM IST

Foreign tourists visiting Bhutan currently have to pay $250 per day, which includes a Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) of $65, though this levy was not applicable to tourists from Bangladesh, India and the Maldives so far.

Bhutanese authorities have assured their Indian counterparts that a proposed revamp of tourist fees will not inconvenience Indian travellers, people familiar with developments said on Tuesday.

Foreign tourists visiting Bhutan currently have to pay $250 per day, which includes a Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) of $65, though this levy was not applicable to tourists from Bangladesh, India and the Maldives so far.

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Bhutan’s new draft tourism policy reportedly proposes a SDF and a permit processing fee for Indian travellers. “Bhutanese authorities have assured that Indian tourists would not be inconvenienced in the course of the implementation of the regulation,” the person said.

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