Travel Trade

Last updated: September 25, 2024

Official Announcements

To read our latest announcements, please visit our announcements page here.

Forms and applications

Accommodations

Bhutan Green Hotel Standard Assessment Checklist

Application Form for Technical Clearance

Application Form for Registration of Homestays (2024)

Checklist for Village Homestay Assessment to be used by Assessor (2024)

Registered Hotels 2025

Application procedures and forms for the registration of tented accommodation

Evaluation form for assessment of Hotel (3 Star and Above)

Certified Village Home Stays 2025

Tour Operators

Process Flow for Obtaining Tour Operator License

Tour Operator Registration Form

TO license renewal form

Agent name change form

Ownership change form

Proprietor card availing form

Agent location change form

Trekking clearance form

Registered Tour Operators 2025

Others 2024

Registered Tour Guides 2025

MICE, FAM and PRESS TRIP APPLICATIONS

FAM trip SDF waiver SOP

PRESS and Influencer SDF waiver SOP

MICE SDF Waiver SOP

MICE Reporting Template

SOP to process FAM visa for Tour Operators

OTHERS

Report on Bird survey from Tergola to Gakiling

Haa Dzongkhag - Ecotourism Geo Mapping Survey Report

Entry Fees for Monument Sites

Roadside Amenities Map

Marketing Assets

Available resources

An illustrated map of Bhutan

Bhutan Brand Guidelines

Travel booklet for Thimphu and Paro

A visitor's guide to Bhutan

Bhutan's media centre - images and videos gallery

Bhutan Tourism's Youtube channel

Reports and publications

Master Plan

Bhutan Integrated Tourism Master Plan 2025-2034

Annual Reports

Bhutan Tourism Monitor 2014

Bhutan Tourism Monitor 2015

Bhutan Tourism Monitor 2016

Bhutan Tourism Monitor 2017

Bhutan Tourism Monitor 2018

Bhutan Tourism Monitor 2019

Bhutan Tourism Monitor 2020

TCB Annual Report 2020 - 2021

Department of Tourism Annual Report 2023-24

Other Reports and Publications

Destination Haa Brochure

Restroom operation and management report

Culture Tour Guide Curriculum

Tourism Survey and Research Report 2019

Tourism Survey and Research Report 2020/21

Domestic and Outbound Tourism Survey (2019)

Post COVID-19 Travel behaviour study (2021)

Tourism Establishment Census of Bhutan (2021)

Assessment of Tourism Carrying Capacity (2021)

Bhutan Tourism Satellite Account

Feasibility Study to Promote Birding Tourism in Samdrup Jongkhar

Disaster Management and Contingency Plan for the Tourism Sector

Flora and Fauna Assessment of the Nubtshonapata Trek, Haa

Festival Dates

Festival Dates 2025

Festival Dates 2026

Monthly Tourism Bulletin of Bhutan

Monthly Tourism Bulletin of Bhutan, November 2024

Monthly Tourism Bulletin of Bhutan, December 2024

Monthly Tourism Bulletin of Bhutan, January 2025

Monthly Tourism Bulletin of Bhutan, February 2025

Monthly Tourism Bulletin of Bhutan, March 2025

Monthly Tourism Bulletin of Bhutan, April 2025

Monthly Tourism Bulletin of Bhutan, May 2025

Monthly Tourism Bulletin of Bhutan, June 2025

Tourism systems

Tax Exemption and Monitoring (IDEC) System

Guide Management System (GMS)

Domestic Tourist Registration System

Monument site and Hotel management system

Certified homestays

Certified Tour Operators

Certified tour guides

Certified hotels in Bhutan

Approved Trek Routes and Campsites

Policy and legislation

Act

Tourism Levy Act of Bhutan 2022

Rules and regulations

Tourism rules and regulations of Bhutan 2024

Guidelines

Guidelines for Green Hotel

Guideline for the registration, certification and operation of village homestays, 2024

Guidelines of Tented Accommodations

Procedure for Assessment and Registration of Tourist Standard Restaurants

Procedures for Assessment and Classification of Tourist Standard Hotels

Guidelines for Hotel Drawing

Checklist to become a Tour Guide

Guideline for Tourism Product Development

Operation and Monitoring Commercial Rafting 2019

Guideline for Development of Roadside Amenities

Guideline for Domestic Tourism 2020

Checklist for construction drawings of tourist standard tented accommodation

Guideline for operations of Druk Neykor

Guidelines for Tours/Treks for Expatriates and their Dependents based in Bhutan 2021

SOPs

SOP for the Registration and Certification of Village Homestays (VHS) 2024

SOP for assessment and certification of Green Hotels

SOP for Management of Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) waiver for upto 24 hours for tourists visiting the border towns of Samtse, Phuentsholing, Gelephu and SamdrupJongkhar

SOP for dealing with the death of tourist

SOP for tourist vehicles and trekking equipment

SOP for Tour Operator Related Services

Notifications

Notification on historic monument entry fees

Notification on the preferential sustainable development fee

Notification regarding drones

Suspension of license renewal for tour guides

Contact Details

Contact details of Gups

Contact details of Dzongdas, Thrompons,Planning Officers and Cultural Officers

Service delivery standard

Accommodation

Issue Recommendation for Import License for Import of Equipment For Hotels

Issue Recommendation for Work Permits for Foreign Workers in Accommodation Sector

Verification and Endorsement of Import Duty Exemption Certificate (IDEC) for Import of Hotel Equipment

Tour Guides

Issuance and Renewal of Tour Guide