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USD 15 SDF for the first 15,000 Bangladeshi tourists June 4th, 2024 Post Views: 43 Dechen Dolkar The first 15,000 Bangladeshi tourists visiting Bhutan every year can pay a Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) of USD 15 a day starting June 2, the government has announced. This special scheme will be valid until 2027. This amount is equivalent to Rs 1,200 currently levied on Indian tourists. If the number of tourists exceeds 15,000 in a year, the remaining tourists will have to pay the usual USD 100 SDF a day. Following the implementation of the new tourism policy in September 2022, Bangladeshi tourists visiting Bhutan have to pay the SDF of USD 200 per day. According to an official from the Department of Tourism (DoT), Bangladeshi tourists can apply for a visa online or obtain it upon arrival. “The same rules, such as the requirement of guides and hotel bookings, will apply to Bangladeshi tourists,” he said. In 2019, 315,599 tourists vi...
