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	<title>Views On Tourism &#187; Bhutan</title>
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	<description>Knowledge and inspiration to the Bangladeshi tourism sector. This blog is also valuable to nearby countries, developing countries or destinations facing similar challenges.</description>
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		<title>Community-based Sustainable Tourism</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/community-based-sustainable-tourism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Project name: Community-based Sustainable Tourism
2. Project area: Phobjikha, Bhutan
3. Project linkage to national priorities, action plans, and programs:
Bhutan has ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 25 August 19951. The Sustainable Development Agreement with Netherlands and other bilateral and international contracts bind the country to take necessary steps in fulfilling its share in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability of tourism in Bhutan</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/sustainability-of-tourism-in-bhutan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 03:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction: Bhutan&#8217;s tourism industry began in 1974. It was introduced with the primary objective of generating revenue, especially foreign exchange; publicising the country&#8217;s unique culture and traditions to the outside world, and to contribute to the country&#8217;s socio-economic development1. Since then the number of tourists visiting Bhutan has increased from just 287 in 1974 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal thoughts from Bhutan &#8211; Changing World and Timeless Values</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 02:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[His Majesty the Fifth King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, during his five-day state visit to India from 21 to 26 December, 2009, delivered the 2009 Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Lecture.  In his speech, His Majesty shares the insights and values of how to bring balance in an era of increasing chaos and material [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOURISM AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL PRESERVATION: A CASE STUDY OF BHUTAN</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/tourism-and-the-politics-of-cultural-preservation-a-case-study-of-bhutan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 02:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tourism generates tremendous revenue for developing countries, but also serves as an instrument for the spread of Western cultural homogeneity. This article evaluates Bhutan’s tourism policy based upon three criteria: opportunity for foreign exchange, space for cultural evolution, and prevention of cultural pollution. While Bhutan has experienced some success in its synthesis of tradition and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A single visa SAARC – The old Silk Route reinvented</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/a-single-visa-saarc-%e2%80%93-the-old-silk-route-reinvented/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My issue is about the visa and how it can help to slow climate change.
There are more people, who travel within the SAARC countries, as a part of several kinds of illegal trafficking and migration than the number of visas issued.
We have to talk about a single SAARC visa for legal passport holders of SAARC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SHANTINIKETAN DECLARATION</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/shantiniketan-declaration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attendance at the Policy Workshop ‘Peace through Tourism in historically changed Cross-borders’ at Museum Hall, Department of History, Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan on 29th &#038; 30th March, 2010. Organized by Department Of History &#038; Help Tourism.
• 36 participants from all over India, specially Northeast, West Bengal and Orissa with delegates from Bhutan and Bangladesh.
• Included Government officials, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public administration of tourism</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2009/organisations-in-the-bangladeshi-tourism-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2009/organisations-in-the-bangladeshi-tourism-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are significant variations in the structure of public administration of tourism, which largely depend on the size of the tourist industry and the importance the government attaches to the various reasons advanced for public sector involvement in tourism.
A common hierarchical structure characterised by a governing assembly, minister for tourism and national tourist office. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SNV work in Asia</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2009/snv-work-in-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2009/snv-work-in-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be inspired by the poverty alleviation through tourism development guided by the organisation SNV, Netherlands Development Organisation.
SNV presence in Asia started in 1980 in Nepal and has since expanded to Bhutan (1988), Vietnam (1995), Laos (2003), Cambodia (2005), and Bangladesh (2005). The 150 local and international advisors are working hand-in-hand with local actors in some [...]]]></description>
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