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A quiet eco-tourism experiment in Tading

Dec 29, 2025 2 mins read
A quiet eco-tourism experiment in Tading

Samtse—About a 15-minute drive from the Phuentsholing–Samtse highway towards the Tading gewog office, a modest eco-tourism site sits quietly along the banks of the Amochhu, reflecting both the promise and the constraints of community-based tourism in southern Bhutan.

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