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Samdrupjongkhar gateway fails to deliver tourism boom for the East

Aug 14, 2025 2 mins read
Samdrupjongkhar gateway fails to deliver tourism boom for the East

Around 10 months after Bhutan opened Samdrupjongkhar border gate to international visitors, fewer than a thousand tourists have used the crossing, and the expected tourism boom in eastern Bhutan is yet to materialise.

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