Sustainable Tourism in Asia : Bhutan
The Balinese resisted assimilation because they long ago figured out how to combine cultural and commercial tourism to suit self-sustaining. They utilise the profits for preservation in both religion, environment & culture- Hindu worshippers maintain their temples & traditional dancers perform onstage. There’s nothing irrelevant performative culture if it is a life-saving preservative, which really shows a way for survival for dying cultures.
Bhutan has figured out how to profit from foreigners without selling out.
- It has learned from mistakes of Nepal, which lets in backpackers who spend limited funds on camping trips that takes a toll on the region — leaving behind little more than litter on the beaten path.
- If future travel is to achieve greater sustainability, we need more reforms. That means a symbiosis which benefits its visitors as well as venues. It doesn’t need more of the same, more massive than before, more homogenizing than heretofore.
- Kingdom choose a system, deliberately rationing the number of tourists allowed. Kingdom incurs a minimum price per day, per person, collected through kingdom. Tourists always look towards cost, so, rate are stoppers/ barriers, especially for bargain hunters. It actually puts down number of immigration and it maximizes inflow.