25 interesting facts about Bhutan ???
1.) Bhutan is the only nation in the world where the sale of tobacco is banned.
2.) All citizens officially become one year older on New Year’s Day.
3.) Plastic bags have been banned in Bhutan.
4.) Agriculture is its major industry with rice, fruit and dairy industry.
5.) Bhutan is the World’s Only Carbon Negative Country.
6.) Dzongka is the official language.
7.) At 24,840 feet, Gangkhar Puensum is the highest point in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world.
8.) Buddhism is the official religion with Hinduism the second popular faith.
9.) Bhutan may be derived from the Sanskrit Bhotanta which means The end of Tibet and The Sanskrit Bhu-attan meaning highlands.
10.) Bhutanese call their home Druk Yul which means The Land of the Thunder Dragons because of the extremely powerful storms which constantly roar in from the Himalayas.
11.) Bhutan is one of the last countries in the world to introduce television to its people.
12.) Anyone found guilty of killing a highly endangered and culturally sacred black-necked crane could be sentenced to life in prison.
13.) Bhutanese manners dictate that you are to refuse food whenever it’s offered to you.
14.) Paro International Airport is one of the most difficult airports to fly to.
15.) The idea of Gross National Happiness instead of GDP most Bhutanese are happy with the life they are living.
16.) Bhutan Has Very Low Crime Rate.
17.) A Bhutanese man can marry another woman (or many women) with the consent of his wife. A woman, too, can legally marry more than one man.
18.) Bhutan has the most dangerous roads in the world.
19.) The Bhutanese are the most peaceful and spiritual countrymen in the world.
20.) Bhutanese believe that phalluses protect us from evil.
21.) Bhutan is a mountainous country but it does not welcome mountaineers.
22.) There are no traffic lights in Bhutan.
23.) No animal is killed in Bhutan.
24.) Bhutan is one of the few, if not the only country in the world, to have never been conquered.
25.) It is mandatory to wear the national dress in Bhutan.