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COUNTRY: Bhutan SHORT DESCRIPTIONBackgroundTourism is one of the main contributors to Bhutan’s national budget and the development priorities envisaged job opportunities and increasing high quality, low-impact tourism in Bhutan. In 2005, a project was initiated with the aim of strengthening the tourism sector by providing training at international standards and by increasing quality tourism services through the establishment of a hotel and Training management institute, later renamed the ‘Royal Institute for Tourism and Hospitality’ (RITH). In cooperation with the ADA, the Royal Government of Bhutan established a “state of the art” training and capacity building institute. Project AimThe ‘Mid-term Review‘, entailed an evaluation of the extent to which the original project objectives had been achieved in the six years since project commencement and an analysis of whether the current objectives need to be adjusted considering developments in tourism industry in Bhutan and the region. Services ProvidedAGEG Consultants developed the following measures:
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