[1763, “India Beyond the Ganges”, inA New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences[…],volume II, London: W. Owen,→OCLC,page1756, column 2:
INDIA BEYOND THE GANGES, is a country bounded by Thibet andBoutan on the north ; by China, Tonquin, and Cochin China on the eaſt ; by the Indian Ocean on the ſouth ; and by the hither India , the bay of Bengal, and the Straits of Malacca on the weſt:[…]]
2024 January 10, “Former PM Tobgay’s party wins Bhutan parliamentary elections”, inEFE[2], archived fromthe original on12 January 2024[3]:
The problems forBhutan, a country largely dependent on tourism but that has imposed restrictions to prevent environmental destruction, began worsening since the coronavirus pandemic. The mountainous and isolated kingdom has opted in recent years for a timid openness but remains firm in its desire to avoid mass tourism and to preserve an identity shaped, compared to other minorities, around the traditions of the Tibetan-origin ‘Drukpa’ ethnic group, which professes Mahayana Buddhism.
2024 July 4, Lilit Marcus, “This country has a national happiness index. But what is it really like to live there?”, inCNN[4]:
Most foreigners who have heard ofBhutan know two things: the country charges international visitors a $100/day sustainable development fee (aka tourist tax), and that it is the birthplace of the Gross National Happiness Index, a system intended to look after the well-being of citizens and the environment.
^Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Bhutan”, inThe Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY:Columbia University Press,→OCLC,page212, column 2
