BHUTAN: THE HOST COUNTRY
Bhutan is a Himalayan Kingdom shaped by balance, restraint, and a deep regard for the living world. Recognised as the world’s first carbon-negative country, it has placed environmental stewardship at the centre of national policy, with its Constitution requiring at least 60% forest cover for all time. It is also a country of striking contrasts: among the last in the world to introduce television and the Internet, yet today among the early national movers in digital identity, blockchain infrastructure, and state-level digital assets. Guided by Gross National Happiness, high-value tourism, and a measured approach to modernity, Bhutan offers AVS a host country where tradition and innovation are not opposing forces, but part of the same national purpose
How the world has described Bhutan
“Home to a thriving, ancient culture, as well as stunning natural beauty”
“The Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan has outpaced the rest of the world in sustainability and conservationism.”
“A remote, relatively rarely visited kingdom of myth and legend”
“Renowned as a beacon of light for measuring its success according to Gross National Happiness (GNH)”
The World Comes Here for a Reason
For AVS, the choice of Bhutan was never purely logistical. A summit about Asia’s future needed a host who had already been living one version of it, quietly, deliberately, without fanfare.
Bhutan is that host.
