The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is proud to be a co-organiser of the first ever road journey from Bangkok to Thimphu in Bhutan – the ‘Bhutan-Thailand Friendship Drive – Connecting Peoples of the Two Kingdoms by Land’.
The epic eight-day journey set off from Bangkok on Friday, 21 June and will have covered 3,000 kmใ by the time it arrives in the Bhutanese capital of Thimphu on Friday, 28 June. The route follows the Myanmar-Thailand-India trilateral highway through the three countries before entering Bhutan through Phuentsholing on the Bhutan-India border on Thursday, 27 June. The ‘Bhutan-Thailand Friendship Drive – Connecting Peoples of the Two Kingdoms by Land’ is one of the flagship events commemorating the 30th anniversary in 2019 of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Bhutan. It is also in celebration of the auspicious Royal Coronation in Thailand and reflects both countries’ reverence of the monarchy institution, with Bhutan also having a king.
