讀CNN學英語：不丹旅遊重新開機

1. Bhutan [buːˈtɑːn] 不丹
2. set date 定…日子

Bhutan will reopen for international tourists from September for the first time since the pandemic began more than two years ago, officials said on June 30, as the tiny Himalayan kingdom looks to revive its economy.

1. pandemic 疫情
2. Himalayan 喜馬拉雅山的
3. look to do 寄望;指望;依靠;考慮;預想;展望
4. revive [rɪˈvaɪv] 使複蘇

Wedged between China and India, the country with scenic natural beauty and ancient Buddhist culture, took drastic early steps and banned tourism, a major source of income, in March 2020 when the first COVID-19 case was detected there.

1. wedge between and 嵌在…中間
2. scenic （scene）風景優美的
3. Buddhist[ˈbʊdɪst] 佛教的；佛的
4. drastic 激烈的；嚴厲的
5. take steps 采取措施

The constitutional monarchy of less than 800,000 people has reported fewer than 60,000 infections and only 21 deaths, but the $3 billion economy contracted in the last two fiscal years, pushing more people into poverty.

1. constitutional monarchy 君主立憲政體
2. infection 感染
3. contract 收縮，縮小
4. fiscal year 财政年度；财年
5. poverty 貧窮

The Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) said tourists would be allowed to enter from September 23.

1. council 委員會

They will, however, be charged a Sustainable Development Fee of $200 per tourist per night, up from the $65 charged for three decades. Officials said the new fee would offset tourists' carbon impact.

1. charge 收費
2. sustainable 可持續的；(對自然資源和能源的利用)不破壞生态平衡的，合理利用的
3. fee 費用
4. per 每
5. offset 抵消
6. carbon 碳
7. impact 影響

"COVID-19 has allowed us to reset -- to rethink how the sector can be best structured and operated... while keeping carbon footprints low," Tandi Dorji, TCB chairman and the country's foreign minister, said in a statement.

1. reset 調整；重新設定
2. rethink 重新思考
3. sector 行業
4. carbon footprint 碳足迹

Authorities said Bhutan had revised standards for service providers, such as hotels, guides, tour operators, and drivers.

1. authority 威權；當局
2. revise 修訂
3. service provider 服務供應商
4. tour operator 旅行社

Tourism employs 50,000 people and contributed an annual average of about $84 million in the three years before the pandemic in direct foreign exchange.

1. tourism 旅遊業
2. contribute 貢獻

Bhutan opened to high-end tourists in 1974 when it received 300 visitors. The number soared to 315,600 in 2019, up 15.1% from a year earlier, TCB data showed.

1. high-end 高端的
2. soar 激增

Tour operators said visitors would be free to choose their own operators and plan itineraries, whereas before they could choose only from the packages offered by their operators.

1. itinerary [aɪˈtɪnəreri] 行程
2. whereas 用以比較或對比兩個事實)然而，但是
3. package 套餐

Sangay Phuntso, who runs the Always Bhutan Travel company in the capital Thimphu, said the fees may deter some, but not the wealthier visitors.

1. deter 制止；阻止；威懾；使不敢

"Those who can spend are welcome," Phuntso said. "We are excited."