About Visit Gelephu
An independent window into the world's first mindfulness city.
Why this site exists
Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is one of the most ambitious city-building projects of our era — a 2,500 km² special administrative region in southern Bhutan, designed from a blank canvas around the principles of mindfulness, sustainability, and Gross National Happiness.
Yet for everyone watching from the outside — prospective investors, entrepreneurs, travellers, researchers, and the simply curious — reliable, well-organised information has been scattered and hard to follow. visitgelephu.com exists to fix that: to gather what matters about GMC into one clear, continuously updated place.
What you'll find here
- The vision & master plan — what GMC is, who is behind it, and how it is being built.
- Live news — an automatically updated feed of the latest GMC developments from across the web.
- Investment guidance — the special administrative zone, priority sectors, and how to explore opportunities.
- Travel information — how to reach Gelephu, visas, the best time to visit, and what to see.
- In-depth guides — practical, plain-English explainers in our Guides section.
Our editorial approach
We aim to be accurate, balanced, and clear. Where possible we point to primary sources so you can verify and read further. Our news feed aggregates headlines from established publishers, and our written guides are researched from official announcements and reputable reporting.
This is an independent resource. We are not affiliated with the Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority or the Royal Government of Bhutan. For official information, always consult gmc.bt.
How we sustain the site
visitgelephu.com is supported by unobtrusive advertising and is free for everyone to use. This allows us to keep the news feed running and the guides updated at no cost to readers.
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