Ten things you didn’t know about Bhutan

• Bhutan first got television in 1998
• Archery is the national sport
• Smoking is prohibited in public places and the sale of cigarettes is banned throughout the country
• National dress is compulsory for Bhutanese citizens – men wear a gho and women wear a kira
• The 4th King was married to four sisters
• There are blue sheep at higher altitudes
• There are about ten internet cafés in Thimphu and there is mobile phone coverage in most of the main towns
• If you see a royal vehicle on the road you have to pull over until it has passed
• There are no beggars or homeless people
• Plastic bags are banned for ecological reasons