Wednesday, 22. September 2004
Topic: NEWS english - on September 22, 2004 at 10:37:00 AM CEST
Credit cards swipe into isolated Bhutan
The world of plastic purchases has finally reached the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan with four government ministers and eight businessmen to be issued Visa cards, state media reported.
The Bhutan National Bank had negotiated internationally for years to issue credit cards with little success owing to the remote state's tiny economy which is based on farming and forestry.
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