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The tourism industry in Bhutan is relatively young having been initiated only in 1974 at the time of the coronation of the fourth King. The industry totally operated by the government initially, in response to changing operational requirements was first corporatized in 1983 and finally with the privatisation initiative of the government, privatised towards the end of 1991. The government took up the facilitating and regulatory role with the establishment of the Tourism Authority of Bhutan (TAB). The TAB was restructured and renamed the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. In 2008, realizing the importance of a multi-sectoral approach towards tourism development, the Department of Tourism was granted autonomy under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister and renamed the Tourism Council of Bhutan.