Renowned as one of the happiest places on earth, the country of Bhutan projects an image of a secluded paradise hidden deep in the Himalayas, pursuing its king's unique policy of 'Gross National Happiness'. With strict control of its own ecological and sociological development, Bhutan preserves its highly prized reputation for happiness by choosing to evaluate and reject much of what the outside world has to offer, shielding its people from any influences not deemed to be beneficial by the king.
In a recent survey, 97% of the Bhutanese declared themselves to be happy.

But for how long Bhutan can resist the influences of the twenty first century, the invasion of tourists, new media and western materialism? Is the happiness of Bhutan just a rapidly vanishing ideal? As monks play with condoms, clowns offer advice on AIDS and farmers feed cannabis to pigs, we hear the thoughts of the Bhutanese government, Buddhist monks, a cross section of society and tourists on the challenges facing the underlying spiritualism of this mystical country and its rapidly changing identity in an internet shrunk world .

"Much as we would like to think that we were able to learn from the mistakes of other countries and of other societies, I think we are also going headlong into some of the very same mistakes that have happened elsewhere. All safety networks of caring for each other, of community, harmony, of communal feeling, all those are breaking down rather rapidly and that is something that worries me constantly, that's when you have new issues, that's when you have drug problems, you have prostitution and we might have had those in any case but the rate at which it is moving is so much faster, that it is a cause for worry." Chime Wangdi, Secretary General of Tarayana Foundation, supporting rural communities.

"Bhutan, the Height of Happiness" is a visually stunning, fifty minute broadcast documentary film featuring interviews with many Bhutanese including key officials in the government, and western tourists visiting the country.