GMC provides an opportunity to scale up the export-oriented Bhutan brand agri-food sector with the majority of the local workforce currently employed in the agriculture sector. The rise of laminated timber as an alternative construction material is also an opportunity for GMC to become a manufacturing, testing, expertise, and export hub.

With the construction for Gelephu International Airport already underway, there is an immediate opportunity to plan for an aviation and logistics hub that will serve the South Asian region, which has seen increasingly high numbers of outbound tourists after COVID-19.

The Education cluster in Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is the cornerstone of the city’s emerging knowledge economy, supporting and driving growth across all seven core clusters. Centred around higher education and technical learning institutions, this cluster will create a robust ecosystem of talent development, entrepreneurship, and research & development. The impact of this cluster extends beyond education, as it fuels innovation and economic prosperity throughout GMC and the surrounding regions.

GMC offers a gateway to the fastest growing economies in South Asia and South-East Asia through wealth management services to family offices and high net worth individuals.

GMC’s accessibility to cheap and clean renewable energy provides a great opportunity to support ICT and digital industries. Bhutan’s proximity to the world’s largest ICT market (India) also provides incredibly opportunities to support niche markets in the ICT subsectors (green IT, crypto-mining, etc)​.

Bhutan’s untouched environment along with GMC’s core focus on mindfulness will help create a centre of physical and mental well-being through the establishment of world-class health and wellness centers, making GMC a leader in medical tourism, integrative medicine, and R&D.

Taking advantage of Bhutan’s incredibly rich culture and history, GMC will become a prominent centre of Vajrayana Buddhism with numerous major spiritual and religious projects currently in the pipeline by private donors, religious figureheads and His Majesty The King. The spiritual cluster will prove to be a great foundation for GMC’s tourism development strategy.