A study on rural homestays in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand (India): An alternative tourism product for sustainable rural development in hills
Surinder Singh,
Kamruddin .
Abstract:Homestay is an important business activity which is also adopted in hill villages to supplement household income from same unit of rural property. In homestay family share a portion of their house with the visiting guests who stay with the family. The present study was conducted in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand (India) covering six homestays from randomly selected ten rural development blocks. The study reveals that majority of homestay owners were male (75.00%) in the middle age group (53.34%) with qualificati… Show more
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