Government to introduce ‘home-stay’ from mid-August

The government has decided to launch a ‘home-stay’ programme from August 17, 2010 as a new tourism product focusing on Nepal Tourism Year 2011 (NTY-2011).

Organising a press conference in the capital on Friday, the government informed the media that under the policy on building and development of tourism infrastructure 2065, it has targeted to promote tourism sector by establishing the facility of home-stay in both rural and urban areas.

The government has also deemed that through the introduction of the programme, rural tourism will be developed through which many marginalised people among others will have job opportunities and benefit from it.

According to Prachanda Man Shrestha, CEO of Nepal Tourism Board, home-stay is being introduced to bring all people in the circle of the tourism sector as Nepal has set a theme ‘Together for Tourism’.

He also said that home-stay in completely different from hotels and lodges. It is a unique, cultural and traditional practice of living with different groups of people of Nepal.

The work plan has been prepared with the participation of tourism entrepreneurs, private sector, tourism board and police administration among others. source:nepalnews.com