Read the following case carefully and answer the questions asked below. Homestay is not only a rural tourism but also a strategy for rural development. The development of Homestay demands high…

Read the following case carefully and answer the questions asked below.

Homestay is not only a rural tourism but also a strategy for rural development. The development of Homestay demands high commitment and understanding among the villagers. To create a successful environment for homestay program coordination, cooperation between the villagers is very essential. Homestay plays a vital role in socioeconomic, social capital development as well as contribution to the conservation of rural areas. The Homestay in Ghaleguan has great potential to be an alternative tourism product attract international and domestic tourists. Thus, the effective collaboration Homestay is the one of important sectors, and villagers is very essential for its promotion. Growth and social change. It is a significant source of employment, foreign and domestic income.

Tourism in Nepal is urban-centered in most cases but it is not a good concept for its development and has to be expanded across the country so that every possibility of tourism is utilized: it is not only in the urban area but also in the rural part of the country. So, it is quite obvious to seek the model of rural tourism like Ghalegaun Village. But the rural part of Nepal has different agenda for the development of rural tourism. Tourism infrastructure is one of the important issues to be developed besides the physical infrastructures. The survey reveals that most of the respondent who is real participant of the Homestay program benefited from one of the good incomes even in the rural part of the country found in the survey.

As the problems of tourism, survey reveals mainly the language followed by the skill development and the tourism infrastructure problem in the study area. This generalizes the requirement of the various foreign language to the local people to promote the business of their own and for the tourism development in the study area. The survey, as the impacts of the tourism in the local area, reveals that the highest impact on the generation of the income followed by the in skills and on environmental sanitation and cultural reforms respectively.

As the negative impacts of tourism, this study reveals that social, ethical, and moral issues have a greater percentage of damage than environmental and cultural degradation and the social, environmental, and cultural issues.

Questions: a. What is homestay? Clarify the meaning. b. Mention the challenges of homestay according to your opinion. c. What are the importances of homestay for tourism development? d. Give your suggestion about improving the homestay sector for the long-term tourism business.