Volume : 2, Issue : 2, February - 2013

Home Stay Scheme in Himachal Pradesh: A Successful Story of Community Based Tourism Inititatives (CBTIS)

Dr. Amit Gangotia

Abstract :

The present study is based on the extensive literature review and is an attempt to understand the success of the “Homestay scheme” initiated by the Himachal government popularly called “Himachal Pradesh Home Stay, Scheme 2008”. Himachal Pradesh is blessed with immense natural beauty and diverse set of tourism products like pilgrimage, excursion, adventure sports, heritage, culture, cuisines, festivals etc. has started paying attention towards tourism industry in past few years. The successful anding of Himachal as “Unforgettable Himachal” has generated multiple benefits to the industry in terms of revenue generation, employment generation etc., and the tourism has always motivated the community to participate and take maximum benefit out of it; the paper focuses on the impact of this popular scheme on the local community.