Homestay as a reliable promotional tool for Cultural Tourism and Security in Indian context

• Binita Chakraborty ^[1]
  1. [1] Jamia Millia Islamia, India
• Localización: IJSSTH, ISSN-e 2250-5105, Nº. 21, 2020
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • Cultural tourism is a specialized cognitive form of tourism that focuses on culture and heritage of the particular destination. Cultural tourism gives political stability and security for the prosperity of tourism and local economies. It reveals about tangible and intangible products and their sustainable development. In this form of tourism, tourist immerses with locals and their cultural related activities such as rituals- festivities and authentic life. Homestay could be a potential component when cultural tourism is concerned. It adds authentic sociocultural richness to the tourist’s experience. A prerequisite for tourism is development of cultural resources which are in abundance in India. Homestays are an attractive alternative tourism product to portray the cultural richness in India.It appeals more often searching for local lifestyle experience, novelty, personalized service and authentic social interactions. This research aims to pen down the significant impacts of homestay in promoting and enriching the cultural tourism business. it will explore and discuss the potential role of homestay in uplifting the cultural tourism of a destination