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AP Tourism to promote homestays
Andhra Pradesh Tourism department signed a strategic partnership deal with Rightstay (MakeMyTrip) and Stayzilla to promote home stay concept in the State.
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Tourism department signed a strategic partnership deal with Rightstay (MakeMyTrip) and Stayzilla to promote home stay concept in the State.
The MoU was signed on Monday between AP Tourism department director Himanshu Shukla and Swapnil Vats, community manager, Rightstay and Ankit Rastogi, vice-president Marketplace, Stayzilla.
With this association, Rightstay and Stayzilla will become the first two aggregators to associate with government tourist department in south India.
In order to promote rural tourism in the State, AP Tourism intends to encourage organised, community-based, environmentally and socially responsible rural home stays in the countryside in Andhra Pradesh.
The State government considers rural tourism as an important instrument for sustainable livelihood of the rural people.
Rural home stay is the mechanism for experiencing a rural way of life for visiting tourists.
Home stay is any traditional accommodation available or constructed aesthetically in rural areas with best amenities and highest safety norms for the tourists.
The State has rich cultural heritage with multitude of rural areas having unique traditions.
