Homestay in Nepal is simply the practice of offering food and accommodation upon reasonable payment in order to enrich the life of the host and cultural exchange between host and guest. Homestay in Nepal is quite popular nowadays which was initiated in 1998 Ad when Nepal was celebrating its first tourism year. After the exciting success from the early phase it started to flourish densely thus Nepal has 100s of places offering homestays. It was mainly focused on rural areas in the early days but as time passes it was adopted widely in the city areas which has multiple benefits. The first homestay was established in Darau Sirubari of Syangja district which has flourished well across the country and has an incredible contribution to heritage conservation, income generation, and culture conservation.
Late nineties toddler is running unstoppable pace that is it’s doing great spreading the praiseworthy smiling people where one can feel never-ending peace and love. The purpose of this homestay is enriching lives with the sustainable use of natural resources while income generation is another aim. Culture and language exchange, Information and learning are the additional advantages of Homestay. We can see youth living in the village which is an exception according to the Nepali scenario which is due to Homestay which helped them create income generation.
Tourist Link Trek and Expedition has recently initiated the operation of Homestay nearby Thamel in Kathmandu in order to facilitate the tourist who likes to stay with local Nepali families where guests are expected to learn Nepali language, custom, culture, cuisine, and values. The motto over the operation of such local homestay is to flourish Nepali culture and to provide an opportunity to the guest who likes to live like Nepali while in Nepal.
