Uttarakhand targets 5000 homestays for tourists, completes over 1500 till November

Under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Grameen Paryatan Yojana, Uttarakhand has a homestay project, under which they have completed 1522 homestays and are targeting for 5000 homestays in the near future, revealed Satpal Maharaj, Tourism Minister, Uttarakhand. He says, “We have already completed 1522 homestays across the state and have given loans for more to people in the state. I am sure having more homestays in the state would help tourism in Uttarakhand. The tourism department in the state is going to train the homestay owners and will also do promotion for the same.”