Uttarakhand Launches Country’s First State Sponsored Online Homestay Booking Portal
About 5000 homestays made online in the state, will later be connected with wellness centers
Booking for homestays in Uttarakhand can now be done on www.uttarastays.com . This is the first such initiative by the tourism department in any state where a state-sponsored homestay booking portal has been launched.
Secretary Tourism/CEO, Uttarakhand Tourism Development Council, Sachin Kurve said that this three-pronged strategy to strengthen the homestay infrastructure in the state includes assistance through subsidy, skill training to homestay owners and online portal. Bookings from this portal will prove to be a milestone. He has also invited all homestay owners to register their homestays on the portal. Users can also rate homestays on the platform through which homestay operators will get real feedback on their services. This will also give them an opportunity to improve their services.
He said that in future there is also a plan to connect homestays with wellness centres established in different areas so that tourists can also avail the benefits of services like yoga, naturopathy, panchkarma, Ayurvedic massage etc.
Homestay scheme is an effective medium to promote tourism in the state. The launch of the homestay booking portal is also an effort to strengthen the economy of homestay operators. This portal will provide correct information about homestays to the general public as well as promote homestays. There will be facility to book online. This initiative is also an effort to provide an online medium for booking to homestay owners.
Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand said “with this online portal, the tourism department has added another dimension to the promotion of homestays. With this, homestay owners can register their homestays on this portal for booking by providing information about the homestay and signing an agreement for it. You can. Uttarakhand Tourism Department is continuously committed to promoting the local economy through various tourism related activities. And this initiative is a powerful and important step towards increasing the revenue of homestay owners by providing them an online medium without any charge. It’s a step”.
