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The Sikkim government has banned homestay owners in the Himalayan state from leasing and renting their establishments to any third party, an official said. Homestays will now be run and operated only by the local entrepreneur owning the business.
An advisory issued by the state government’s Tourism and Civil Aviation department September 11 stated that as per rule of the Sikkim Registration of Homestay Establishment Rules of 2013, the homestay owners are not permitted to lease, rent their homestay unit to any third party and that the homestay owners are advised to comply with the same.
The Centre has accepted the proposal of state tourism department for developing tourism in tribal rich areas of Madhya Pradesh. Dhar, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Khargone, Ratlam, Betul, Tikamgarh and Dindori among others are some of the tribal dominated areas of Madhya Pradesh. As part of the project, the tourism department plans to develop homestays in tribal dominated villages, create market platforms, conduct community development programmes and train locals on different hospitality segments.
Further, any report on violation of the same shall be dealt with strictly by the department, it said. The Homestay Association of Sikkim (HAS) has been demanding a ban on leasing and renting of homestay establishments to any third party.
The Sikkim government provides subsidised loans for the establishment of homestays in the Himalayan state to promote entrepreneurship amongst local stake holders in the Tourism industry.
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