Benefit analysis of Dalla community homestay in Madhuban municipality, Bardia
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Department of Rural Development
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This thesis entitled Benefit Analysis of Dalla Community Homestay in
Madhuban Municipality, Bardiy has been carried out. This research especially tries to
find out the socio-cultural, economic and environmental benefits of homestay in the
study area. For this study, 108 respondents including 33 district beneficiaries and 75
indirct beneficiaries were selected by adopting purposive sampling method.
The main aim of this study is to explore the socio-economic and cultural impact
of homestay tourism in the tharu people. Due to homestay, their consciousness about to
preservation of their religions, clothing, ornaments, language, customs and traditions have
been radically increased. New generations who were almost forgotten their socio-cultural
rituals, they have started to taking training with their elders. In terms of economic benefits,
previously Tharu people were used to labour in foreign countries by investing much money,
but now, they have returned and invested somehow money in Homestay, which has great
benefits for them. Due to Dalla Community Homestay, whole people of this village and
surrounding have involved themselves in different types of income generating tasks.
Vebetable farming, goat farming, fish farming were the subsidiary sources of their income.
Similarly, the consciousness level of preservation of bio-diversity has also been increased on
them. They have known about the importance of clean air, water, food and many more which
comes directly from environment and tourists also come there in order to see the natural
scenario of that place. In the study area 70.37 percent respondents were agreed that
environment attracts tourists and cent percent were agreed that good environment keeps
environment good. Hence, due to Dalla Community Homestay, Tharu people were socioculturally,
economic
and
environmentally
benefitted.
In Dalla Community Homestay, business plays a vital role in their
community in a sense of socio-cultural development, economic growth and
environmental preservation. Every household including women empowerment
entrepreneurship including socio-economic status and quality of life found to be good
due to its establishment. Similarly, Tharu people were becoming aware of their
cultural heritages, its preservation, and development of new local infrastructure. It has
contributed to generate more employment opportunities, infrastructure development
and eventually contributing to poverty reduction too.