The Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) has tied up with homestays aggregator Stayzilla to unlock untapped tourism promotion potential in the segment.
A MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Raman Singh, Managing Director of Chhattisgarh Tourism Board, M.T. Nandi and Vice President, Marketplace, Stayzilla.com Ankit Rastogi, besides other officials of Chhattisgarh government and the private sector partner for the initiative.
Under this agreement, Stayzilla will support verification procedures and jointly boost homestays in cities and places of interest within Chhattisgarh, officials informed.
Notably, the CTB will be aggressively promoting homestays segment for tourists , officials informed.
The task includes Branding and Marketing related to promotion of Home stay as a concept , opening up and verification of new Home stays in the area, training and handholding the Home stay owners towards the use of technology and operational practices necessary to develop their Home stays.
The task also involves development and implementation of technology framework for Home stays operations and also strategy, planning and for better Home stay service delivery.
Notably, CTB had earlier also has decided to offer special concessions to the travel agents and tour operators for further boosting tourist traffic in the State.
Officials stated the Board will now charge an amount of Rs 1000 for three year registration from these agents in order to provide services to the tourists.
Earlier, one year registration and validity charge amounting to Rs 1000 was fixed for travel agents by the Board.
Notably, the Central Government has recently approved Rs 99.94 crore based on a Detailed Project Report (DPR) submitted by CTB for development of the Tribal Tourism Circuit in the State under ‘Swadesh Darshan’ package.
The approval was given in a Secretary-level meeting held in New Delhi recently, officials stated.
The objective of forming the tourism circuit is to highlight rich and ancient tribal culture and environment of Chhattisgarh’s tribal dominated regions.
Under this tribal tourism circuit, Jashpur, Kunkuri, Mainpat, Ambikapur, Maheshpur, Ratanpur, Kurdur, Sarodhadadar, Gangrel, Nathiyanawagaon (Kanker), Kondagaon, Jagdalpur, Chitrakoot, Teerathgarh will be developed .