Introduction
Nepal is abundantly rich and unique in cultural, natural, biological and man-made heritages; is an attractive scenic and safe destination in the world. The untold sublimeness of these heritages, millions of tourists can be attracted basically for recreational, trekking, mountaineering, adventurous games and religious activities.In terms of Nepal,tourism is one of the exclusively potentialand prioritied sectors for the economicdevelopment in all spectrums.

Theimmense richness in cultural diversity, geological diversity, adventurous tourism of its prominent peaks and many more enticing natural beauty of Terai ,Hills and mountains of Nepal are yet unexplored to international tourism.Furthermore,Nepal is god gifteddestinations for pilgrimage due to its prominent glorious and prideful historical and sacred places. Lumbini, being birth place of Lord Buddha and Pashupatinath, a centre of faith for Hinduism is major among many important places. Lumbini is found as most often visited pilgrimage by foreigners.

Homestay is a modern paradigm of village tourism basically originated to highlight rural areas’ typical features unlike 5 stars and 7 stars hotels. It is a service of lodging, fooding, and others in their own house or in community based houses in the natural topography.It inherited cultural aspects in the form of rural tourism of village products reflecting that geographical features.In context of Nepal,homestay has become boon for village life to earn name and fame living in village at a same time earning foreign currency and mobilizing that local resources.

It lessens the cost of marketization and delivery to load and unload local products towards urban sites, provide a middle ground for tourists and challenges the idea of renovation.Nepal’s majority of productions are based in rural areas. Until and unless to make access of local products to global market by branding and marketization the slogan of economic wellbeings and prosperity is impossible .Therefore to develop the rural areas from all sectors is foremost thing for the implementation of ‘Think Globally, Act Locally’.

Sirubari of Syangja district is considered to be the first settlement to launce homestay facility for tourist. Homestay resembles Nepali original features and beautiness and connects the far distant rural areas.It is a paradise for ornithologist,nature lovers and researchers of various disciplines.Nepal’s immense heritage sites are of immediate aesthetic, architectural, historical ,social significance,outstandingscenery,altitude,topography,climate,vegetation and life zones of the Himalayan region.

Homestay emphasized on the native style accommodation services to the tourist-they are more intimate than a hotel, offer more of a formal setting than staying with friends and relatives. A homestay can offer the tourist with facilities that traditional types of accommodation may not be able to provide.It triggers the concept of Protection and preservation of natural as well as socio-cultural environment while travelling has attracted the attention of all concerned agencies with tourism since it is a white industry.

Statement of the problem
Tourism is one of the major sources of national economy in Nepal. But it is still depending on traditional agricultural system because it’s not providing full of employment so far. On the other hand, Homestay is new spectrum of tourism in rural areas as it allows the flow of people itself in local geography physically and most feasible sources of alternative income generations because of its surrounding mountains with green forest, lap of magnificent himalayan range, purity of water, various hotels, resorts, various types of flora and fauna, wild animals, birds, friendly people and their sociocultural diversity etc. Shreeantudanda homestay of Illam is a centre of study. This research is expected to seek answer of the following issues.

• How homestay can be an environment friendly approach of tourism?
• What are the barriers to boost up the flow of tourist arrival in the places of Nepal?

Objective of the study
The objective of this study is to find the general status of tourism in Nepal to alleviate the level of poverty and protect the environment.In particular, the modern concept of tourism in rural area is homestay which is boundlessly increasing according to the matching topography of Nepal.some live images are taken from Shreeantudanda home stay of Illam. However, the following are the specific objectives.
-To present the current status of tourism of Nepal
-To describe the homestay as a weapon to alleviate poverty in rural areas.
-To study the use of natural resources and protect the environment while spreading the concept of homestay.
-To present the lack of tourism infrastructure as the barriers to the fast flow and first choice of tourist arrival.

Significance of the study
Tourism is an increasingly popular as an alternative to business.Homestay is a popular approach to introduce visitors with the locals’ genuine concept of living like one.It opens the way for various productions.It can play an important role in the ecological and economic development of nations.It is worth mentioning that;homestay is a pro-women tourism opportunity promotes sustainable community development by fostering gender equality.Female ownership of homestay business secures women’s avenues for income generation and involves them in mainstream development.The present study is intended to cover one of these places of Illamdistrict, namelyKanyam, Fikkal, Shreeantudada,Pashupatinagar .

Illam is famous for tea production and most often visited for sunrise from shreeantudanda. largely view of sun rising and sun setting both pleasure are entertained .The study also helps to those people and organizations that are the needy of the facts and figures of Illam generally in tourism and homestay in particular. Implementation of tourism industry (homestay) allows opportunity for tourists to stay with the local people and interact with them help to receive firsthand knowledge to know more about real Nepal. It would be beneficial for those whowantto gain knowledge and topography of village surrounding Illam and more importantly for planners, policy makers to set out necessary programmes for preventing further degradation of existing natural and cultural resources, their upliftment and sustainable utilization with ecotourism implementation. Along with this, the goals of Sustainable Development goals (17 goals) can get focused with this study.

Limitation of the study
The scope of the study is to explain and explore the prospects,problems and implementations of tourism plans and programmes in rural area.

It focused on the present status of tourism and homestay of Illam so it is very specific case study.It only deals the potentiality of the tourism and homestay of Illam.The study was limited in terms of deeper analysis in tourism academic literature as only few samples were selected from the vast number of homestays. Moreover,homestay tourism is popular in many destinations;it adds authentic socio-cultural richness to the tourist’s experience.For a nation that cannot make extensive infrastructural investment a priority but which possess an abundance of tourism richness in remote communities,homestays are an attractive alternative tourism lifeline.

Current status of Tourism and homestay(Shreeantudanda Community Homestay of Illam)
Homestay in Nepal is a popular approach to introduce visitors with the locals with a genuine concept of living like one.Nepali meaning is ‘Gharbas’ that means to live in a home.The original taste of local cuisine,the lifestyle and the true essence of living like locals in the diverse geographical locations in the best part of staying in the local homes.More than 500 homestays are in Nepal, more of them are run by local community and few of them are privately run.The indigenous communities with their mystical lifestyles and cultural attributes can be showcased best through homestays .

Hundreds of homestays are running in Nepal (7 provinces and 77 districts) with organic natural taste of such topography especially in hilly and mountainous places. Shreeantudanda community homestay of Illam is famous homestay located in Suryodaya municipality ward 4 and 5 Shreeantu, Illam. It has around 43 houses and 172 rooms.Almost 544 beds are available for guests.The way to reach it through CharaaaliJhapa-Fikkal-and Shreeantu.It has 9 members committee chaired by DhankumarAale (9817923581).Its main attractions are viewing of the followings:
Viewing of sunrise and sunset
Sightseeing of Mt.Kanchanjunga
Boating in Antupokhari
Viewing of Lepchamuseam, Antudanda ban, chiyabari and Mechi River,Antu sightseeing tower, AntuPokhari
Sightseeing of Pashupatinagar:Nepal India boarder(pillar no.61)
Visitation of nearby Indian markets like Sikkim, Darjelling, andMirik

Souvenieritems : local handicraft goods
Delicious food item based on local products like dindo,roti,gundrukachar, local liquior of jackle and so on.
Cultural programme: traditional culture of mixed ethnicity,dancing and singing in native tone,availability of cultural attires and photography instantly to wear such dresses and capture the photo around the periphery of Kanyam sites
Comfortable housing with attached bathroom made of small wooden houses (hots)and outside the facility of basking firewood in winter.
-Infrastructure in the village of homestay:horse riding in sloopyway, drinking water, AntudandaringroadGuestroom,bathroom and bath top, road access and pedestrian way
Facilities of solar and electricity, Communication facilities i.e.mobile,Wifi
Security posts:chhiruwa and samalbung
Health post: chhiruwa and samalbung
Welcoming and goodbyeing in native tones

Similarly, the purposes of visit are: holiday celebration and pleasure seeking (60.5%),pilgrimage(15.6%), trekking and mountaineering(12.4%),others(11.5%) and the length of stay reached to 15.1 days(2020), 65 $ per day in 2020 per tourist. Tourists visited to Nepal by air 79.6% and 20.4% by road. The contribution of tourism in GDP has reached around 3 percent. For the collection of primary data following data collection techniques was adopted like interview, inquiries, secondary data from others journal, writings and booklets etc. Data was studied comparatively to get required results about the efficiency of that tourism incomei.e homestay and the effect of that tourism income in the livelihood of rural people has portrayed in this research.

The data contains the tourism related activities like countries where most of tourists come to visit Nepal ie.India,china,Myanmar, USA, Thailandetc. The source of data and information include the department of tourism,department of immigration,department of wild life conservation,Nepal Rastra Bank,central Beaurea of statistics,Nepal tourism Board and other organization. Tourism sectors earnings directly correlates with tourist arrivals.It includes the brief introduction of tourism and main sector IllamAntudanda community homestay regarding its demographics,socio-cultural,economic,geological,and political and other aspects.

Illam is a hilly district nearby terai district Jhapa, famous for tea production and internal tourism. It is a popular point to watch the breathtaking sunrise over the gorgeous Himalayan and equally glorious sunset behind the beautiful hills. It offers an excellent view of the Mt. Kanchanjunga .Not only from the point of tourism but also from the point of view of religion this place is very important. Temple pathivara is also located here over. Illam would be an ideal destination for holiday seekers and to the people who are keen to roam around in the un-crowned and very pleasant weather. It is hub place of terai belt at the time of hot season due to the reason of its pleasant weather(acclimatization), people visit that place to feel cool and relax with its natural ecstasy. Different ethnicities have own culture, practices and needs which significantly affect their income ,their way of living and perceptions about various things related with their lives.

Conclusion
In nutshell, the lofty Himalayas, craggy hills and beautiful plains in Nepal create unique ambience to make the country a remarkable tourist destination in the world.The study shows that the present socio-cultural aspects of tourism have brought lots of prosperity to all types of people like skilled, semi-skilled and un-skilled. The huge number of tourists let the rural people interact with intercultural origin and people and are familiar with hidden trails and valleys. Internal tourism flourish the increment of income so that there is easy access to school ,colleges and health institutions which lead the standard of living. Also it can make the strong bond of brotherhood and harmony.

If their stay prolonged in homestay it is not only cheaper but also full of excitement. There is remarkable change in the lifestyles due to host community’s cuisine, dance, music, social interactions and other interesting activities. As a whole, homestay seems very good for the developing countries but certain things are needed to be sort out. There should be good hospitality, accommodated pricing of the local commodities, environmental protection, greenery, foottrail and proper tourist guide, local made products (food/cousine) ,cultural exhibition so on. Similarly, language skills should be provided to the local people so that they can communicate with the tourist easily.

In the same way,capital /money earned from tourism should be utilized to income generating works and capital formation.At the end, it can be concluded that the economic and socio-cultural condition of all the families who have involved in tourism activities have increased. The local organic productions got market in their own places.Environment is let freeand beauty in natural way so that tourists got to visit there.It is vital in balancing the ecotourism and reducing the poverty level of the study area.

Recommendation
Ultimately, it has been found that the tourism is a bonafied field in terms of earning money and utilizing local resources. Since then, many tourism entrepreneurs have started realizing the need to develop model villages known for their natural and cultural richness. To make it diversify and develop industrial infrastructure and other physical infrastructure there should be tourism friendly policy and plans, resources management, well coordination among concerned agencies. Homestay is more suitable for rural areas of Nepal to flourish alternate way of tourism to encounter poverty and saving environment in the present time. Based on the study, following recommendations are made for its wider applications throughout the rural areas of Nepal.

-There should be proper tourism infrastructures like road, drinking water, hording boards, local vehicles, proper security, proper information’s, signs and symbols in the foot trails etc.
-Local people should be more hospitable and polite to the tourists.
-Natural organic and homegrown foods should be there in order to provide different taste to tourists.
-Environment preservation should be focused unlike throwing plastics and bottles rampantly. Some small fund should be allocated from tourism as of the polluter pays principles for pollution control and greenery management.
-Clubs and self-help groups should encourage local people to conserve the natural resources.
-Should promote the use of local resources in poverty ridden areas.

• Foreigners should also be entertained with their own traditional cultural songs and dances.
• Also there is an urgent need of homestay directories to get access of all information regarding this homestay tourism in Nepal.

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