Assessment of Homestay Program in the Livelihood of Local Community

Despite the importance of homestay in providing ample opportunity to the visitors to explore the real Nepalese rural life, study on its contribution to the welfare of local community, and the varying sense of satisfaction of the visitors is limited. The research entitled "Assessment of Home-stay Program at Amaltari Village of Nawalparasi, Nepal" was carried out to identify the motivation for homestay adoption, explore the social, economic and environmental outcomes of home-stay, and the satisfaction level of eco-tourists with the home-stay program. Data for the study were collected using key informant survey, household survey with 21 numbers of households, and survey with 60 numbers of visitors at different dates in Amaltari village where the home-stay program is implemented on May 19, 2013. Three point Likert scale (Agree to disagree) was employed in analyzing the level of satisfaction of the visitors. Simple descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentages, and means were used to analyze the data, and are presented in different charts and tables.