Background

Since most societies have developed in villages, there is a strong link with these small communities where the way of life , more often than not, has remained unchanged. Fortunately, tourism has taken cognizance of this fact around the world, and the development of rural tourism, as a result, has ensured a more equitable distribution of tourism income, and provided a fillip to the sustenance or ethnic cultures and lifestyles. Of nowhere else could this be truer than rajasthan where the colourful way of village life most truly represents the way the people of this state have lived for centuries, to create a unique socio-system unparalleled elsewhere.

Location

The countryside all over rajasthan is dotted with small villages and rural points of interest. However, most efforts to develop rural tourism along organized lines have been made in areas outside and around Udaipur and Jodhpur, and at another level, in the Shekhawati region.

Incentives

Not only does it help to sustain local ways of living,art , music,dance and culture, it also allows the village community pride in these practices . These can be packaged by an entrepreneur as part of camping tours or heritage tours, with a feel of rural communities through the use of local means of transport, camel rides, campsite cuisine, participation in music and dance soirees and in festivals.