Himachal Pradesh, the Indian state at the foothills of the mighty Himalayas is all set to give a boost to the Homestay concept. Taking this into consideration, the state government is likely to consider exemption over procedural registration of such units, change of land use fee, luxury tax, sales tax and commercial charges on electricity, restricted to five bed rooms and water so that rural participation was ensured in tourism, a house hold affair.

The authorities would also be adopting a liberal attitude towards the rural tourism promotion and encourage people to create basic infrastructure to cater to the basic requirements of the tourists visiting rural and remote areas for which additional incentives would be provided.

A Master Development Plan for Kufri as high end tourist destination extended up to Durgapur with a special focus on sanitation, garbage disposal system, type of construction will soon be carried out for tourism activities and develop Craignano as alternate tourist destination by creating the basic amenities for the visitors to the area.

Efforts would be made to re-locate the pony riders at suitable places so that their earning was not hampered and the places were maintained hygienically neat and clean to attract maximum number of tourists to visit the place.