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Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education

Asian Institute of Technology & Management (AITM) School of Hotel Management

Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education publishes applied and theoretical work on tourism inquiry, methods and practice. It welcomes interdisciplinary contributions and promotes critical approaches, new concepts, frameworks, methods, models and practices in tourism studies.

TourismHospitalityTourism EducationTourism Management

Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education

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Article recordVersion of recordOpen accessVol. 7 (2017)August 4, 2026Cited by 7 · Crossref

Sociocultural Sustainability of Small Tourism Enterprises: Observations from Ghalegaon’s Community Based Homestays

Ghalegaon represents one of Nepal’s most popular rural community based tourism entrepreneurship initiatives in a form of home stays. This paper explores the socio cultural sustainability of the Ghalegaon home stays. Fou…

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  • Baikuntha Prasad Acharya
  • Elizabeth Halpenny

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Ghalegaon represents one of Nepal’s most popular rural community based tourism entrepreneurship initiatives in a form of home stays. This paper explores the socio cultural sustainability of the Ghalegaon home stays. Fourteen individual interviews, five focus group discussions and onsite observations were used to discuss four categories of socio cultural dimension of sustainability: 1) inclusive, 2) collaborative, 3) resilient, and 4) modernizing. The findings revealed a slow impact of tourism with variations in perceptions of the local people. A critical insight to respective stakeholders are offered.

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Home staySocio cultural sustainabilitySmall tourism enterpriseGhalegaon

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