Rural Tourism

Rahul Koppula from Telangana started The Hidden Burrow, a treehouse hotel chain located in Jibhi, Himachal Pradesh. Here's how he did it.

Agritourism is a concept made popular in India by Pandurang Taware. The farmers associated with his venture say it has given a boost to their regular income.

For generations, the residents of Meghalaya's Kongthong village have communicated with each other using a unique form of whistled identity instead of names!

A nondescript village nestled amidst the craggy peaks of Kargil, Hunderman is home to a unique ‘Museum of Memories’ that documents the life of border families

An initiative is helping you forget the city life and head to the local villages and experience the rustic life there.

Bastar district in Chhattisgarh is home to some of the most unique tribal culture in India. However, the Naxalite activity around the borders of the state makes people wary of travelling there. Jinendra Parakh narrates his own experiences travelling to Bastar and how they changed his perception of the region and its people.

70 % of India’s population still lives in rural villages. However, for all the amenities provided by urbanisation and modernisation, rural India can still teach urban India a thing or two about how to live a good life.

India has a rich history and heritage of arts & crafts from different regions, and a growing tourism industry. Combining the two can provide a unique opportunity to help empower livelihoods in parts of rural India while giving India’s crafts heritage the visibility it deserves.

With its winding cobbled lane, mud-plastered walls and slate-roofed heritage houses, this village offers what most destinations can only dream of promising -- a return, if briefly, to the simple life of an erstwhile era.

From miniature painters and graffiti artists to documentary makers and ceramic designers, artists from all over the world are partnering with the villagers of Gunehar to transform the remote Himachal village into an art destination.