Yatra signs MoU with Madhya Pradesh to promote homestays

NEW DELHI: Online travel portal Yatra.com on Thursday announced that they have signed an MoU with the Madhya Pradesh government to jointly promote homestays in the region.

"The partnership will enable Yatra to promote all the state tourism approved homestays, wherein travelers can rent a room in the home of a local family (host) or the entire house. With an intend of establishing itself as the largest homestays curator of over 3000 homestays across 130 cities across India, come March the portal will sign two more MoU’s with the Governments of Odisha and Chhattisgarh," Yatra said in a release.

"We believe that this partnership will offer best-in-class stay experience for the tourists visiting the state. Strengthening our eco-system for homestays, we are aggressively working towards promoting homestays across the country which will also generate employment for the local population and help contribute to the economy of the nation." Sharat Dhall, COO (B2C) at Yatra.com was quoted in the release.