Paper Title
The Development of Home Stays to Encourage Rural Tourism in Uttrakhand State

Abstract
Uttrakhand become the State of Republic of India. Located in the Himalayan belt the State of Uttrakhand with snow mountains lakes and wild life and Parks, Fairs event and festivals and safe environment with friendly tourist destination. The State of Uttrakhand which has also acquired and acronym “Dev Bhoomi” because of its tremendous potential for the tourism activities and specially related to holidays /Leisure for the purpose of visiting Uttrakhand. Uttrakhand people are simple and warm and follow ancient Vedic traditional of “Atithi Devo Bhava” or “Guest are God” and they welcome their guest with open arms and offer personalized care and services. Home stay is playing major role in developing tourism in Uttrakhand. Main reason of this paper to highlight the force migration due to un employment in hilly/rural areas of Uttrakhand. Villagers are forced to leave their home in search of jobs/earnings. Many villages become Ghost Villages in Uttrakhand due un employments. Uttrakhand Govt has initiated home stay scheme in the State to check the Forced migration. People have started renovating their homes for Home Stays purposes with help of Uttrakhand Govt. Homestay in Uttarakhand eyes jobs in hills to check forced migration Keywords - Tourism, Travel, Uttrakhand, Homestay, Self Employment.