Can you tell the difference between a homestay and a village stay ? Only Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen can do that.
She said monday, " Empty and abandoned houses in villages can be a new source of extra income for villagers as the Tourism Ministry plans to have a new category called "village stay".
She said that compared to homestay, village stay would only provide the basic necessities without the choice of having the experience and engaging in activities with the home owners.
"Maybe you want to do other things (own activities) but you want to stay in the village and don't want the homestay experience," she said after meeting 64 Indonesian homestay participants here.
She said, however, the ministry would hold discussions with the Malaysian Homestay Association so that they could understand the purpose of having a village stay.
"Maybe they have 40 tourists. The village can only provide facilities for 20 people. So, maybe, that accommodation (village stay) can provide some sort of complementary support," she said.
Ng said 17,842 foreign tourists had experienced homestay in the country in the first four months of this year, besides 52,575 Malaysians.
Can we rubbish this idea bearing in mind that it is a poor concept to start with and her figures of foreign tourists is very doubtful. The rest is academic.
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