Why is Homestay Travel so attractive to young people?

Finding a place to sleep and rest during the trip is extremely important, it greatly affects the quality of the trip.  Among the types of accommodation, homestay is now emerging as a new trend in tourism, especially for young people. Let’s find out what is so hot about homestay.

There are quite a few of you who travel often without knowing what homestay is, the difference from hotels, motels and resorts. Keep reading to find out the concept and difference of accommodation types above.

Life is more and more modern, living standards are increasing, making the demand for travel and relaxation also increases accordingly.  The needs of tourists are increasingly diverse which causes the tourism industry to constantly innovate, creates new types of accommodation to meet the needs of guests and increase competitiveness. Particularly, homestay travel is a fairly new type and is a trend chosen by many people today.

What is Homestay? Surely many people have heard the word “Homestay” but not everyone really understands it.

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Homestay is a type of green tourism that is very suitable for tourists who love to explore and experience culture in new lands.  What does homestay travel mean? 

1- Why is Homestay Travel so attractive to young people?

Meeting the needs of young people - those who love cheap travel without a high budget, the form of homestay accommodation was born with beautiful space, good service but still affordable.

Different from the traditional homestay form of having to stay with the host, the new homestay style allows tourists to enjoy a private space.  Most homestays are now built into separate apartments from the owner.  Worries such as living hours and living space of old homestay form are now gone.

The most authentic and closest experience of the daily life and culture of a land.  This is also a good opportunity for you to learn and talk about food and culture with indigenous people, to have them openly tell you many social stories, folk customs, etc.

The price of homestay travel is also very affordable for tourists, ranging from affordable homestays to luxurious style homestays for you to choose depending on your preferences and conditions.

For those reasons, homestay has become a new, unique, attractive and worthy tourism trend for young people to choose.  However, the development of homestay travel also poses many challenges, the strong commercialization of cultural values ​​leads to changes in the basic nature of Homestay which is the living and accommodation of indigenous people.  The rapid development of Homestay also makes this form of accommodation gradually lose its uniqueness.  Modern appliances such as heaters, air conditioners, etc. are used more and more in stilt houses, partly losing the cultural values ​​of the region.

Why is homestay travel loved by young people? As mentioned above, the experience is an unique and attractive feature compared to other types of accommodation services.  With a homestay, you will experience the most unique culture of the indigenous people right where you live without having to go far.

Experiential tourism is also a new way of travel that is being loved by many people in recent times because they will really experience the characteristics of the region in the most authentic way.

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Moreover, the homestay rental price is considered to be lower than other hotels and motels.

2- Scale of Homestay 

The size of homestay rooms is usually small and medium. Particularly, the room type for 1-2 people is the most popular.  There are also larger room types, which can be stayed in groups of many people or rented for the whole family. The homestay's catering services will often let visitors experience and cook their own typical local dishes.  Some places also have outdoor fire stove for visitors to have parties and festivals if traveling in large groups.

Depending on the region, each locality will have different ways of designing and arranging.  For example, homestays in mountainous areas will often be built in the style of stilt houses, while in the sea are often liberal, close to nature or a bit bohemian, ...