Ploughing a rice field, or chasing a goat up a hillside might not be everyone’s idea of a vacation. However a new tourism initiative offers city dwellers a chance to holiday in India’s villages and get acquainted with its distinct local culture.Grassroutes, is a social initiative that offers tourists a unique living experience through community-based tourism in rural Maharashtra. City dwellers sign up for a two-day trip, or longer, on the website grassroutes.co.in, and choose the activities they’d like to participate in: all typical to village life. They then spend their holiday with a village family, learning about their customs, traditions and realities that are far removed from India’s urban city life.The scheme which is designed to address one of India’s most daunting challenges – that of improving the lot of her villages and its inhabitants – while creating an economically viable commercial enterprise has already won Grassroutes various awards.
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