Tour Guide, Islamabad, Pakistan
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For over three decades, community-based tourism has been promoted as a means of development whereby the social, environmental, and economic needs of local communities are met through the offering of a tourism product. Community-based tourism takes environmental, social, and cultural sustainability into account. It is managed and owned by the community, for the community, to enable visitors to increase their awareness and learn about the community and local ways of life.
Community-based tourism (CBT) has been working for the last three decades. It has promoted social, cultural, and economic development through providing several tourism products. CBT is managed and owned by the local community. The community has a unique lifestyle, culture, language, and food, and God has gifted it with a different demographic landscape and equipped it with thousands of spices. The core objective of this project is to preserve local heritage, culture, foods, and livelihood. To meet the contemporary world, the local community has offered different tourism products.
Provides tourism activities and experiences in the local community and opportunities to stay in local traditional houses to sell local food products. Work with local stakeholders – local government, CBT tourism committee, local tour businesses, youth group, tourism authorities, responsible travel websites, and local and international tour operators. Also, work with conservation and NGO stakeholders. Uses local produce, products, and services - vegetables, fruit, and nuts for home-stay food; locally handmade weaving from local handicraft groups, building materials locally sourced from sustainable sources; villagers provide the entertainment; cultural exchange workshops.
Benefits going to individuals or households in the community, collective benefits – the creation of assets that are used by the community as a whole, roads, schools, clinics, etc. Community benefits are a distribution of benefits to all households in the community. Conservation initiatives with community and collective benefits include joint ventures with the community and/or collective benefits, including an anticipated management transfer. Community-owned and managed enterprises. Private sector enterprises with community benefits. Product networks developed for marketing tourism in a local area. Community enterprise within a broader co-operative. Private sector development within a community-owned reserve
We start our first Community-based tourism services from a village Ghulkin Hunza Valley Pakistan, where the local community is working for the eco-tourism village model. Ghulkin Village is located in Upper Hunza Valley, 3 km from the main Karakorum High Way. The village is also known as a summer and winter sports and local foods destination. Most important for visitors, there are various trekking routes to the Ghulkin Glacier, Borith Lake, Passu Glacier, Viewpoint of global valley and cross trek to Gulmit. In the evening, boys and girls play different kinds of games and evening walk around the village and the viewpoint of Gojal Valley. The community's significant saucers of income are agricultural and small level Livestock, Government and private jobs, and small business. Highly educated local communities with rich culture and tradition are brand ambassadors to a fantastic destination.
Accommodation
You will stay in a local traditional central Asian washi house in the villages with basic facilities like hot water, Internet, and a clean traditional house with special artwork. Generally, more than 12 persons can sleep in this traditional house, but we offer a quality service with 6 to 8 people.
Local Foods
The local community has their kitchen garden and agricultural products like vegetables, fresh fruits, and Livestock, all these products they are using from the village.
Local Music
Traditionally local communities use old instruments like rababs, sitars, flutes, Duriya, and Ghajeks.
Cultural Festivals and Events,
There are some cultural events in summer, autumn, winter, blossom, and some religious occasions where you can join the local community.
Explore Village Life
Local community life is full of joys and healthy activities. Visitors can experience their daily life with agricultural activities, livestock.
Tourist destinations and products
Visitors can explore the surrounding natural wonders of villages. With 7 to 8 km area, 3 glaciers, two lakes, 7 villages, and a view of valleys, short and long trekking, 4 peaks above 700m, and more 10 peek above 6000m.