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What is the primary economic objective of the Sikkim government's promotion of homestay tourism across rural and remote settlements?
A. Decentralizing tourism revenue to rural households and preventing mass urbanization✓ Correct Answer
B. Concentrating all hospitality earnings in large five-star urban hotels
C. Eliminating traditional cultural practices to build modern amusement parks
D. Replacing agricultural activities entirely with commercial aviation
💡 Solution & Explanation
Rural homestay tourism decentralizes economic benefits directly to village households, supplementing agrarian income, encouraging cultural preservation, and discouraging distress migration to Gangtok. Concentrating earnings in urban hotels contradicts inclusive rural development. Community-based tourism models foster resilient grassroots micro-economies.
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