[cid:image001.gif@01D50C03.4E3A5AA0] Member survey from Global Himalayan Expedition to become involved in community-based tourism Dear Mountain Partnership members, Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) is a long standing MP member working in the field of sustainable tourism. Over the last eight years, GHE has setup more than 55 homestays in over 30 remote villages of Ladakh. This has helped these Himalayan communities generate over 14 000 USD in additional income annually and in turn have created a profound impact on their socio-economic status. One of the biggest reasons for the development was the creation of market linkage mechanisms for these homestays and training for the homestay’s owners. Based on this success, GHE would like to support similar community-based tourism activities in other mountainous regions of the world. The below survey is to understand the interest for sustainable tourism and homestays setup in the communities of our MP members. Your responses to this survey are of crucial importance – as this will enable GHE to support new livelihood projects in your mountainous region. Please provide details about villages in your mountain areas that have potential to host travelers in the future and also promote their homes as homestays. GHE will use the results of the survey to connect with you and find new partners and funds to establish the model of community-based tourism in your community. Please note that we are sharing this survey with you as focal point/alternate focal point for your organization so, when filling the questionnaire please remember that you are representing your organization and you should answer on behalf of it. Completing the survey will take you only few minutes but it will give you a chance to receive support from GHE to bring tourism and livelihood support to your community. The survey can be accessed at the following link: https://bit.ly/Homestaysurvey The survey should be completed by 10 July 2020. Kind regards, The Mountain Partnership Secretariat The Mountain Partnership is a voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain people and protecting mountain environments around the world. www.mountainpartnership.org<http://www.mountainpartnership.org/> ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the Friends-Mountains-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?TICKET=NzM3NTEyIE1pcmFuZGEuTXVsbGluZ3NARkFPLk9SRyBGUklFTkRTLU1PVU5UQUlOUy1MIP7fas3CkEyQ&c=SIGNOFF ( ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Friends-Mountains-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Friends-Mountains-L,SIGNOFF);