It refers to a rural lifestyle that uses idle rooms in self-occupied houses, or idle houses, and combines local humanities, natural landscapes, ecology, environmental resources and agricultural, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry production activities to operate as a family sideline and provide accommodation for tourists.

Origin:

There are many opinions about the origin of folk stacks. Some studies say it's from Japan, while others say it's from France. The word Discovery B&B is more from Britain.

In the early1960s, in order to increase income, homestays began to appear in sparsely populated farmhouses in southwest and central England. At that time, there were not many homestays, b&; B (bed plus breakfast) management mode, which belongs to family hospitality, is the earliest homestay in Britain.

brief introduction

In addition to ordinary hotels and guest houses, other places that can provide accommodation for tourists, such as houses, leisure centers, farms, farmhouses, pastures, etc. , can be classified as a homestay.

The emergence of B&B is inevitable, not accidental in Japan or Taiwan Province Province. Services of a similar nature can be seen all over the world.

Due to different environment and cultural life, the name B&B is slightly different in different countries in the world. In Europe, most B&Bs operate in the form of farm accommodation, so that ordinary B&Bs can comfortably enjoy the farm-style pastoral living environment and experience farm life.

Canada adopts the mode of holiday farm to provide ordinary homestay holidays and enjoy farm life. Hosting families or guest houses are very common in the United States. They are not deliberately arranged at home and are cheaper than hotels. In Britain, it is usually called bed and breakfast (BNB). Literally, it is to provide a place to sleep and a simple breakfast. Most people charge about twenty or thirty pounds a night, depending on the star rating. Of course, the price will be much cheaper than ordinary hotels.

type

1. According to the location, there are two categories: urban homestays and rural homestays.

(1).B&B urban area: developed from a small village, mainly in the form of apartment buildings, featuring modern architecture.

(2) Villagers' Hostel: With rural culture as its connotation and relying on the development of scenic spots or regional characteristic resources, it has a strong local flavor.

2. According to the function, it is divided into two categories: pure accommodation and special service.

(1) Pure accommodation type: generally close to scenic spots, developed by relying on the popularity of surrounding scenic spots, characterized by cleanliness, freshness and low price.

(2) Characteristic service: It is also a tourist attraction, which usually combines the surrounding resources to create characteristic themes such as hot spring health care and rural sports, and provides agricultural experience and eco-tourism services.

(3) According to property rights, it is divided into two categories: traditional homestays and social homestays.

Traditional B&B: Use the vacant rooms in self-occupied houses as a family sideline business.

Social B&B: Foreign investors rent out houses and run them as family businesses.