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              | Development of rural   areas by harnessing local culture. | All over the state   specially desert areas.. |  |  
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  Background
 Since most societies   have developed in villages, there is a strong link with these small communities   where the way of life , more often than not, has remained unchanged.   Fortunately, tourism has taken cognizance of this fact around the world, and the   development of rural tourism, as a result, has ensured a more equitable   distribution of tourism income, and provided a fillip to the sustenance or   ethnic cultures and lifestyles. Of nowhere else could this be truer than   rajasthan where the colourful way of village life most truly represents the way   the people of this state have lived for centuries, to create a unique   socio-system unparalleled elsewhere.
 
 Location
 The countryside all   over rajasthan is dotted with small villages and rural points of interest.   However, most efforts to develop rural tourism along organized lines have been   made in areas outside and around Udaipur and Jodhpur, and at another level, in   the Shekhawati region.
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              |  Incentives
 Not only does it help   to sustain local ways of living,art , music,dance and culture, it also allows   the village community pride in these practices . These can be packaged by an   entrepreneur as part of camping tours or heritage tours, with a feel of rural   communities through the use of local means of transport, camel rides, campsite   cuisine, participation in music and dance soirees and in festivals.
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