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The two women - an Israeli tourist and an Indian homestay operator - were stargazing with three male tourists near a lake in Hampi, Karnataka, when they were attacked by a group of men on Thursday night, police superintendent Ram Arasiddi told Reuters.

"Since the homestay operator did not know them, she told them they had no money," police said.

In 2018, she made a short film, “The Homestay,” which she is working on adapting into a feature with Likely Story, the production company behind “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

“Put simply, travelers want more out of their vacations,” said Jamie Sweeting, the vice president of sustainability for the tour company G Adventures, whose itineraries include overnight accommodations ranging from an Indigenous-owned eco-lodge in the Ecuadorean Amazon to a community homestay with Indonesia’s Tengger tribe.

"The number of customers since the beginning of summer has risen by 60-70% compared to the same period last year," said a receptionist surnamed Wu at a Hangzhou-based homestay service provider.