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ONE, TWO or THREE JUNIPER BRANCHES?!!??

10 December 2009


In 2008, ZTDA conducted the classification of the home stays in the Zerafshan Valley.  The classification should ensure the quality standard of home stays with the purpose to motivate home stays for reaching of best practice through fulfilling the criteria.

According to number of criteria met by home stay, the home stay has been awarded with 1, 2 or 3 branches.

 What 1, 2 o 3 branches stand for?

 All home stays, which have at least 1 juniper branch, meet the following basic criteria:

  1. THE HOME STAY IS LOCATED IN SAFE PLACE (THE HOME STAY IS NOT PRONE TO STONEFALLS, MUDSLOWS and OTHER NATURAL DISUSTERS);
  2. THE HOME STAY HAS AT LEAST 1 ROOM FOR THE GUESTS,
  3. SANITATION OBJECTS: SHOWER ROOM AND TOUILET ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TERRIOTRY OF THE  HOUSE,
  4. THE HOME STAY OFFERS BREAKFAST, LUNCHES AND DINNERS
  5. AT THE HOUSE THERE IS A DINING ROOM, SEPARATE FROM GUEST ROOM.

 

                                                                   

 

SECTIONS

Characteristics and Services

Construction features

·         The house is constructed in style relevant to traditional features of the area. For construction the natural materials were used: wood, stone clay breaks.

·         Repair of the house facade and other buildings was made no earlier than one year ago

Comfortableness of the area

·         Road signs are installed, so that you can find the way to the house easily

·         Gates and fences of the home stay are in tidy condition

·         The guest room has separate entrance

·         Yard of the home stay is in tidy condition (construction materials are put away, utensils are collected in one place, lack of rubbish) 

·         There is illumination at the yard of the home stay ;

·         The paths to the shower room and lavatory are laid with stones

+ other criteria

Location

 

·         The home stay is located in distance of no more than 20 km from the main sight of your region;

  • The home stay is located in distance of no more than  30 km from district medical point;
  • Nearest shop  or market is located in 10 km from your house

Guest room

 

·         There are 2 and more guest rooms in the home stay;

·         The rooms of the home stay are decorated in traditional style;

·         There are beds in the home stay, in case you don’t prefer to sleep on the floor mats;

·         The home stay hosts can offer you  bed-cloth set: mattress, two pillows, coverlet, bed-sheets, blanket-cover and pillow-case as well towels;

·         There is a bin in the guest room;

+ 10 other criteria.

Sanitation objects

·         There are one shower-room, wash-stand and lavatory at you yard;

·         During construction of sanitary objects the sewer system was built in the manner that distance between sewer pit and drinking/irrigation  water supply source is more than 20 meter;

·         There are mirror, wooden floor grate, other objects in the shower-room

·          + 9 other criteria

Kitchen

·         There is dining room in the home stay (not room for tourist) where breakfast, dinners and suppers are set;

·         The home stay has all necessary dishes and silver wares .The dishes are not one way dishes;

·         There is an electric oven in the kitchen;

+ 9 other criteria

Food

·         Food in the  home stay is cooked by using own products (produced by household)

·         The home stay offers vegetarian dishes;

·         The home stay offers as national as well as international cuisine;

Safety

·         The first aid medical set is available in the home stay;

  • There is fire extinguisher in the home stay.

Information

·         There is information useful for tourists available in the home stay ( useful information about the region, code of conduct, maps and others)

Hygiene and sanitation

·         Bed-clothes and towels are cleaned (washed) after each guest;

·         The home stay organizes protective measures from insects and reptiles (flea, flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches)  ;

·         All living rooms and other constructions are cleaned before and after tourist visit.

Communication and additional services

·         Telephone / mobile connection is available;

·         Internet;

·         Hosts of the home stay could offer some other services: transport, guide services

+5 other criteria;

 

                                                                                                 

 

SECTIONS

Major Characteristics and services

Construction features

·         The house is constructed in style relevant to traditional features of the area. For construction the natural materials were used: wood, stone, and clay breaks.

Comfortableness of the area

·         Road signs are installed, so that you can find the way to the house easily

·         Yard of the home stay is in tidy condition (construction materials are put away, utensils are collected in one place, lack of rubbish) 

·         There is illumination at the yard of the home stay ;

Location

 

·         The home stay is located in distance of no more than 20 km from the main sight of your region;

  • Nearest shop  or market is located in 10 km from your house

Guest room

 

·         There is at least 1 guest room in the home stay;

·         The room of the home stay has elements of national decoration;

·         The home stay hosts can offer you  bed-cloth set: mattress, two pillows, coverlet, bed-sheets, blanket-cover and pillow-case as well towels;

·         There is a bin in the guest room;

Sanitation objects

·         There are a shower-room, a wash-stand, and a lavatory at the yard of the home stay

·         There are mirror, wooden floor grate, other objects in the shower-room

Kitchen

·         There is dining room in the home stay (not room for tourist) where breakfast, dinners and suppers are set;

·         The home stay has all necessary dishes and silver wares .The dishes are not one way dishes;

·         There is an electric oven in the kitchen;

Food

·         Food in the  home stay is cooked by using own products (produced by household), but also using some imported products;

·         The home stay offers vegetarian dishes;

  • The home stay offers as national as well as international cuisine;

Safety

·         A first aid kit available in the home stay

Information

·         There is information useful for tourists available in the home stay ( useful information about the region, code of conduct, maps and others)

Hygiene and sanitation

·         Bed-clothes and towels are cleaned (washed) after each guest;

·         The home stay organizes protective measures from insects and reptiles (flea, flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches)  ;

·         All living rooms and other constructions are cleaned before and after tourist visit.

Communication and additional services

Regarding telephone and internet as well as other additional services available in the home stay, please ask in our Tourist Information  Centre