Development of guest houses
In the Katon-Karagay district, training "Guest services for visitors’ was organised and led by EcoAltai on 5-6 December 2014. 49 people took part in theoretical part of the training and 23 people in the practical part. In February 2015 a mini-grant competition for support of guest houses was organised. 4 guest houses were selected and are now in the process of improvement and refurbishment.
3-days trainings for owners of guest houses were organised in Architectural and Ethnographical museum-reserve in September 2015. The training programme included the following topics:
- key marketing issues in rural tourism: consumers and their key expectation - authenticity;
- guest houses and services for tourists, their classification;
- design and equipment of guest houses: traditions and innovations sanitary and hygienic issues;
- traditional cuisine – «the best» of hospitality;
- landscape design of yards.
In addition, special expedition was organised to address improvement of guest houses. 5 guest houses were inspected by a ethnographer who shared professional advice in traditional design for guest houses.