Travel Guides
How to become a tour guide
A tourist guide plans to organize and conduct long-distance travel, tours, and expeditions for individuals and groups.
Tourist guides are professionals who provide people with an exceptional experience while engaging them during a tour, sharing interesting facts about the history of the place, and answering any questions they may have. Guides help to add a personal touch and influence to the experience. They also share helpful tips on other attractions or restaurants in the area that are popular among tourists to ensure a wonderful experience.
A travel guide is also commonly known as a tour guide, and the roles of a tour guide include preparing the outlines and scheduling the tour, taking into account the physical restrictions of the tourists, ensuring clear and articulate delivery of information, demonstrating extensive knowledge about the place and its related topics, and remains calm, friendly and enthusiastic at all times.
To be a successful tourist guide, you must be an engaging storyteller and have in-depth knowledge of the tour area. How to become a tour guide? to become one, you need to communicate effectively, have amazing interpersonal skills, multilingual skills are an asset, have empathy and understanding towards cultural differences, a charismatic personality makes a tour more appealing, adapt and evolve to the requirements of every tour group and be punctual and organised.
Qualifications
Every career requires an element of study and academic qualification, and there can be several study routes and pathways you can take. In following any academic pathway you will study subjects that contribute to the specialised knowledge required to achieve your career goals. These qualifications provide a future employer with the evidence that you have the desired knowledge, understanding and experience of their industry, so it’s important to consider the various types of qualifications available to you and to understand how they can boost your career and create opportunities for you.
- MBA Tourism Administration
- M.A. Travel and Tourism Management
- B.A. Travel and Tourism Management
- B.Com Travel and Tourism Management
- BBA Travel and Tourism Management
Tasks
- Plan tour itineraries, applying knowledge of travel routes and destination sites.
- Resolve any problems with itineraries, service, or accommodations.
- Sell travel packages.
- Arrange for tour or expedition details such as accommodations, transportation, equipment, and the availability of medical personnel.
- Evaluate services received on the tour, and report findings to tour organizers.
- Lead individuals or groups to tour site locations and describe points of interest.
- Verify amounts and quality of equipment prior to expeditions or tours.
- Pay bills and record checks issued.
- Attend to special needs of tour participants.
- Give advice on sightseeing and shopping.
Progression Routes
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