tour guiding module 1-3

• Tour


  Activities of people when they go through a place in order to see and learn about it in person
• Tour Guide


  A person who guides people as they go through a foreign place to help them gain better appreciation of the place and the interesting things to see there
• Tour Guiding


  The provision of professional service to interpret the cultural and natural heritage of an area
• Elements of Tour Guiding

  • Professionalism
  • Service
  • Interpretation
  • Physical Elements
  • Characteristics of a Tour Guide
• Tour guides must understand that their main reason for existence is the tourist
• Interpretation


  The process of describing the meanings and significance of cultural and natural attractions
• Evolution of Tour Guide Roles

  1. Ancient Times

  2. Dark-Middle Ages

  3. Renaissance and the Grand Tour

  4. Modern Age
• No evidence exist of organized training for guides before 20th century other than the company training given by the Thomas Cook Travel Agency
• England is one of the first countries to regulate and train guides when authorities were prompted by the guides' aggressive competition with each other for the business that tourists bring in the 1930's
• Requirements for Tour Guide Accreditation in the Philippines

  • Proof of passing tour guide seminar
  • Certificate of good health
  • NBI clearance
  • Visa and permit for alien applicants
  • Mayor's permit
  • Latest Income Tax Return
  • Other documents required by DOT
• Types of Tour Guides based on how they earn

  • Employed Guides
  • Freelance Guides
  • Docile or Volunteer Guides
• Types of Tour Guides based on specialization

  • Plant Guides
  • Adventure Guides
  • City Guides
• Tour guiding can be a rewarding occupation, some tour guides earn enough from tips alone, and tour guides play an important role in the multibillion-dollar tourism industry
• Classification of Travelers


  • Explorers
  • Elite Travelers
  • Off-beat Tourists
  • Unusual Tourists
  • Incipient Mass Tourists
  • Mass Tourists
  • Charter Tourists
• Group Travelers


  • Families
  • Extended family reunions
  • Corporate travelers
  • Association executives
  • Association members
  • Clubs and affinity groups
  • School groups
  • University and alumni groups
  • People with disabilities
  • Foreign and domestic travelers joining groups
  • Business and incentive groups
• Characteristics of Senior Citizen Travelers

  • Demanding
  • Slow
  • Patient
  • Impatient
  • Repetitive
  • Punctual
• Those who work with international visitors should know the customs and behavior of their guests in such areas as greeting, punctuality, gift-giving, dress, gestures, and general protocol
• tour coined with the latin word tornare and greek tornos
• according to DOT tour guide defines as a "an individual who guides tourists, both foreign and domestic, for a free, commision and any other form of lawful remuneration"
• interpretation does not only refer to translation of information from one language to another
• site atleast 4 roles of tour guide
• tour guiding is a form of service. service is intangible, perishable, and unique.
• interpretation-. Tour guiding is a form of interpretation. This means that one of the tour guide’s roles is to educate the tourists about the meanings and significance of cultural and natural attractions.
• Tour guides combine service with the physical elements to create the total tourism experience for clients. The physical elements include the facilities of hotels, modes of transportation, and the things that tourists find in tourist attractions, such as parks and museums.

   
• Characteristics of a Tour Guide. Tour guides must be genuinely interested in the destination where they practice, the must be mature, responsible, patient, tactful and sensitive to different cultures. They must also be articulate. Quick-witted, organized, and healthy to cope with the physical demands of the job.
• Tour guides have been around since the ancient times when travelers found the need for guide who could help them in their journey
• dark-middle ages-this period is regarded as a dangerous time in European history. Thus this period emphasize the guides’ role as safety escorts for travelers, including pilgrims and businessman
• during the renaissance, guides took a more demanding role that of an educator or a mentor in addition to the role of protector-when the Grand Tour became a fashion as a rite of passage for sons of well-to-do Europeans
• Safety was an issue for these travelers as it was for travelers during the middle ages, so guides who can also provide protection from robbers and rogues were in demand. For this reason, Grand Tour travelers of the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries often hired a vetturino, a driver of the Italian for0wheel carriages called vettura
• England is one of the first countries to regulate and train guides when authorities were prompted by the guides’ aggressive competition with each other for the business that tourists bring in the 1930’s
• sites some career opportunities in tour guiding/ its requirements
• Employed Guides – are those employed by a company who earn a regular wage whether there are clients or none
• freelance guide are entrepreneurs who, like other businessman, depend on the influx of clients to earn. These are self-employed guides who make and sell their own tours.
• docile or volunteer guides are unemployed guides who are mostly hobbyist such as retirees and environmental advocates. They earn non-monetary rewards such as friendship, experience and cultural exchange. Some volunteer guides accept tips too.
• sites types of tour guide based on their specialization
• Relevance of the Tour Guiding Course
• •       EXPLORERS – these types of travelers are participant-observers who travel alone or in a very small group.
• ELITE TRAVELERS – these are travelers who can afford to spend much to have unusual travel experiences
• •       OFF-BEAT TOURISTS – these are travelers who avoid crowds; other tourists and typical sightseeing who also travel alone or in a very small group.
• •       UNUSUAL TOURISTS – these are travelers who demand for more amenities and look for adventurous or primitive experiences.