Role of the tourist guide
The tourist guide's main role is to escort groups or
individual visitors from abroad or from the guide's own country
around monuments, sites and museums of a city or region
interpreting in a clear and entertaining way to inform the visitor
about the cultural and national heritage and
environment.
The tourist guide must be qualified in
various ways: particularly in linguist competence and in terms of a
wide general knowledge with specific reference to the history,
geography, art, architecture, economics, politics, religion and
sociology of the area of qualification.
Tourist Guides are required to undertake
examinations leading to a qualification recognised by the relevant
regional or national tourist authority.
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