A tour guide – a person who guides groups or individual tourists to show them and interpret the cultural and natural heritage of the area they visit; a person who also posses knowledge of contemporary social and political life of a specific area.
Guiding is a skill of:
Selecting and varying information for you audience
Presenting information in a simple and precise way
Allowing visitors to see and understand
It is a skill, when well performed, is invisible but influences tourists and make them think and feel the true essence of the culture
How to give a good guided tour
Be well prepared for the tour
Be friendly and polite
Show enthusiasm
Try to be a good team leader and don’t be a dictator
Be professional (punctual)
Inform tourists of locations, times and any special considerations
Inform tourists of things unique to a region
Structure information you give
Use interesting language
Be objective
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