tourist guide
Tourist guides assist individuals or groups during travel or sightseeing tours or at places of touristic interest, such as museums, art facilities, monuments and public places. They help people to interpret the cultural and natural heritage of an object, place or area and provide information and guidance in the language of their choice.
Also called: palace guide, tour guide, castle guide, city guide, museum guide, guide
- 24
- essential skills
- 34
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- mountain guideWhat changes?15 skills in common
- tour operator representative7 skills in common
- host/hostess5 skills in common
- tour organiser5 skills in common
- destination manager4 skills in common
- tourism product manager4 skills in common
- travel agent4 skills in common
Essential skills
24- assemble visitor supplies
- assist clients with special needs
- build a network of suppliers in tourism
- collect visitor fees
- conduct educational activities
- create solutions to problems
- educate on sustainable tourism
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
- ensure health and safety of visitors
- escort visitors to places of interest
- inform visitors at tour sites
- local geography
- maintain customer service
- manage tourist groups
- monitor visitor tours
- perform clerical duties
- provide visitor information
- register visitors
- select visitor routes
- sightseeing information
- speak different languages
- support local tourism
- train guides
- use different communication channels
Optional skills
34- administer tour contract details
- advise on nature conservation
- animal species
- apply foreign languages in tourism
- augmented reality
- demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services
- distribute local information materials
- ecotourism
- environmental impact of tourism
- follow ethical code of conduct in tourism
- geographical areas relevant to tourism
- handle customer complaints
- handle personal identifiable information
- identify plants characteristics
- improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality
- inspire enthusiasm for nature
- local area tourism industry
- maintain incident reporting records
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- maintain relationships with doctors
- measure customer feedback
- natural areas maintenance
- plant species
- promote recreation activities
- promote virtual reality travelling experiences
- provide tourism related information
- read maps
- research visitor tours
- tourism market
- tourism sector policies
- transport visitors
- use e-tourism platforms
- virtual reality
- welcome tour groups
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