Overview
Tour Guides escort visitors on sightseeing, educational and other tours, and describe and explain points of interest.
Day-to-day
- meets and greets visitors
- controls visitors' access to exhibits
- plans and rearranges schedules and itineraries
- plans, organises and conducts tours
- arranges transportation and accommodation for visitors following planned itineraries
- arranges entry to places of interest
- answers questions, provides commentaries, issues brochures and tour literature, shows audio-visual presentations, and explains components and procedures at tour sites
- may assist with installing and dismantling exhibits.
Considerations
- Stressful
To become a Tour Guide
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You can work as a Tour Guide without formal qualifications, however, a course in tourism or guiding may be useful. Vocational Education and Training (VET) and university are both common study pathways.
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