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Lesson 1 Introduction To Core Concepts in Tour Guiding Services

This document provides an introduction to core concepts in tour guiding services. It defines key terms like tour, tour guide, and tour guiding. It explains that a tour guide helps people gain appreciation for places they visit by providing information and interpretation. The document also outlines the roles of a tour guide such as briefing tourists, escorting groups, explaining points of interest, and ensuring safety. Finally, it lists elements of tour guiding like professionalism, service, interpretation, and characteristics required of guides.

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Lesson 1 Introduction To Core Concepts in Tour Guiding Services

This document provides an introduction to core concepts in tour guiding services. It defines key terms like tour, tour guide, and tour guiding. It explains that a tour guide helps people gain appreciation for places they visit by providing information and interpretation. The document also outlines the roles of a tour guide such as briefing tourists, escorting groups, explaining points of interest, and ensuring safety. Finally, it lists elements of tour guiding like professionalism, service, interpretation, and characteristics required of guides.

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LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO

CORE CONCEPTS IN TOUR GUIDING


SERVICES
LOCAL TOUR GUIDING NC II
JAN L. HIDALGO, LPT., TEACHER III
SAYTAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL
LESSON OBJECTIVES
1.Explain the basic concepts in tour
guiding services; and
2.Identify the roles of a tour guide.
CORE CONCEPTS IN TOUR GUIDING
What is a tour?
Latin word tornare and greek word tornos,
meaning to circle around, the word “tour”
means to come back to the point of origin
after going to a destination elsewhere
(Theobald 1998).
CORE CONCEPTS IN TOUR GUIDING
What is a tour guide?
Is a person who guides people as they go
through a foreign place to help them gain
better appreciation of the place and the
interesting thing to see there.
CORE CONCEPTS IN TOUR GUIDING
The Philippine Department of Tourism (1995)
defines a tour guide as “an individual who
guides tourist, both foreign and domestic,
for a fee, commission, or any other form of
lawful remuneration.”
- DOT only recognizes those who undergo
proper training.
CORE CONCEPTS IN TOUR GUIDING
What is Tour Guiding?
Refers to the provision of professional
service to interpret the cultural and natural
heritage of an era(World Federation of
Tourist Guide Association n.d.)
ROLES OF A TOUR GUIDE
A tour guide plays important roles in
tourism. According to the Australian
Government’s Job Guide(n.), these roles
include:
ROLES OF A TOUR GUIDE
• Attending briefing meetings with the Tour
Manager about important information about
the tour group (e.g. age group, interests,
and special needs).
• Greeting tourists before starting the tour:
• Learning their names;
• memorizing their faces; and
ROLES OF A TOUR GUIDE
• checking the number of people in the group.
• Explaining emergency procedures to the group and
making sure they understand them.
• Distributing promotional material about the trip to the
tourists.
• Escorting individuals or groups on sightseeing trips:
• Providing information about the history and culture of
the places they visit;
ROLES OF A TOUR GUIDE(Daily)
• Pre-briefing about the group.
• Meeting the group.
• Going over emergency procedures with the group.
• Explaining points of interest during the trip.
• Answering questions about the tour.
• Distributing promotional material.
• Making sure the group stays together and is safe until
the end of the tour.
ELEMENTS OF TOUR GUIDING
1. PROFESSIONALISM
2. SERVICE
3. INTERPRETATION
4. PHYSICAL ELEMENTS
5. CHARACTERISTICS OF A TOUR GUIDE
SEATWORK
WORD CLUE ANSWER
NEEDED BEFORE A TOUR GUIDE
NGARTIIN BECOMES PREFESSIONAL

THE PROCESS OF DESCRIBING


ONITNERRP THE MEANINGS AND
SIGNIFICANCE OF CULTURAL AND
EATTI NATURAL ATTRACTIONS
TOUR GUIDE’S CLIENT
STIOTUR
SEATWORK
WORD CLUE ANSWER
NEEDED BEFORE A TOUR GUIDE
NGARTIIN BECOMES PREFESSIONAL TRAINING
THE PROCESS OF DESCRIBING
ONITNERRP THE MEANINGS AND INTEPRETATION
SIGNIFICANCE OF CULTURAL AND
EATTI NATURAL ATTRACTIONS
TOUR GUIDE’S CLIENT
STIOTUR TOURIST

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