Download or read book Tour Guiding written by Kwaku Passah Snr and published by Dakpabli & Associates. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guides are tourism professionals who lead their guests through the most interesting parts of their region. It is their task to engage visitors and to help interpret the sights that they visit. They please tourists by telling interesting but relevant narratives and respond in proactive ways to their complaints and requests. Guides are trained to always have enough knowledge and insight about the subject of the tour and ensure the safety and satisfaction of their guests. In this handy resource book, two seasoned practitioners have combined their working experience of a lifetime. What makes this book priceless is that it is enriched by over two decades of guide training experience as well as engagements with colleague guides, tourism professionals and a cross-section of tourists. "The scope of coverage is vast and will be very useful as a general guidebook for any reader seeking access to our history, geography and our rich cultural heritage." Mrs. Stella W. Appenteng, CEO, Apstar Tours Limited "Tour guiding is a bridging process around which the tourism experience revolves. This book comes to edify our tour guides on the substance and mechanics of their profession. It comes at a time when the industry has become more dynamic and in need of accurate, adequate, culture-nuanced interpretations." Tata Nkunu Akyea, Tourism Consultant & Tour Guide Extraordinaire

Download or read book How to Be a Tour Guide written by Nick Manning and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wanted to become a Tour Guide but not known where to start? Do you yearn to travel the world, explore exotic locations and lead groups of people around unfamiliar places like it's your own backyard?This book can help you become a Tour Guide. It will teach you what you need to say, how to advertise your services and even how to get paid. It will teach you how to start your first tour, how to get repeat business after you've finished it and even what life is really like 'out there on the road'.Written by a Tour Guide with experience in guided tours across 15 countries and with contributions from experts all across the world, there's no better place to start one of the best careers in the world than this book.Nick Manning's How to be a tour guide: the essential training manual for tour managers and tour guides is the ultimate reference book and training tool, as used and proved by Tour Guides across the world every day."Nick Manning lets you know just how big the world is and how many different rules there are while taking you under his wings and navigating you through the aspects of successful tour managing and guiding. This book tells you how to become a GREAT tour manager/guide and is written in a way that will connect with you". - Kristene Murphy"Quite simply the best product available to aspiring tour guides on the market today. No industry professional should be without it." - Industry Insider

Download or read book Tour Guiding written by Chiranjib Kumar C. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-08 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete training manual for aspiring tourist guide, escorts and tourism students. The book contains a professional approach of guiding and covers almost all important points that is required to become a perfect and demanding tour guide.It covers guiding concept, environment, ethics, role and responsibilities, story telling techniques, commentary, skills and qualities, etiquette of guide, do's and don'ts, dealing with difficult questions, presentation, describing monuments and cultural products, planning tour to packaging, dealing with emergency, Guide Association, Guidelines for obtaining training and license etc..This book facilitates easy to learn platform to its readers to become a perfect guide. The book is a complete training manual that helps in professional development. It contains a dynamism of tourism. It also covers tour guiding modules of various universities and institutions imparting vocational education in travel and tourism management

Download or read book Cases on Tour Guide Practices for Alternative Tourism written by Yildirim, Gulsun and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tour guides, a highly responsible group of professionals who are in direct communication with tourists traveling around the world, have a great impact on the proper promotion of the culture of countries, global peace, and tolerance. Additionally, they are also effective in the preservation of world natural heritage. Thus, the educational status of tour guides, as well as the characteristics and ethical values that they should possess, need to be examined on an international scale. In today’s world, where tourism demand is directed towards all types of tourism, practices in special interest tourism should be customized in order to ensure the highest level of service quality and cultural appreciation. Cases on Tour Guide Practices for Alternative Tourism provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of the occupational issues that surround tour guides and their applications within international tourism. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural education, specialized learning, and international business, this book is ideally designed for tour guides, travel agencies, tour managers, tour developers, heritage sites, museums, academicians, researchers, students, industry experts, and hospitality professionals.

Download or read book How to Be an Award Winning Tour Guide written by Jeremy Perks and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to become a tour guide or are already working in the industry, How to Be an Award-Winning Tour Guide can help transform your guiding skills from basic to brilliant and open new doors to one of the world’s most exciting professions. Written by award-winning tour operators and tour guide trainers, this book is loaded with insight, personal experiences, industry knowledge, anecdotes, hints, humour, hands-on exercises and sound advice. With their combined 40 years’ experience in tourism and communications, the authors know how important a good tour guide is to delivering a quality visitor experience. Now they’re sharing their knowledge with you. How to Be an Award-Winning Tour Guide is essential reading for tour guides, tour operators, coach drivers, hoteliers, wholesalers, retailers, students, educators, employers, travel writers, tourism officials, visitor centre employees, venue managers or anyone involved in the tourism industry.

Download or read book Your Negro Tour Guide written by Kathy Y. Wilson and published by Clerisy Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from riot-torn Cincinnati, Ohio, where the nation's racial and police issues have boiled over into the streets, to illuminating community concerns from coast to coast, Kathy Y. Wilson writes with a fusion of well-honed fury and captivating irreverance. Wilson will suprise you with her insight and move you with her honesty.

Download or read book Lonely Planet s Best in Travel 2020 written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual bestseller ranks the hottest countries, regions and cities for 2020, and reveals how well-planned, sustainable travel can be a force for good. Drawing on the knowledge and passion of Lonely Planet's staff, authors and online community, we present a year's worth of inspiration to take you out of the ordinary and into the unforgettable.

Download or read book The Negro Motorist Green Book written by Victor H. Green and published by Colchis Books. This book was released on with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.

Download or read book Kurdistan Tour Guide written by Douglas Layton and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hand Book for Tour Guides written by Nimit Chowdhary and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Professional Tour Management written by Robert T. Reilly and published by Delmar Pub. This book was released on 1982 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How to be a Tour Guide written by Nick Manning and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wanted to become a Tour Guide but not known where to start? Do you yearn to travel the world, explore exotic locations and lead groups of people around unfamiliar places like it's your own backyard? This book can help you become a Tour Guide. It will teach you what you need to say, how to advertise your services and even how to get paid. It will teach you how to start your first tour, how to get repeat business after you've finished it and even what life is really like 'out there on the road'. Written by a Tour Guide with experience in guided tours across 15 countries and with contributions from experts all across the world, there's no better place to start one of the best careers in the world than this book. Nick Manning's How to be a tour guide: the essential training manual for tour managers and tour guides is the ultimate reference book and training tool, as used and proved by Tour Guides across the world every day. "Nick Manning lets you know just how big the world is and how many different rules there are while taking you under his wings and navigating you through the aspects of successful tour managing and guiding. This book tells you how to become a GREAT tour manager/guide and is written in a way that will connect with you". - Kristene Murphy "Quite simply the best product available to aspiring tour guides on the market today. No industry professional should be without it." - Industry Insider

Download or read book Becoming a Tour Guide written by Verité Reily Collins and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a Tour Guide provides valuable guidance in establishing a career path in the industry. Packed with practical tips, useful advice and real-life case studies drawn from all the different areas of the industry, it tells you which jobs are most suited to your skills, how to develop those skills further, where to look for jobs and training and how to further your career once you've begun work. It finishes with a list of contact details of useful organizations and associations, as well as suggestions for further reading.

Download or read book Xinjiang written by Josh Summers and published by Go West Media. This book was released on 2019-05-12 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive guide to Xinjiang, China's remote western region. Includes maps, recommendations and guides to the most popular places to visit.

Download or read book Blue Guide New York written by Carol Von Pressentin Wright and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to New York City that works for residents and visitors alike. This new edition of the essential Blue Guide takes you on a meticulous tour of the well-known, lesser-known and almost unknown sights of the city as well as being a discerning guide to where to stay and eat. Ideal for on-street use and at-home reference, the depth of coverage is second to none: this is a mini-encyclopedia of a multi-layered city. Blue Guide New York forms the basis for study for accredited NYC tour guides. With excellent detailed maps and plans.

Download or read book The Professional Guide written by Kathleen Lingle Pond and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel and tourism is emerging as one of the world's largest and most dynamic industries. This handbook aims to provide guides with a foundation to the tourism and travel industry. It begins with a definition of the various kinds of guides and an overview of guiding throughout history and the world.

Download or read book The Sustainable Travel Handbook written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical and inspiring guide, the latest in our popular Handbook series, motivates travellers to take a responsible approach to the impact of travelling. Whether you're looking to reduce your carbon emissions, enjoy more a responsible wildlife-watching experience, harness culinary tourism for good or enjoy an eco-friendly city break, this guide has got you covered. Packed with easily-digestible advice compiled by a sustainable travel expert, eco-conscious travellers will be introduced to a wide variety of destinations offering culture, wildlife, luxury, adventure, wellness and much more, as well as subjects such as the development of electric transport, how to reduce your plastic waste and the best ways to visit explore sacred indigenous culture respectfully. With top five and top ten lists discussing the best places to hike, volunteer, scuba dive and snorkel responsibly, as well as where to enjoy sustainable safaris, family trips and the best ways to give back when you travel, no stone is left unturned in this 168-page guide to ethical tourism. Destinations discussed include relatively off-the-map regions of the world, including Guyana, Palau and Siargao in the Philippines, as well as more well-known places, such as Costa Rica, Uruguay and Jordan.