Tour Guiding 1: Roles and Responsibilities of the Guide Profession

In this self-paced course, tour guides and prospective tour guides will explore the roles and responsibilities of a tour guide and what it takes to become a tour guide.

Who is this course for? 
The course is intended for tour guides and prospective tour guides and anyone interested in the topic.

What will you learn? 

• You will understand the roles and responsibilities of a tour guide
• You will get to know the requirements of becoming a tour guide
• You will explore different specializations as well as dos and don’ts of the profession

 
Keywords: Sustainability, tour guiding, responsibilities, requirements for tour guides, specializations

Course Certificate: The platform will automatically generate a certificate of participation and an Open Badge once you have finished all modules of the course and passed the questions in the assessment with 80%. If you would like to learn more about Open Badges, please click here.

Course Developers:  Commissioned by GIZ Sector Project Cooperation with the Private Sector - Component Sustainable Development through Tourism. Developed by mascontour, TYPE-C Productions and Fischer, Knoblauch & Co.

Course Contact: Should you have questions regarding the course, please reach out to the atingi support team via the helpdesk.

Content License: CC-BY-SA 4.0

Course Publication Date:  15.10.2021

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This course is part of the learning pathway "Tour Guiding" which further includes the following modules:

• Key Guiding Skills I - Storytelling, Presentation Skills
• Key Guiding Skills II - How to talk about ... 
• Principles of Group Psychology  
• Health & Safety for Tour Guides  
• Dealing with Customer Complaints & Emergencies  
• Culture Guiding & Heritage Interpretation  
• Nature & Adventure Guiding.