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About this course

In this self-paced course, tour guides and prospective tour guides will explore the importance and principles of cultural heritage interpretation. You will further understand the different types of cultural heritage such as archaeological sites, religious and sacred buidlings, urban heritage as well as intangible cultural heritage such as performance arts or traditional crafts.

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 get an overview of the importance and the principles of cultural heritage interpretation
  • You will understand the difference between tangible and intangible cultural heritage
  • You will learn about the different objects of cultural heritage interpretation

How much time will you need to invest?
It will take you about 1 hour to complete this course.

Keywords: Tour guiding, cultural heritage, interpretation, tangible cultural heritage, intangible cultural heritage

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 & 

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 30.12.2021

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


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