Important information given by tour guides

Important Information Given By Tour Guides

The term tour guide implies for a person who is related to a travel or tourism industry and who accompanies a troop of visitors who are unknown to a particular place. The tour guides are exceptionally skilled regarding the past history of the location they take their visitors for tour, apart from this they offer their tour groups with education and erudition about the various importance of the place, the past history of the place, the various places and their scenic beauty of it etc.

It may happen that the tour guide may have various means of tours such as tour by walking, by bus or river tours by boat. Generally, tour guides are recruited by travel agencies or arranged by the visitors’ by their own, tour guides are representative/ archetypal of the tourist location in which they provide guidance to the tourists.

The duty of the tour guide depends upon the location and the skill of the employer. There are 3 main areas or field in the guiding and tourism industry such as tour guide to a historical place, tour guide to a corporate sector and eco-tourism guide.

Tour guides those who are self-trained and self-employed provide tourism guide to places that are accessible by public. Whereas, those tour guides who are recruited by tourism companies or arranged by visitors, takes to places of public demand and interest and provide tour to industry located areas and famous cities.

Tour guides that belong to tourism of historic genre escorts the tourists to ancient historical monuments, historical sightings, districts which are known for historic importance, archaeological locations and museums. The tour guides who belong to this genre are well aware of the ancient history of the location or monuments present there.

They are well versed about the details of the location, which includes its history and its influence on the modern civilization. However, in addition to that the tour guides entertains all the questions asked by the tourists and keep the group well organized and looks after its safety.

Tour guides that belong to tourism of places of natural importance, escorts the tourists to places of natural attraction and places where scenic locations and flora and fauna are abundant and also includes outdoor sight-seeing.

The tour guides of this genre have an immense knowledge of natural sciences and they are expert in engaging tourists with their knowledge of botany, zoology and geology. It is found in recent studies that the demand of eco-tourism is becoming popular and increasing nowadays. The objective of the eco-tourism guide is to take small group of people to scenic natural locations which do not cause severe impacts on the ecological balance and the environment as well.

Tour guides that belong to tourism of corporate sectors are employed by well-established industries, though organizations with no profit at all require guides as well. The objective of the tour guides is to describe the process of manufacturing and the future goal of the business. The tour guides are often employed by theme parks who give the description about the history of the accomplishment of the company to the visitors.

It is no doubt that the tour guides are masters in their fundamental responsibilities which are applicable to all the positions. However their most important responsibility is to look after the tourists’ safety. The tour guide during the entire tour keeps a watch and makes sure that each and every member of the group follows and abides by the site’s or guide’s safety rules. There may be cases where the tour guide provides first-aid and medical facilities to the visitors.

Provisions for itineraries are made by the tour guides as well. Prior the tour to take place the tour guides plans, prepares and organizes all the fundamental required steps that are to be taken, which

includes receiving tourists to travel arrangement between various locations.

Last but not the least every tour guide needs to perform duties from collecting revenue to sell souvenirs.For more details visit: http://www.hongkongprivatetourguide.com/