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Job Description - Tour Guide
Travel and tourism are the biggest industries and the fastest growing in the world; many people enjoy working in the industry as it adds a touch of glamour and excitement to their working lives. A career as a tour guide could mean anything from conducting day trips around Manchester to Guiding people through the Congo. It can be an enjoyable and exciting career as you get to meet new people every tour and you can share your knowledge with others and help them enjoy their excursion. You may have to wear a uniform. Training & Qualifications No qualifications are needed to be a tour guide, but you will need to have a good knowledge of whatever field you would like to become a guide in. For example if you were conducting tours through London, you would need extensive knowledge of the area and of places of historic and general interest. Getting in touch with companies that run guided tours is a good starting point for a career as a tour guide. Personal Qualities To be a tour guide you must have a friendly and helpful personality, enjoy meeting new people, be able to deal with problems if they arise and have a clear speaking voice. Quick Search: Click on links below to go directly to your area of interest..
Telephone Number Dialling Information All telephone numbers quoted in this section are expressed in local dialling format. If dialling from overseas the country access codes to be used in conjunction with your international prefixes are:-
UK 44
USA 1
Australia 61
Canada 1
In some cases the first zero of the telephone number will be need to be omitted if dialling from overseas, if in doubt please check with your local operator.
Useful Addresses & Contacts UK Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management, ILAM House, Lower Basildon, Reading Berkshire RG8 9NE Tel: 01491 874 800 Fax: 01491 874 801 Website: http://www.ilam.co.uk/edcareer.htm Offers information on training for a career in the leisure industry. APTG (The Association of Professional Tourist Guides), 40 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3UD Tel: 020 7403 2962 Fax: 020 7403 2963 Email: aptg@aptg.org.uk Website: http://www.aptg.org.uk The APTG is the Professional body of London's Blue Badge guides. Institute of Tourist Guiding, Lloyd's Court, Goodman's Yard, London E1 8AT Tel: 020 7953 1257 Fax: 020 7953 1357 Email: admin@itg.org.uk Website: http://www.itg.org.uk The ITG is the national body for tourist guiding. Back to Quick Search Index USA Website: http://www.nytix.com/GuidedTours/guidedtours.html Offers information on boat, bus, walking, helicopter, and various other guided tours of New York City. Back to Quick Search Index Australia Website: http://www.australia.com Official site of the Australian Tourist Commission 2002. Back to Quick Search Index Canada The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC), 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 600, Ottawa, ON K1P 6L5 Email: ctc_feedback@ctc-cct.ca Website: http://www.travelcanada.ca The Canadian Tourism Commission was created in 1995 to promote Canadian Tourism and is dedicated to promoting the growth and profitability of the Canadian tourism. Back to Quick Search Index List of Companies offering guided tours: Tours - UK Stepping Out Guided Tours Tel: 020 8881 2933 Fax: 020 8888 1826/020 7405 6036 Email: STEP.OUT@TESCO.NET Website: http://www.walklon.ndirect.co.uk This company offers guided walking tours of major attractions in an original and entertaining way. The guides they employ are from all walks of life (teaching, travel, journalism, broadcasting, medicine, music, theatre, commerce and the law). Killary Tours, Leenane, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland Tel: 095 42276 Fax: 095 42314 Email: tours@killary.com Website: http://www.killary.com/KillaryTours.htm Guided cycling, walking, and horseback-riding tours in the West of Ireland. A Good Guide, Nabend Cottage, Matterdale, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 OSA. Tel: 017684 83624 Mobile: 07833595319 Fax: 08701 328012 Email: val@agoodguide.co.uk Website: http://www.agoodguide.co.uk Conduct guided tours in the English Lake District. Back to Quick Search Index Tours - Europe Website: http://www.harley-guided-tours.com Specialist tour guides offer guided motorbike tours all over Europe, starting at Zeurich in Switzerland. Back to Quick Search Index Tours - USA Alaska Travel Guide PO Box 3367Homer, Alaska 99603 Tel: 800 478 7777 Website: http://www.alaskatravelguide.com Offering guided tours throughout Alaska All About New-York City Website: http://www.allaboutnewyorkcity.com/guided_tours.html Offer tours by air ground or water of New York City Including the Statue of Liberty, Time Square and Grand Central Station. Back to Quick Search Index Tours - Australia Native Guides Safari Tours, 58 Pringle Street, Mossman, 4873 Queensland, Australia Tel: 07 4098 2206 Fax: 07 4098 1008 Website: http://www.nativeguidesafaritours.com.au Guided tours through the Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation with a traditional Aboriginal Guide. Mossman, Port Douglas area, Far North Australia guided tours of the Daintree Rainforest coast. Guides to Adventure P.O Box 908 Atherton, North Queensland, Australia 4883 Tel: 07 4091 1978 Website: http://www.guidestoadventure.com.au Run tours through remote areas of Australia. Back to Quick Search Index Tours - Canada Toronto Tours, 60 Harbour Street, Toronto, Ontario M5J 1B7 Tel: 416 869 1372 Fax: 416 869 0284 Email: ttours@torontotours.com Website: http://www.torontotours.com Toronto Tours Ltd, have been providing dynamic sightseeing tours of Toronto since 1978, they have an employment page on their website. Back to Quick Search Index Inside Story from Someone in the Business - Nick |
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