Tour Guiding Class

2. Objective
1. To define the term tour guide
2. To create awareness between the different kinds
and classifications as well as the duties and
responsibilities of a tour guides.
3.To learn the brief History of tour guiding

3. Conceptual Framework

4. World Tourism Growth

5.  Travel and Tourism grow by 4% per year
 Travel and Tourism will continue to expand faster than
the economy as a whole and faster than comparable
industries
 By 2018 travel & tourism is expected to account for $
10.9 Trillion
296.3 million employees
Growth depends on enlightened government policy

6. Brief History
 Herodotus
 The first travel writer

7. The Ancient Empire
 The era of the great empire from 3,000 BC to
500AD.generated travel. The ancient Persians
,Assyrians and Egyptians travelled in a organized
manner.
 During the era of the Greek Empire, tourism
flourished. Festivals and shows ,among them the
Olympic Games which begun in 776 B.C.

8. The Middle Ages
 The period between the fall of Rome and the
Renaissance is known as the Middle Ages,
approximately between 500 A.D. and 1508 A.D. It is
also known as the ages. The fall of Rome led to the
decline of trade and the economy in general and
decrease in the desire to travel.

9. The Renaissance and the Grand
Tour
 It was during this period that young men of the upper
class travelled from Britain on the Grand Tour, a
prescribed route from England through France,
Germany, Austria, Switzerland to Italy which was the
destination.

10. The Modern Age
 The three well –known European writers who visited
the New World in the nineteenth century –Charles
Dickens, Francis Trollope and Alexis de Tocqueville

11. Founded the modern tourist
industry Thomas Cook
 Thomas Cook (22
November 1808 – 18 July
1892) of Melbourne,
Derbyshire, England
founded the travel agency
Thomas Cook & Son
(popularly nicknamed
Cook's Tours) that became
Thomas Cook AG before
eventually becoming
Thomas Cook Group in
2007

12. Thomas Cook Excursion Panels

13. Brief history cont.
 In 1850s he offered the grand
circular tours” OF Europe
 In 1866 ,he introduced the hotel
coupon
 From 1847- to 1922 Thomas Cook
& Sons published Tourists
handbooks for the different
countries of Europe.

14. Tour Operator
 A tour operator
typically combines tour
and travel components
to create a package
holiday. They advertise
and produce brochures
to promote their
products, holidays and
itineraries

15. Tour Guide
&
Tourist Guide

16. Tour Guide Meaning
a person
employed to
show tourists
around
places of
interest.

17. Tourist Guide
 Tourist Guide: A person
who guides visitors in the
language of their choice and
interprets the cultural and
natural heritage of an area
which person normally
possesses an area-specific
qualification usually issued
and/or recognised by the
appropriate authority.

18. WFTGA-World Federation of
Tourist Guide Associations
 WFTGA Executive Board 2015-2017
 Pictured L to R: Ivana Curuvija
(Serbia) Head of Training; Ruby Roy
(Canada) Vice President; Felicitas
Wressnig (Austria) President;
Hermann Friedsam (Austria)
Treasurer; Esther Banike (USA)
Secretary; Roger Rajah (Malaysia)
Area Representative Coordinator;
Alushca Ritchie (South Africa)
Administrator

19. WFTGA
 Tour Manager/Tour Director or Escort:
A Person who manages an itinerary on behalf of the
tour operator ensuring the programme is carried out as
described in the tour operator's literature and sold to
the traveller/consumer and who gives local practical
information.

20. International Tourist Guide Day:
February 21st
 A Must for Local Citizens and Local Tourism and Travel
Industry Partners. Get to Know the Professional Tourist
Guides and Your Ambassadors to the world!
 February 21st. an initiative of WFTGA, the International
Tourist Guide Day is held on 21st February each year.
 In 1990, Mrs. Titina Loizides, president of the WFTGA was
involved when it was held for the first time, 15 countries
participated. Since then, tourist guides in an ever growing
number of countries have been giving help to their local
communities, conducting tours for disabled persons,
disadvantaged persons, for children, industry partners,
officials and the general public.

21. Philippine Tour Guide Day
Third Monday
of June:
National Tour
Guides’ Day
(Proclamation
No. 574, s. 2013)

22. The Role of the Tour Guide
Cohen ( 1985) states that
traditionally the role of
the guide has been
focussed on two issues
one of “ Pathfinder” and
one of “ MENTOR”

23. A path finder is
described as one
who leader
others through
social and
natural areas
unknown to its
followers

24. A tour manager is a person who
manages an itinerary on behalf of
the tour described ensuring the
programme is carried out as
described in the tour operator’s
literature and sold to the traveller /
consumer and who gives local
practical information

25. Tour Conducting versus Tour
Guiding
 For students seeking adventure in tourism,
"Conducting Tours" offers essential, contemporary
guidance needed for success in this exciting,
expanding industry. Beginning with basic, valuable
information about guiding, escorting, and tour
planning, the text progresses with discussions on
subtler topics such as guide commentary "tricks" for
effective touring, psychology of group behavior,
successful itineraries, and ethical challenges presented
to tour leaders

26. Tour Conducting versus Tour
Guiding

Tour guides play a central role in the overall success of
any coach holiday. They have to possess professional,
organisational, didactic and social competencies.
 Escorted- and study tour guides look after their groups
for the complete duration of a sightseeing or study
trip.

27. Kinds of Tour Guide
Free Lance- not permanently
connected with any travel agency
and paid per tip.
Staff Guide –permanently
connected with a travel agency
,receives monthly salary

28. Types of Tour Guide
 On –site or local guides
 A person competent enough to guide in a certain
locality area.

29. City Guide or Escort
 A person who accompanies a group of tourist from the
point of origin to the destination ,and back to the
origin .Usually hand lies group’s check in and check
out.

30. Specialized Guide
 A guide who specializes in a certain field such as
botany ,architecture ,marine life etc.

31. Step on Guide
 A guide who joining a tour bus for a local sightseeing
excursion.

32. Naturalist Guide
 Guides are trained in a variety of material to best
prepare them to show you around the archipelago
while educating you on the wildlife and land around
you in addition to help conservation

33. Qualities of an effective tour guide
 1. Christ- centred
 2.Charism
 3. Love of country
 4. Pleasing personality
 5. Must have a genuine interest in people
 6. Resourcefulness
 7. Trustworthy
 8. Civic minded
 9. Respectful
 10. Good sense of Leadership

34. Philippine Tour Guide
 John Charles Edward "Carlos"
Pamintuan Celdran (born
November 10, 1972) is a Filipino
tour guide, cultural activist, and
performing artist.
 His tour offerings have included
"If these Walls Could Talk," a
half-day walking tour of
Intramuros, wearing the
Spanish-colonial garb of an
illustrado and the "Living la Vida
Imelda!" tour, where he dons bell
bottoms for a tour of the 1970s-
built Cultural Center of the
Philippines

35. Ivan Man Dy
 Ivan Man Dy
 Conceptualized, manufactured,
bred and educated in the city of
Manila, Ivan is the feet behind
Old Manila Walks. Before he
finally took to the streets, he was
an active museum guide as well
as a staunch heritage
preservation activist. Now, he
has found his calling being
seasoned urbanite, a self-
designated life-long citizen and
ambassador of Manila. Since
2005, he has led the thousands
of happy walking hordes down
his city's most historic
quarters. Four years on and
countless calluses later, he is still
loving every step of the way.

36. Balbino “Ka Bino”
Pada Guerrero
 He never imagined making a living
out of tour guiding. However, the
universe has a seemingly magical
way of leading this Tanjay native,
showing him around as he moved
from being an accredited freelancer
to working with several tour
operators in Cebu by way of
assisting tourist/guest upon arrival
and hotel check-in and conducting
the tour as per guest itinerary.
 “I took up Political Science in 1994
at the Silliman University
(Dumaguete City), but I did not
finish the course. I became an
activist,” Balbino “Ka Bino” Pada
Guerrero narrated. “Then I went
back to school and took up BS
Secondary Education with History
as my major in Diaz College (Tanjay
City). After which, an opportunity
plucked me off Negros (Oriental)
and transplanted me here in Cebu.”

37. Mr. Jan Carlo Caldito
 He is one of the most
requested & visible guides
of Ilocos Norte. He is not
only guiding but helps in
product development. He
also share his skills &
expertise by conducting
talks to the youth who are
interested to be future
guides & he is usually
accountable & dedicated to
all his guests with a zest.

38. ROGER Lucero
 ROGER Lucero has a funny way
of telling the story about The
Ruins in Talisay City, Negros
Occidental.
 Roger Lucero, 26, has become a
sensation on YouTube, a video-
sharing website, after someone
identified only as orsalia
uploaded a footage of him
conducting a tour on The Ruins
that left the guests in stitches.
Titled “Roger the funny guide of
The Ruins Negros Occidental,”
the video has so far garnered
150,634 hits and 236 comments
as of Aug. 11.

39. Francisco “Paco”Guerrero
 Francisco Guerrero was born in
Manila to Spanish-Filipino
parents in 1975. His father works
in the hotel industry and as a
child the family lived in Manila,
Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur,
Singapore and Spain. His initial
interest in photography started
on hot summer day when at the
age of 12 he borrowed his
father’s camera and took
pictures of chickens the family
had in their backyard. While
studying high school in
Singapore, Francisco started
assisting photographer Luca
Tettoni

40. Josefino “ Kuya Penn “ Larena Jr.
 Nominated in the
Tourism Star Philippines
2015
 Professional Tour Guide
17 years
 Tour Guiding Instructor
9 years
 Consumer Advocate
 Local Historian &
Heritage Advocate
 Civic Leader 16 years

41. Andoy Dalimag , Tourism Star
Philippines 2015
 Dalimag, a college student
who serves as a local
volunteer guide around the
famous Callao Caves in
Cagayan. At a very young
age, he has helped in
boosting the province’s local
tourism by taking his
guiding responsibilities to
heart, which earned him the
respect and commendation
from various people and
even the media.

42. Mr. Penn Larena