There are many important characteristics for being a tour guide. First of all, tour guide is a friendly person. Tour guide have to become talkative with a tourists. For example, greeting a tourist when first met and making them feel enjoy with you. Tour guide like to meet people. When you meet a tourist you can make an impression and you can learn about many cultures from them. Second, tour guide must also be knowledgeable in the area they will be covering. Tour guide have a lot of experiences. For example, if tourists want to go Thailand you must know information about this country. Such as, Thailand has many beautiful place starts with the beaches in the south or the mountain villages in the north and the dish most popular among tourists are Tom Yum Kung. Tour guide have to be creative thinking. You must have initiative and good working attitude for variety of tourism. Third, tour guide have several capability. Tour guide can remember a name of tourists because it can make a good relationship between you and tourists. Tour guide can speak foreign languages. You must be excellent communication skills for this job because not many people speak our language and need to know at least English, international language. In summary, tour guide have friendly, knowledgeable and several capability.