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Tourist Guides in South Africa
Posted by: Bo Langkilde in Guiding March 4, 2013 13 Comments 17,574 Views
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Some of the most important people in tourism are tourist guides. They interact on a personal level daily with tourists, and a good tourist guide can make a holiday visit really memorable. 21 February was National Tourist Guides Day, celebrated in Kimberley (See our report on page 23). Marjorie Dean investigates just what makes a tourist guide. How does a person become a tourist guide, and how and where do they work.
Who is a Tourist Guide?
Any person who, for monetary or other reward, accompanies people who are travelling through or visiting any place within a country, and who furnishes those people with information or comments concerning a place or objects visited is defined as Tourist Guide. Many tourist guides may also wish to run their own tour operations in which they are both tour guide and tour operator.
Categories of tourist guides
There are three categories of tourist guides:
Site Guides – these tourist guides have attained the minimum qualification in order to guide in a “limited geographical area” i.e. Hiking in the Drakensberg, visiting the Natal Battlefields, taking a day tour of Cape Town, visiting Soweto;
Provincial Guides – are qualified to take tourists around an entire province i.e. Limpopo or Gauteng;
National Guides – are permitted to conduct tours around South Africa, crossing all provincial boundaries. These guides would accompany people taking a comprehensive tour of South Africa, say, by coach.
Classification of Tourist Guides
Adventure Guides – conduct a guided adventure experience e.g. rock climbing, paddling, abseiling, etc.
Nature Guides – conduct a guided natural experience in areas such as Game Reserves, National Parks, nature conservation areas, trails, and the like.
Cultural Guides – conduct a guided cultural experience in a limited geographical area such as a museum, community, wine farm, town or city
Home / Articles / Guiding / Tourist Guides in South Africamar13_guiding-2-tourist-guides-sa-headerTourist Guides in South AfricaPosted by: Bo Langkilde in Guiding March 4, 2013 13 Comments 17,574 ViewsShare the post "Tourist Guides in South Africa" Some of the most important people in tourism are tourist guides. They interact on a personal level daily with tourists, and a good tourist guide can make a holiday visit really memorable. 21 February was National Tourist Guides Day, celebrated in Kimberley (See our report on page 23). Marjorie Dean investigates just what makes a tourist guide. How does a person become a tourist guide, and how and where do they work.Who is a Tourist Guide?Any person who, for monetary or other reward, accompanies people who are travelling through or visiting any place within a country, and who furnishes those people with information or comments concerning a place or objects visited is defined as Tourist Guide. Many tourist guides may also wish to run their own tour operations in which they are both tour guide and tour operator.Categories of tourist guidesThere are three categories of tourist guides:Site Guides – these tourist guides have attained the minimum qualification in order to guide in a “limited geographical area” i.e. Hiking in the Drakensberg, visiting the Natal Battlefields, taking a day tour of Cape Town, visiting Soweto;Provincial Guides – are qualified to take tourists around an entire province i.e. Limpopo or Gauteng;National Guides – are permitted to conduct tours around South Africa, crossing all provincial boundaries. These guides would accompany people taking a comprehensive tour of South Africa, say, by coach.Classification of Tourist GuidesAdventure Guides – conduct a guided adventure experience e.g. rock climbing, paddling, abseiling, etc.Nature Guides – conduct a guided natural experience in areas such as Game Reserves, National Parks, nature conservation areas, trails, and the like.Cultural Guides – conduct a guided cultural experience in a limited geographical area such as a museum, community, wine farm, town or city
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