About Lesson
- Love tourist. Tour guides must love the tourists genuinely because they are reasons why tour guides exists. Sincerity is easy to see. It shows when one is passionate about what one does.
- Honor and promote your country. Tourist s appreciate interesting positive information about the places they visit .sharing good things about one‘s own country helps tour guide keep the tourists’ attention and possibly see them again in their next destination.
- Respect local culture and heritage. Respect is a basic trait that all tour guides must have. Guides must follow rules and proper conduct in the places visited, the must be polite to the hosts or the people who welcome the tour group at the destination.
- Be professional at all times. During tours, tour guides are at work. Thus, they must show professionalism at all times, which means, they must carry themselves properly so that they will get the same respect that is bestowed on the hosts and tourists.
- Keep on learning. There is no education quite like the lessons of travel, even if one has been to a destination several times. Tour guides must continue to learn from nature and the people around them. Tour guides must continue to learn from nature and the people around them. They must always strive to sharpen their abilities as well, such as by learning new trends and technologies. Reading books, newspaper, blogs, and other references helps a lot.
- Communicate properly. Communication is an important aspect of a tour guide’s profession. If a tourist is traveling with a tour guides, the latter’s ability to communicate greatly contributes to the tourist’s travel experience.
- Do not be late. A tour guide’s punctuality is the first sign of professionalism and it earns the first sign of respect from the tourists. Tour guides must always be at the meeting point before the tourists.
- Do not provide false information. Honesty is the best policy in any profession. Tour guides must say truthful information and admit if they do not know the answer to a question.
- Do not provide illegal services. Tour guides must not break any law in the country or city they are working in. They must not provide nor tolerate illegal services offered to tourists.
- Take care of your body. Tour guides must protect their bodies from too much exhaustion and the effects of the elements they are exposed to in every tour. Thus, they must wear proper and comfortable clothes and get ample rest during tours.