Tourist Guide Interview Preparation Guide

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☛ Tour guide can follow up with the guests
☛ Can do a complete survey of the place
☛ Make photo CDs for guests

A museum guide is often referred as docent especially in U.S.A; they provide specialized knowledge, anecdote and commentary about the exhibitions to the visitors.

It can be explained as services, which cannot be seen, tested, felt heard or smell or measured before they are delivered and received by customer. For example, travel experience, trust, confidence, hospitality, satisfaction, etc.

It can be defined as putting different products and services together to form a product for the satisfaction of customer.
For Example: Hospitality is a product formation which is not made from a single item.

To bake a pie crust without the filling. Metal weights or dried beans are typically utilized to keep the pastry from bubbling.

SCTA deals with diverse tourism types in accordance with an integrated administrative methodology. The patterns of traditional tourism have already been listed and multiple studies on their emotional dimension and potential of their being reproduced again have been conducted. Research outcomes paved the way for developing regulatory frameworks to reproduce traditional souks, long-established games and traditional crafts through private and public institutions. These are experiencing a high demand from all segments of society.

Unique traditions can really help deepen the sense of community on a college campus. You can feel like you’re part of something bigger because all students go through a similar experience. If this is an important factor for you, learning a little more about these traditions can help you get a feel for what it would be like to be a part of the student body.

I focus on my goal(s) for that day or week or whenever. I set mini-goals within them and get the movation and enthusiasm when I accomplish them. It's mainly self-motivation and discipline.

Many credit card companies will let you move to a no-fee version of the card if you call up. You can also try to get the fee waived for another year or ask for extra points or something instead of canceling. Cards want to keep you on board, so they always offer incentives to make that happen. Most of the time I move to the no-fee card or cancel.

Because I love traveling, seeing new places, meeting new people, but also to gain experience in dealing with different situations.

I usually travel on my own, and so I visit places independently, though I’m really grateful to some guides and their stories. When somebody is inspired by their job the time spent with them is enriching.

I really don’t have any rules, I play it by ear, sometimes it’s enough for me to sit on a square and soak in the atmosphere and by talking to a local I’ll find out a lot more than from a guidebook or guide.

Because I have good communication skills, can communicate in 4 languages, have good orientation skills.

When I start to get down on travel, I stop. I stay in whatever place I am, relax, rest, and get to know it. When I’m ready to move on, I move on. Everyone has down days on travel. It’s like life — ups and downs. Don’t push yourself. Just stop, rest, and go on when you’re ready.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday - after 3 Tuesday and Thursday - after 4 I can work any time of the day on weekends if needed.

This is a pretty basic question that will get your college tour guide to open up a little bit. Food can be such a unifying force on campus–everybody has to eat! For artists in particular, fueling your body is fueling your art. Find out if the college has one dining hall or several, what kind of meal plan options there are, and if there are any other kinds of restaurants on campus. Although you probably aren’t (and shouldn’t be) basing your college decision on the quality of food it serves, you can get to know a little more about the culture by learning how students eat.

Objectives of tourism are not limited to the aspects of entertainment only, although this constitutes one of the important aims. The new concept of tourism, which is adopted by SCTH and led by the government, considers tourism as a sector of multiple benefits, including economic, cultural, social, heritage and environmental benefits as related to different segments of the society. Hence, it is evident that, this sector has a set of nested dimensions and aspirations that are in the service of the individual and the society.

Place, item, product, staff, service customer contact to receive service. It can be building, service environment, delivery items, staffs, follow travelers which they contact and receive positive or negative feelings.

☛ Plan in advance
☛ Provide necessary information to tourist before you start tour ( Health & Safety)
☛ Carry appropriate equipment
☛ Plan the structure of your tour

The five characteristics of an excellent tour guide is

☛ Speak loudly and clearly
☛ Helps tourist learn
☛ Relays accurate information
☛ Continues to learn and improve
☛ Act professionally

As a tour guide, you can work locally showing tourist city attractions or he can work as an international guide traveling to foreign destinations. In order to do that you have to take training for domestic, as well as foreign travelling.

A tour guide should know following things before he becomes professional

☛ Be aware of the geological condition about the place of the tour
☛ Be aware about the local accommodation and restaurant facility
☛ Knowledge about the history about the place
☛ Local hospital and Police station address for any emergency
☛ Likes and dislikes of the tourist
☛ Knowing more than one language including local language would be beneficial

The benefits for cruise ship are immense

☛ You will have an experience travelling on the ocean
☛ You will meet different people and make contact for a long time
☛ It will give an opportunity to explore other culture, people, traditions, lifestyles, etc.
☛ You will always live a luxurious lifestyle on board
☛ You will be paid for travelling

To receive the service customer must be personally and physically present at the point of delivery. Customer cannot be separated from the point of delivery. Service is available at the Point of service Delivery (POD).

It is the actual time when customer interacts with service staff. It is the moment of contact when no management has control. It is the motivation, skill, tools of the service and expectation, behavior, expectation of the customer determines the quality of the service.

Extra facilities, service added with attraction, accessibility and accommodation to create tourism. It includes trust, friendship, hospitality, etc.