How can I become a tourist guide? Is it a good career option for girls? Which is the best training institute for the same?

A travel or tourist guide's job is both delightful and challenging. A tourist guide has to make the tourist spots aesthetically appealing whether it the narrow, and filthy lanes of a historical city or the striking landscape of Himalayas. He has to uphold the cultural traditions and heritage of the place being visited and also talk of social customs, even local superstitions. In this job, it's important to satisfy the curiosity of a tourist, especially the first - timers. Eligibility criteria Age - No maximum age limit. Educational Qualifications - Preferably graduation degree in any discipline, preferably art, archaeology, history, and culture. Personal Attributes An outgoing, friendly personality, ability to handle people, verbal fluency, aptitude for languages is the skill set required to be successful in the field. You need to have a good knowledge of traveling and tourist destinations, business tactics and social etiquettes. Lastly, the ability and patience to help and provide hospitality is a required trait. One should also have an up-to-date knowledge of available facilities and services in the field. Recruitment Procedure The tourism department holds examination which consists of questions related to general knowledge, history, and culture, etc. The candidate should possess good linguistic skills especially verbal along with a pleasing personality. Knowledge of foreign language is an added advantage. The candidates are selected generally on the basis of a written test. The pre-requisite for the test is a graduation degree in any discipline. Ministry of Tourism provides licenses to the tourist guides and also organizes Regional Level Tourist Guide Training Programmes. Many of the states in India have made registration of tourist guides mandatory. The Goa Registration of Tourist Act 1982, for example, makes it mandatory for the tourist guides to register themselves with the zonal officers. Job opportunities are there in the various State Tourist Development Corporations in the states like M.P. State Tourism Development Corporation, U.P. State Tourism Development Corporation, and ITDC (India Tourism Development Corporation). Being a girl is not a problem. If you can talk to strangers and make them feel enlightened and at ease, you can become a tourist guide.

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For the wildlife tourist guide, kindly concentrate to do B.Sc M.Sc in wildlife or environmental Science or after graduation do MBA in tourism management.

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