Careers In Tour Guiding

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Careers
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Tour Guiding
Introduction
Job Prospects
Remuneration
Institutes
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Introduction
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A tour guide is a person who leads groups of
people around a town, museum, or other tourist
venue. The tour guide provides a commentary on
the features and history of the location,
the tours can be from as little as 10-15 minutes
to extended periods over many days.
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Job Prospects
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Tour guiding is a profession which is always
giving and gaining knowledge. So learning and
reading has to be perpetual in this field. The
major duty of a tourist guide is to provide
detailed information on the various monuments and
artifacts, and about the countries traditions,
culture and heritage to the tourists visiting the
place. The tour guide may act as an educator by
providing unique and important facts to satisfy
the visitors curiosity
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Remuneration
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The average salary for a Tour Guide or Escort is
Rs 200,000 per year.
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Institutes
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Indira Gandhi National Open University, School of
Vocational Education and Training,New Delhi ,
Delhi NCR. Daksh Institute of Management and
Technology,Dehradun , Uttarakhand /
Uttaranchal. School of Tourism Hotel
Management, Uttarakhand Open University,Nainital
, Uttarakhand / Uttaranchal. Trade-wings
Institute of Management,Mumbai , Maharashtra.