CWTD-615
Tourist Guide Techniques

This course provides tourist guides and new entrants into the industry with essential skills to deliver an exceptional tour experience. A focus on practical information related to interpretation, guiding techniques, tour logistics and mechanics. This course is designed to provide students with the tools to:

• Explore motivations for travel to develop profiles of travelers
• Understand cultural heritage tourism issues in relation to tour guiding
• Understand the way tourist guides interact with tourism industry organizations
• List the different types of tours available and identify the challenges faced by each
• Explore the significance of interpretation and interpretive techniques
• Establish methods for working with groups of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs
• Develop techniques for dealing with tour logistics

Units Earned - 1.2
Course Fee - $450