Your local contact to WFTGA
Area Representatives
Professional tourist guides who volunteer as your personal link to the WFTGA โ 90 member associations, 50 countries, one worldwide network. This is what they do for you:
- Your first port of call in your region โ membership, advice, networking
- Monthly Global Networking Forums, open to every tourist guide worldwide
- Hands-on help to found and grow tourist guide associations
- MOVE 2026โ2028 โ modern training, digital skills and global standards
Maricar Donato
Area Representative Coordinator โ โWherever you guide, we are close by.โ
Our Area Representatives โ professional tourist guides on every continent
Find your Area Representative
Move over the map to preview a region โ click a country to pin its team, then write or call them directly.
What our Area Representatives are doing right now
Being an Area Representative is an active, hands-on role. This is what the team is running in 2026:
Global Networking Forums
Monthly online forums hosted by a regional team โ the latest, hosted by Team Africa, drew over 180 registered guides from around the world.
MOVE 2026โ2028
"Turning Dialogue into Action" โ the framework born at the Japan Convention that translates our global conversations into concrete regional goals.
Code of Guiding Practice
Study sessions that bring the new Code to life, region by region, so every member association can adopt and apply it.
AI Toolkit Hub
A working group building a practical AI toolkit for tourist guides โ digital literacy and AI confidence for every region.
The MOVE framework โ our goals for 2026โ2028
Each regional team chooses the pillar where its guides need the most momentum, then works on it through forums, study sessions and local projects.
- Foundations โ professional standards, licensing and the case for qualified tourist guides.
- Tools, skills & technology โ modern training, digital literacy and AI confidence for working guides.
- Standards โ the Code of Guiding Practice and quality benchmarks, applied worldwide.
Become an Area Representative โ applications open in 2027
From 2027 we will open the next round of Area Representative applications. If you are a licensed tourist guide who wants to connect your region to the world, this is your role. Get ready now โ read what the role involves and register your interest.
Guides & associations
Need a contact in your region, advice on membership, or help founding a tourist guide association? Your Area Representative is your first port of call โ free, personal and in your time zone. Use the map above to find your team.
Future volunteers
Curious what the role feels like? Join a Global Networking Forum as a participant, meet the current team, and see the MOVE projects from the inside before applications open in 2027. Write to area-reps@wftga.org to join the next forum.
Coordination & membership contact
Maricar coordinates the worldwide Area Representative team; Mariรกn carries the Area Rep portfolio on the Executive Board.
Maricar Donato
United States, Washington
Mariรกn Bilaฤiฤ
Slovakia
From Europe to Asia, Africa to the Americas, our WFTGA Area Representatives have been the cornerstone of unity and progress. Their dedication and tireless efforts have forged connections, empowered communities, and elevated our profession worldwide.
We celebrate their unwavering commitment and the profound impact they’ve made and will make. Thank you for leading the way towards a brighter future for guiding.
We’re excited to grow these regions for the benefit of tourist guides working on each continent. You’re most welcome to connect with us! area-reps@wftga.org