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Events Target Group: Internal

Global Networking Forum- Hosted By WFTGA Team Asia

Join guiding and tourism professionals from around the world in a welcoming, inclusive space hosted by WFTGA Team Asia. The Global Networking Forum brings together tourist guides, heritage and nature guides, museum and church guides, tour managers, cruise managers, and other visitor-facing professionals to connect, exchange ideas, and support one another across borders. Open to […]

Global Networking Forum 2026- Hosted By WFTGA Team Europe

WFTGA Global Networking Forum 2026 – Team Europe WFTGA is back with the Global Networking Forum 2026, starting with Team Europe. This inclusive online forum brings together professional guides and visitor-facing tourism professionals from around the world for deeper discussions, practical guidance, and meaningful connections. Open to all guiding and interpretation professionals, the forum offers […]

Association Journeys – Part 1

We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Association Journeys—a fantastic opportunity to connect, share, and learn from one another’s achievements! As you know, the biannual WFTGA meeting will take place in Fukuoka, Japan in February 2026, where we’ll gather to hear detailed reports from each of our national and local guide associations. However, to make this process even more […]

Virtual General Assembly – October 2025

Dear Members, Trainers and Colleagues, On behalf of the Executive Board (ExBo) of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA), I invite you to join our Extraordinary Virtual General Assembly, to be held online as an essential step towards ensuring the continued functionality and stability of our Federation. Over the past year, the ExBo […]

Virtual Volunteer Appreciation Day

 ✨ Honoring the Spirit of Volunteerism ✨ THEME: Global Karaoke On 19 December at 5:00 PM CET, we will hold our annual Virtual Volunteer Appreciation (ViVA) Day, dedicated to recognizing the commitment of our 19 Area Representatives. Their generous contribution of time, expertise, and leadership has strengthened our association and ensured that members and colleagues […]

POSTPONED … TD Tutorial – trainer website profile

This event has been POSTPONED and will take place at a later date.  Your Trainer Representative invites you to a tutorial … Dimitria will take you through the process of gaining access to the internal part of the website where you can up-date your trainer profile listing on the website.  Being an active part of the […]

AreaRep Guidelines and Task Manual 2025 Study Session 2

Join our Learning Team led by Eva Helfenstein on Tuesday 8July at 6:00pmCET as we complete our study of Part2 of the AreaRep Guidelines and Task Manual 2025. Let us learn from one another about our WFTGA guidelines and tasks .

Webinar for Convention 2028 Bidders

We warmly invite all interested Member Associations to join our upcoming webinar on Wednesday, 24 July at 13:00 CET, dedicated to the bidding process for the WFTGA Convention 2028. We are currently revising the entire bidding framework with the aim of making it more streamlined, transparent, and supportive. Key updates will include: A more professional […]

Open Training Committee Meeting

Dear WFTGA Trainer Colleague, We cordially extend the invitation to our Open Training Committee Meeting to you. It will take place on zoom this Thursday 29 May at 15:30 CET. All co-opted and interested Trainers are most welcome. Please register here Meeting Registration – Zoom   This meeting is an opportunity for newly co-opted Training Committee Members to introduce themselves […]

Training Q&A for non-trainer Area Reps

  Time: May 30, 2025 17:00 CET Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84399665638?pwd=bOWvEz85iKXki4sgPzIVI09moPDXeR.1   Meeting ID: 843 9966 5638 Passcode: 961268

Global Networking Forum- Hosted by WFTGA Area Representatives Team Asia

DO NOT MISS our next Global Networking Forum this month! We are offering YOU, our valued members across the world, opportunities to connect online and discuss relevant topics relating to our profession. Our MAY gathering will be hosted by Hussein Dehghan, WFTGA Area Representative. This is an exciting opportunity to connect and network with the […]

Global Networking Forum – Africa

: – Our next Global Networking Forum hosted by Team Africa (their final round) is coming up next month. Don’t miss this one! Date: Friday, 15 August 2025 Location: Online! All welcome. The is to connect with fellow guides and industry professionals; exchange best practices, ideas, and insights; and participate in critical and engaging discussions […]

Global Networking Forum- Hosted by the WFTGA Area Representatives Team Africa

: We hope you’ve had a wonderful online gathering earlier today for the Global Networking Forum hosted by Team Europe (their 2nd round). As we conclude the one, here is all the information you may need about our next one! Team Africa is getting ready to host their 2nd round next week. Video invitations to […]

Global Networking Forum – Americas / Caribbean / Oceania

Don’t Miss Our Next Global Networking Forum! We’re excited to welcome you, our valued members from around the world, to our upcoming online Global Networking Forum. This virtual gathering is a great opportunity to connect with fellow tourist guides, share insights, and explore key topics relevant to our profession. Date: 7 Oct 2025 Time: 01:00 […]

Global Networking Forum – Americas / Caribbean / Oceania

Don’t Miss Our Next Global Networking Forum! We’re excited to welcome you, our valued members from around the world, to our upcoming online Global Networking Forum. This virtual gathering is a great opportunity to connect with fellow tourist guides, share insights, and explore key topics relevant to our profession. Date: 21 Oct 2025 Time: 01:00 […]

Global Networking Forum – Asia

Don’t Miss Our Next Global Networking Forum! We’re excited to welcome you, our valued members from around the world, to our upcoming online Global Networking Forum. This virtual gathering is a great opportunity to connect with fellow tourist guides, share insights, and explore key topics relevant to our profession. Date:  1 Sep 2025 Time: 15:30 […]

Global Networking Forum – Asia

Don’t Miss Our Next Global Networking Forum! We’re excited to welcome you, our valued members from around the world, to our upcoming online Global Networking Forum. This virtual gathering is a great opportunity to connect with fellow tourist guides, share insights, and explore key topics relevant to our profession. Date: 15 Sep 2025 Time: 15:30 […]

Global Networking Forum – Hosted by WFTGA Area Representatives Team Europe

Don’t Miss Our Next Global Networking Forum! We’re excited to welcome you, our valued members from around the world, to our upcoming online Global Networking Forum. This virtual gathering is a great opportunity to connect with fellow tourist guides, share insights, and explore key topics relevant to our profession. Date: 4 Nov 2025 Join us […]

Global Networking Forum – Hosted by WFTGA Area Representatives Team Europe

Don’t Miss Our Next Global Networking Forum! We’re excited to welcome you, our valued members from around the world, to our upcoming online Global Networking Forum. This virtual gathering is a great opportunity to connect with fellow tourist guides, share insights, and explore key topics relevant to our profession. Date: 22 Nov 2025 Join us […]

Interview for Trainer Representative Applicants

Herewith we cordially invite you to the interviews for the position of Trainer Representative – an information session for the Training Division Voters.   A special edition of Training Matters will be published in due course. It will contain your applications and supporting documentation, again designed as information for the voters.   Feel free to […]

Global Networking Forum- Hosted by the WFTGA Area Representatives Team Africa

Two networking sessions from each continent hosted by our Area Representatives. A special webinar series to dive deep into current challenges and empower guides to speak their own language – literally and figuratively Connect with global peers Exchange valuable ideas and insights. Participate in critical, real-time discussions on guiding trends and solutions

Training Committee February 17th

Dear TC Colleagues, Please find attached the agenda for our upcoming in-person meeting. As usual this included the link to the papers in g-drive. Thanks, Mateusz, for your two papers. James, the meeting will be at 22:00 San Francisco time. Are you able to and would you like to join? Many best wishes Viola 00 […]

Training Division Meeting (hybrid) during Sabah Trainer Convention

Being a business meeting, the Training Division Meeting is free to attend for all fully-paid up members of the Training Division.  The meeting will take place from 13:00 to 17:00 Sabah time at the Ming Garden Hotel, meeting room ‘Kota Kinabalu’ on floor 2. This time corresponds to early morning in Europe, where many of […]

Tourist Guiding during Turbulent Times

Join us for an insightful and essential webinar led by Dr. Mariia Rastvorova, WFTGA National Trainer (Ukraine), in collaboration with Mateusz Tomaszczyk, WFTGA Lead Trainer (Poland). This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) session explores the evolving role of tourist guides in navigating extreme circumstances such as wars and military aggression. The webinar provides a platform for […]