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WFTGA Office Closure

The WFTGA Volunteers will be taking a well deserved break for the festive season and the office will be closed from Friday 20 December 2024 to Monday 06 January 2025. During this period, our office will be unavailable, and responses to emails and other communications may be delayed. We look forward to serving you again […]

Delegates Forum

After a longer break, I am reaching out to update you on developments within the WFTGA. Over the summer, all members of the Executive Board were heavily engaged in our professional roles as Tourist Guides – a reality many of you can relate to during the peak guiding season. At the same time, the WFTGA […]

Trainer Festive Gathering – 12 December 2024

Join your Trainer Representative, Demetra, for a delightful session where you can share your cherished holiday traditions and customs for Christmas & New Years Eve with your fellow colleagues.  Bring along your smile and a few favourite recipes to share! This is event is for Trainers and the link will be shared in the November […]

Association Journeys 2024 – Day 3

Association Journeys take place annually. This is an opportunity for our WFTGA Association Members to share their challenges and success stories. Why not use it as a platform to share your goals and projects for the reactivation of Tourism and Tourist Guiding in the coming months. It will be an opportunity and environment to inspire, learn, […]

Association Journeys 2024 – Day 2

Association Journeys take place annually. This is an opportunity for our WFTGA Association Members to share their challenges and success stories. Why not use it as a platform to share your goals and projects for the reactivation of Tourism and Tourist Guiding in the coming months. It will be an opportunity and environment to inspire, learn, […]

Association Journeys 2024 – Day 1

Association Journeys take place annually. This is an opportunity for our WFTGA Association Members to share their challenges and success stories. Why not use it as a platform to share your goals and projects for the reactivation of Tourism and Tourist Guiding in the coming months. It will be an opportunity and environment to inspire, learn, […]

Virtual Volunteer Appreciation Day

This is to inform you all that we are preparing for our Virtual Volunteer Appreciation Day – VIVA 2024 and the theme is Peace Through Guiding –   Marian is our host  Endy is our co host  Important to showcase symbols of peace  in our guiding by preparing a short video. Endy has sent a […]

Meet the whole board

, — , ! Join us for an informal and relaxed gathering, perfect for making new connections and rekindling old ones. Don’t miss this chance to network, engage, and enjoy great company.

Area Reps Empowering Feedback session

Warm greetings as you prepare for your in-person meetings in sunny Cyprus and begin your important strategic planning for 2025-2026. Attached is an executive summary I’ve prepared to encapsulate our Area Rep activities from March to November 2024. I would like to present this during tomorrow’s meeting, alongside the available Area Representatives who will share […]

Area-Rep Meeting November

1) General Welcome and Apologies a) Housekeeping b) Apologies from Emma and Sarah 2) WFTGA Membership & Admin Updates- Sonya/Cristina a) Status of Membership: b) Hongkong c) Bhutan d) India Individual member (Lalchha Meiwahl) e) Chengmai f) North Macedonia g) Admin support- 26 Sept minutes on G drive 3. General WFTGA Updates a) Association Journeys […]

Empowering Europe Tourist Guides: Collaborative Strategies for Success

Step into a future of growth and innovation! This engaging webinar series, part of the 2024 Forum, is your gateway to forging meaningful partnerships between the Europe tourism professionals and WFTGA Area Representatives: Smaro Touloupa Helga Sturzenegger loannis Kiourtsoglou Sarah Janning-Picker Marian Bilacic Saber Hasan Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to create, share, […]

Training Committee Meeting October

Priority items will include: CPD proposal by MT Details HD’s role as TC Area Rep liaison Up-date on TD liaison by DAV Up-date on Cyprus Courses by VL Financial year end (training) by SB Kindly add any other items you wish to discuss.

Empowering Caribbean Tourist Guides: Collaborative Strategies for Success

Step into a future of growth and innovation! This engaging webinar series, part of the 2024 Forum, is your gateway to forging meaningful partnerships between the Americas and Caribbean tourism professionals and WFTGA Area Representatives: Patricia Oviedo Vela Helga Sturzenegger Emma Guest-Consales Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to create, share, and innovate together.

Meet the Board – September 2024

We are delighted to invite you to our next Meet the Board – a low-threshold offering for all tourist guides! This virtual gathering is open to every guide, regardless of WFTGA membership. Take this opportunity to connect and network with colleagues from around the world. The Meet the Board will be hosted by a member […]

informal online trainer gathering

Join your Trainer Representative – Demetra Argyrou Viguier. Come and join me for our next informal online trainer gathering on Friday 06 September at 18:00 CET / Vienna time. Let’s talk about the Olympic Games. We will continue to share stories and customs. Wishing you well until we meet (again). Meanwhile you can reach me […]

Empowering Asia/Oceania Tourist Guides: Collaborative Strategies for Success

Step into a future of growth and innovation! This engaging webinar series, part of the 2024 Forum, is your gateway to forging meaningful partnerships between Asia/Oceania tourism professionals and WFTGA Area Representatives. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to create, share, and innovate together.   WFTGA REPRESENTATIVES Hussein Dehghan Solnapa Pankong Faisall Razul Erwin […]

1st WFTGA Trainer Convention: “Sustainable Training Without Borders”

Join Us for the 1st WFTGA Trainer Convention: “Sustainable Training Without Borders” 17–21 February 2025 | Sabah, Malaysia We are thrilled to invite you to the inaugural WFTGA Trainer Convention, a global gathering dedicated to advancing excellence in tourist guide training while embracing sustainability and innovation. Why Attend? Engaging Plenary Sessions: Explore topics such as […]

23rd FEG European Tourist Guide Meeting & Delegates AGM 2024

Welcome to the 23rd FEG European Tourist Guide Meeting & Delegates AGM 2024 All roads lead to Rhodes this year! Dates: Tuesday 19th – Sunday 24th November 2024 Our Dodecanese colleagues, members of the Panhellenic Tourist Guide Federation based in Rhodes have designed a special itinerary for us all on their amazing and sunny island. […]

Area Reps meet the Training Committee

Thank you for giving the Training Committee the opportunity to meet with the Area Reps to introduce ourselves and for a short briefing and Q&A session with a view of strengthening our co-operation. After the meeting every Area Rep should be feeling more confident in introducing WFTGA Training offers and signposting to the TC. Please […]

NFTGA Bi-ennial Conference 2025

Welcome to Philadelphia and the 2025 NFTGA Convention January 29th-31st. (With a post tour option on February 1st) Our committee is busy getting amazing speakers to help you, your companies and organizations…”REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR BUSINESS” Philadelphia is more than a bell, cheesesteaks and the Rocky steps! We are planning to showcase our hidden gems and get […]

Meet the board – August 2024

We are thrilled to extend a warm invitation to our upcoming Meet the Board – an inclusive and welcoming event for all tourist guides! This virtual gathering is designed to be accessible to every guide, whether you are a member of the WFTGA or not. It’s a wonderful opportunity to connect, share experiences, and network […]

ITtT Briefing Session

Not many LITs have delivered the ITtT Course and may be asked to do so in future. We are herewith offering a briefing / info session allowing you to look behind the scenes of this course and hear from trainers and trainees as well as to ask your questions. This course, like all our courses, […]

Spotlight on Strategy – let’s get going

Our first idea storm session will take place on Wednesday 24 July from 18.00 to 19.00  CET / Vienna time. In order to avoid repetition and considering the nature of the session, we kindly ask you to arrive on time. We will be using the WFTGA zoom package, which now automatically records the meeting and […]

Meet the Board – July 2024

We are delighted to invite you to our next Meet the Board – a low-threshold offering for all tourist guides! This virtual gathering is open to every guide, regardless of WFTGA membership. Take this opportunity to connect and network with colleagues from around the world. The Meet the Board will be hosted by a member […]

Smart whisper systems from Guiding- Group – Urlich Berger

With a vast amount of experience Ulrich will share his views on moving forward post pandemic and explore some new technology options available to tourist guides. Ulrich joins as as a follow up from our Virtual conference held in early 2021.

Passion for the Planet – Chantal Cooke

Chantal Cooke is an award-winning environmental journalist and broadcaster – turned PR guru. Chantal is on the Board for WFTA where her particular focus is on sustainability and planet-friendly food.