Full Members
Associations
Individual Members
Individual Touist Guides
Affiliate Members
Sponsors and Partners
How to join
Who Can Become a WFTGA Member?
There are three categories for membership.
If you have a question or would like to submit a completed application form, send it to [email protected].
Full Membership is open to any non-profit making independent Association or group of Associations of Tourist Guides from any country whose members are registered as official Tourist Guides by the appropriate licensing authority or the equivalent in each country.
- Application for Full Membership
- Charged annually at the rate of one Country Fee per country, plus one Association Fee for each joining association’s membership in that country.
Individual Membership is open to individual professional tourist guides from countries where the guide association(s) is/are not member(s) of WFTGA
- Application for Individual Membership
- Charged at 35% of the combined Country Fee and Association Fee of the relevant country.
Affiliate Membership is open to tourism-related organisations, whether governmental, local authority, other officially funded or privately funded bodies involved at city, regional, national or international level with tourism-related activities. Affiliate Membership is also open to education establishments, whether public or state controlled or private fee-paying institutions involved with training in any aspect of the tourism industry. Travel and tourism related media are also entitled to affiliate membership.
- Application for Affiliate Membership
- Charged at 75% of the combined Country Fee and Association Fee of the relevant country.
Invoices are calculated according to the latest IMF and OSCE GDP(PPP) of each country – see below Tiers 1-5, as published 2023.
Tier 1: > 60000 USD; Tier 2: 60000–50000 USD; Tier 3: 50000–30000 USD; Tier 4: 30000–10000 USD; Tier 5: ≤ 10000 USD
For Membership Invoice information email [email protected]
Country Fee | € 333 |
Association Fee | € 5 |
- Andorra
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Brunei
- Canada
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Qatar
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
Country Fee | € 266 |
Association Fee | € 40 |
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Israel
- Japan
- Lithuania
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Slovenia
- Spain
Country Fee | € 212 |
Association Fee | € 30 |
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Bulgaria
- Chile
- Croatia
- Estonia
- Greece
- Hungary
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Montenegro
- Oman
- Panama
- Portugal
- Republic of Belarus
- Romania
- Russia
- Seychelles
- Slovakia
- St. Kitts und Nevis
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Uruguay
Country Fee | € 170 |
Association Fee | € 20 |
- Albania
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brasilia (Brazil)
- Cape Verde
- China (People’s Republic
- of China)
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Macedonia (North Macedonia)
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Namibia
- Palau
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Serbia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the
- Grenadines
- Suriname
- Swaziland (Eswatini)
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
Country Fee | € 133 |
Association Fee | € 10 |
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Djibouti
- East Timor
- Eritrea
- Ethopia (Ethiopia)
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe