Training in Zanzibar
WFTGA Lead International Trainer Mary Kemp Clarke led a Train the Trainer Course for tourist guides from Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania in October 2011.
Training in Abu Dhabi
Jenny Oulton WFTGA Senior Trainer is conducting a further two Hands On Guiding Workshops in Abu Dhabi in November 2006. WFTGA Vice President Rosalind Newlands was invited by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority to advise on the development of a full guide training course for the United Arab Emirates and...
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WFTGA supports EN15565 2008, Training and Qualification of Tourist Guides in Europe
and
EN 13809 2003 which became ENISO 18513 2003
was adopted by WFTGA the 10th Convention, Dunblane, Scotland 2003
Tourist Guide:
A person who guides visitors in the language of their choice and interprets the cultural...
International Tourist Guide Day February 21st… Every year!!!
ITGD in Abu Dhabi
A Must for Local Citizens and Local Tourism and Travel Industry Partners. Get to Know the Professional Tourist Guides and Your Ambassadors to the world!
February 21st. an initiative of WFTGA, the International Tourist Guide Day is held on 21st February each year. In 1990, Mrs. Titina...
WFTGA President Visits India
WFTGA President Rosalind Newlands was welcomed to India by P Asoka President of the Tourist Guides Federation of India. Rosalind was interviewed for the Hindu Newspaper while holidaying on board Swan Hellenic’s MV Minerva
The 14th WFTGA Convention, Tallinn Estonia: Culture as a Unifying Guide
Tallinn Guide Association welcomed more than 200 members from 42 countries to the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations Convention in 2011 in Tallinn!
The Convention was supported by UNESCO with the keynote speaker M. Herve Barre from UNESCO HQ.
Pre and Post Tours took place in South...
Guides Training Program in Armenia
Guide Training and Partnership Development for Tourism Associations
October 26. The continuing successful cooperation between the Competitive Armenian Private Sector Project (CAPS) and the the USAID-funded Human and Institutional Capacity Development project implemented by AED resulted in another...
Ruby Roy President of WFTGA addresses tourist guides in Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates of Tourist Guides (UAEFTG) were able through the experience and the knowledge of the WFTGA President to solve some pending issues and get some very good recommendation on how to proceed. On 4th of September they will announce the formation of UAEFTG with the support of Abu Dhabi...
Hands On Tourist Guiding in the United Arab Emirates
We are pleased to announce that a group of 16 guides are currently undergoing Hands On Tourist Guiding in the United Arab Emerites with WFTGA Trainer Jenny Oulton assisted by Jasem Zaiton from Dubai who recently took part in our Train the Trainer Course in Cyprus. There are 12 nationalities on the...
WFTGA Hands On Tourist Guiding Course: Brunei
Iris Barry and Mary Kemp Clarke are conducting the first WFTGA training courses in Brunei, sponsored by Brunei Tourism. Training, during November 2008 will include Hands On Tourist Guiding and Train the Trainer.
For more information check the link below
http://www.bt.com.bn/en/home_news/2008/11/...
