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International Tourist Guide Day in Iceland

05/04/2006
International TouristGuide Day

The Iceland Tourist Guide Association in cooperation with a local tour operator and the Hunting Museum in the south of Iceland invited the blind and sight impaired on an excursion to “see” wild animals from Africa on International Tourist Guide Day 21 February 2006. Forty people accepted the invitation...

International Tourist Guide Day in Uganda

05/04/2006
International TouristGuide Day

Uganda Tourist Guides celebreated the International Tourist Guide Day on Saturday 22nd April, 2006. Two major activities were carried out. Bird watching with young birders, and launching a cultural walk in the city. At the end of the birding activity, the young birder were given a simple asignment...

Victor Leal, our colleague from Gautemala and our Area Representative for the Spanish speaking Americas has passed away.

04/01/2006
news

VICTOR LEAL ESTIVEZ Born in Guatemala, he was a free lance tourist guide since 1978. At the end of his regular High School, he began tourism studies at Guatemala private school for Tourist Guides getting a degree in 1977. In 1978 he began studies to become professional tourist guide at the Technical...

CEN Meeting on International Tourist Guide Day in Cyprus

03/30/2006
International TouristGuide Day

European Standardisation Committee (CEN) Photos in Cyprus Tourist Guides of 10 European countries celebrated the 21st February 2006 in Cyprus by having the meeting of the European Standardisation Committee (CEN) for the standardisation of “Tourist Guide Services”.

International Tourist Guide Day in Rhodos island-Greece

03/27/2006
International TouristGuide Day

On the occasion of celebrating the International Tourist Guide Day, the tourist guides of the Association of Dodecanese based in Rhodes, presented a new DVD about Rhodes island, in the presence of the head of Prefecture of Dodecanese, Mr. Mahairidis, the mayor of Rhodes, Mr. Giannopoulos and many...

International Tourist Guide Day in Dubai

03/26/2006
International TouristGuide Day

The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) joined the world in celebrating the International Tour Guides Day. The Training Solution department organized a reception at the Nad Al Sheba Club House to recognize and honour the work of experienced and dedicated professional tour guides...

International Tourist Guide Day in Toronto

03/26/2006
International TouristGuide Day, news

The Canadian Tour Guide Association of Toronto organized a free tour of downtown Toronto to celebrate International Tourist Guide Day on Tuesday, March 21, 2006.

We lost former WFTGA Secretary: Margrit Klimscha

09/16/2005
news

Margrit Klimscha (May 15, 1927 – July 31, 2005) Margrit Klimscha was a founding member of the Vienna Guide service in 1975. Within the Vienna Chamber of Commerce she fought relentlessly for the professional interests of tourist guides. In 1985 she represented Austria at the first Convention...

International Tourist Guide Day in Austria

03/26/2005
International TouristGuide Day

The tourist guides in Wien offered three different walking tours (Mozart and the musical tradition in Vienna) for to celebrate International Tourist Guide Day. They had 610 visitors. Besides the guides had about 70 blind people for the special program (guided tour in the Furniture Museum). TV, Radio...

Serbia on International Tourist Guide Day 2005

03/15/2005
International TouristGuide Day

We are glad to inform you that our Association (UTVS) has successfully organized and executed the following manifestations in order to mark (for the third time) the International Tourist Guide Day (ITGD 2005): February 18-21 – Exhibition of Photographs – “The Tourist Guide – in front of and...