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Applications for Train the Trainer Course now open

The next open WFTGA Train the Trainer (TtT) Course will be offered in Yerevan, Armenia from 10 to 23 March 2024. Applications are now open via this link https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TtTArmenia2024 This 14-day course is residential and accommodation is included in the

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Jane Orde Scholarship 2024 Recipients Announced

The WFTGA Executive Board are pleased to announce that this year two recipients have been selected to attend the WFTGA Convention in 2024. Following an overwhelming quantity of applications and an internal selection process identifying recipients that meet the requirements

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International Tourist Guide Day 2024

On the 21st of February each year we celebrate the occasion of International Tourist Guide Day. This is a day dedicated to the profession of Tourist Guiding and affords us the opportunity to highlight and showcase this profession on the

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Jane Orde Scholarship

Jane Orde Scholarship About the Jane Orde Scholarship The Jane Orde Scholarship was created to assist Tourist Guides lacking sufficient funds to attend the WFTGA International Conventions. Once again, with thanks to the Androus Foundation and colleagues, we are able

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SPAM ALERT!!

URGENT: SPAM ALERT – Beware of Impersonation Emails   We would like to bring to your attention an important matter concerning your online safety and security. It has come to our notice that there is an ongoing spam campaign involving

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Global Tea Chat – August 2023

Global Tea Chats are informal, on-line conversations amongst tourist guides, friends and colleagues hosted by WFTGA President – Alushca Ritchie. This informal chat takes place during regular intervals throughout the year as a check-in with you – our member. No

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International Friendship Day

The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. The WFTGA Logo demonstrates these ‘hands of

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New Year Message

2023 has arrived and we would like to take this opportunity to sincerely wish you all the very best for the New Year. Each year is a gift that holds hope for new adventures. Over the past 12 months we

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One month to go …

Applications for the WFTGA Train the Trainer Course at the International Training Centre in Cyprus will close on 15 August. You have one month to submit your application for joining the WFTGA family for this intensive and rewarding course –

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Virtual Members Meetings May 2022

Dear Members We have a new round of . If you have not received your invitation please email membership@wftga.org The All important dates are below.  All times are Central European Time (Vienna) Schedule 10th May Tuesday at 09:15hrs South East

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In-person WFTGA Training Courses are back

After a break of 2 years we are delighted to again offer in-person training courses at the WFTGA International Training Centre in Cyprus.  Train the Trainer Course – 13 to 27 Nov 2022 International Train the Trainer Course – 13

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14 OCTOBER – WORLD STANDARDS DAY

“Shared vision for a better world ~ We want a world that is better, fairer and more sustainable. A world that can be enjoyed today and protected for future generations. The Sustainable Development Goals SDGs) represent a shared vision for

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Meet us at the WTM London 2021

Welcome to the World Travel Market We bring the travel industry together through world leading events, content and digital tools, which make it easier for you to find personal and business opportunities and do more effective business. We support the

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Training Handbook for Silk Road Heritage Guides

They are here! The printed copies of the Training Handbook for Silk Road Heritage Guides have arrived in the WFTGA library. First published in 2016, UNESCO and WFTGA set out to produce a revised and extended edition of this popular

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WFTGA Tree – World Environment Day

Around the world the tourist guide community is mindful of World Environment Day – not only on one day, but every day. How do Tourist Guides contribute to the protection of our natural environment? How do we engage in a

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FOOD TRAVEL TALK!

Access the recording here: https://youtu.be/116v6Qa2XLQ To find our more about the online course visit: https://members.worldfoodtravel.org/courses/culinary-tourist-guide-certification/ WFTGA Tourist Guide members receive a discount! Contact us to find out more info@wftga.org

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New co-opted ExBo Members

A call was put out to members to apply for co-option onto the Executive Board to assist with the two open positions. There was also an opportunity to apply in assisting with Special Projects and to take part in the WFTGA Mentorship

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Area Representative Family keeps growing

Our WFTGA Area Representative Family keeps growing! The Area Representatives play a valuable role for WFTGA in assisting us in keeping in contact with our members and Tourist Guides across the globe. We would like to welcome our 5 new Area

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Presentation on “A Journey Through Serbia”

Big thank you to our ambassador H.E. Đerđ Matković and WFTGA ambassador our colleague Maricar Donato for organizing promotion of the 19th WFTGA conventintion that will be in Novi Sad Serbia in February 2022. Thanks as well to all our

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WFTGA EXBO report

  Please find attached the new WFTGA EXBO report from Alushca Ritchie, covering the period from May 2020 to August 2020.   WFTGA 2019 Feb-May EXBO report  

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Jane Orde Scholarship

Applications  are now invited for the 18th WFTGA Convention in Tblisi Georgia in January 2019. Applicants must be practising Tourist Guides, who are active in their own tourist guides association and who come  from countries in the World Bank Tiers 3,4 and

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