News
Here we regularly publish public news about our association. In the members' area you will find the newsletters for our members' associations, tourist guides and trainers.
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
The Virtual Conference 2021
Join the WFTGA Virtual Conference Day 2. The Future of Tourist Guiding with Leading Experts. View our programme for more information. Limited Spaces available – Register and Book your ticket now: https://virtual.wftga.org
Tourist guides worldwide are ready to restart tourism
Participants from almost 90 countries were united in a three-day long virtual conference 4-6 March 2021 arranged by the WFTGA (World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations) – the first of its kind for Tourist Guides by Tourist Guides with the
Share your Associations 2020 Journey – Part 3
An opportunity for our WFTGA Association Members to share their challenges and success stories during this unprecedented year of the Pandemic. It will be an opportunity and environment to inspire, learn, acknowledge and support one another. Registration and Livestreams: [events-calendar-templates
Convention 2022
The 19th Convention will be in Novi Sad, Serbia in FEBRUARY 2022. The convention website will be online in a few days. Until that join us on Facebook.
virtual birthday celebrations
WFTGA virtual birthday celebrations throughout the day on 18th December. 1985 – 2020
EXBO Report Summer 2020
Please find attached the new WFTGA EXBO report from Alushca Ritchie, covering the period from May 2020 to August 2020. WFTGA Presidents report May – Aug 2020
Convention 2022 – Newsletter#4
We have been asked about convention newsletter #4. It was drafted and ready to go out, but was then overtaking by events caused by the global pandemic. Therefore we decided not to send it. All new information is included in
Convention 2022 – Newsletter#3
Welcome to Novi Sad, The second-largest city in Serbia and the capital of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Novi Sad is the small city that has everything you need and more. Our ‘Serbian Athens’ is the cultural centre for Serbs and
A short film about Serbia – Host of next convention 2021
A short film about Serbia in 5 minutes that reveals its journey through history, filled with natural and cultural values and greatness! A fairytale country, a land of welcoming people, a land of opportunity and tourism. Check it out and
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
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
WFTGA Convention 2019 – Newsletter #5
Dear WFTGA Members, Herewith the latest Newsletter from our Georgian colleagues regarding the January 2019 Convention. The closing date for registrations is 21st November 2018!!! Have you registered? Registrations exclusively for the Delegates and Bidding country representatives only will close
WFTGA Convention 2019 – Newsletter – November 2018
Dear colleagues, Greetings from Georgia! Please find the 5th Newsletter for WFTGA Convention 2019 attached. 5th Newsletter PDF — Best regards, WFTGA Convention 2019 Organizing Team
WFTGA Convention 2019 – Newsletter – September 2018
Dear colleagues, Greetings from Georgia! Please find the 4th Newsletter for WFTGA Convention 2019 to download. — Best regards, WFTGA Convention 2019 Organizing Team Tbilisi, Georgia S. Janashia st #5, 0179 +995 32 2309620
Convention 2019 – NEWSLETTER #3
Dear WFTGA Colleagues, We hereby wish to share with you the latest newsletter from our Georgian hosts: Newsletter #3 PDF Kindly remember that the early bird rates end at mid night on the 21st June 2018. All fully paid WFTGA Members
WFTGA 2019 Tbilisi Convention Newsletter 2
Hello WFTGA Members Attached is a Newsletter from our Georgian colleagues regarding the next WFTGA International Convention. Newsletter #2 Final PDF Please share as widely as possible amongst your contacts and our members. Encourage attendance to the Convention and ALSO
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
18th WFTGA Convention Tbilisi Georgia 21-27 January 2019: Registration Now Open!
Registration is now open for the 18th WFTGA International Convention will take place in Tbilisi Georgia from 21 – 27 January 2019, hosted by the Georgian Association of Guides. www.wftga2019.com
Serbian Colleagues Hosted the WFTGA Area Representative
After having successfully organized the ITGD 2004 Event in Serbia (you can see all details about it here: http://www.utvs.org.yu/itgd2004.htm), our Serbian colleagues keep being very active. The Tourist Guides Association of Serbia has invited Mr. Philip Cookson, Area Representative of
International Year for Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 garners support from the sector
The United Nations 70th General Assembly has designated 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. In the context of the universal 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the International Year aims to
International Tourist Guide Day 2018
Message from the WFTGA EXBO 2017-2019 WFTGA has been in existence for 33 years, and since 1990 we have celebrated the International Tourist Guide Day worldwide. Within that time it has become a major promotion for our profession, for members
WFTGA attends the 1st International Western Silk Road Workshop in Greece
WFTGA was represented by Ivana Curuvija at the 1st International Western Silk Road Workshop in Alexandroupoli Greece on 26-27 April 2017. The workshop was jointly organised by UNWTO, the Ministry of Tourism of Greece and the region of Eastern Macedonia
ITGD Message from WFTGA EXBO 2017-2019
Message from WFTGA EXBO for International Tourist Guide Day 2017Send your news and events to [email protected]
WFTGA Executive Board 2019-2021
We are proud to announce the 2019 – 2021 Executive Board for WFTGA: President – Alushca Ritchie (South Africa) Vice President : Mary Kemp Clarke (UK) resigned Viola Lewis (Scotland) Gene Reyes (USA) Manu Del Rosario (Philippines) Arash Nooraghayee (Iran)
Count Down Begins to the Most Significant World Tourism Event in Iran
The “2017 WFTGA Convention”, Presenting Iranian Humanity and Hospitality… The Convention Confirmed Seminar, The Deep-rooted Alliance Showcase The wrap-up meeting held on the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts & Tourism Org. auditorium, on 26 Dec 2016, to finalize the process and report
Latest Newsletter for the 17th WFTGA Convention
As you know, we have less than 30 days to the Opening Ceremony, we are trying our best to have a memorable convention for you. We have prepared the list of Workshops, Lectures, and the things related to the Visa,
Another Iran Convention related meeting by our Washington Member Maricar Donato
Our Washington Member Maricar Donato prepared another meeting related to our Iran Convention in January 2017: Professor Pardis Menuchehr gave a presentation of the major Iran sites to the visitors at the Elliott School of International Affairs. © Maricar Donato,
