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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.

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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 wasย also an opportunity to apply in assistingย 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 inย 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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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

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

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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

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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)

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WFTGA Train the Trainer Course in Scotland

The WFTGA Train the Trainer Course, organised by the Scottish Tourist Guides Association (STGA) was delivered by WFTGA ย Lead International Trainer, Rosalind Newlands and WFTGA National Trainer Patricia Blain. ย It was attended by 8 STGA members: Linda Arthur, Robert Bowles,

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Cyprus Train the Trainer Course in November 2015 finalised

Cyprus Train the Trainer Course in November 2015 was just finalised with new National Trainers from Albania, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Nepal, Slovenia. WFTGA congratulates all, including the facilitators, sponsors and helping hands!   Maria Aristidou Vice-President and Training Committee Chair

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International Tourist Guide Day 2016: Newletter

International Tourist Guide Day February 21stย is fast approaching and we would like to inform members and colleagues around the world to celebrate somehow locally. Using your smart phones post your message to the WFTGA facebook page and twitter accounts Remember

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