Tour guide English

Author: Lu Zhibao
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: With the rapid, sustained, and stable development of China's national economy, the tourism industry in China has achieved remarkable results. Especially with the upcoming Beijing Olympics and the further development of China's reform and opening-up, the tourism industry has entered a new period of growth, which has placed higher demands on the quality of tour guides. To adapt to the booming tourism industry and the need for tour guides to improve their skills, we have organized the compilation of the "Tour Guide Foreign Language Series." The basic content of this series consists of three parts: Social and Culture, Scenic Spot Introductions, and Scenario Dialogues. The first part primarily covers China's national conditions, geography, history, culture, ethnic groups, religions, folk customs, cuisine, local products, and architecture. The second part provides introductions to key scenic spots, aiming to offer tour guides with models for foreign language guiding in these areas. The third part is characterized by its practicality, featuring scenario dialogues based on key moments in the tour guide process, offering readers examples of standardized and excellent tour reception dialogues. This series is language-standardized and highly practical, making it suitable as a training textbook for the Tour Guide Qualification Examination, a teaching resource for foreign language instruction in tourism majors at various tourism colleges, and also a leisure reading material for enthusiasts of tourism and foreign languages.