360 Tour Guide: Leading Tours & Earning Money & Starting a Company

Author: (USA) Braidwood, B., (USA) Boyce, S.M., (USA) Cropp, R. (Written by Yue Yan)
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Whether you want to travel all year round or take two weeks each summer; whether your dream destination is a tropical paradise or a snowy world, a luxurious hotel or backpacking and hiking boots, a tour guide is a way for you to travel to your favorite places at your favorite times. This profession requires creativity, planning, perseverance, and immense patience, but you can set your own schedule and arrange your life according to your own itinerary. The authors of this book provide background knowledge about the tourism industry, describe what the tour guide profession entails, explain how to organize a group to travel to your favorite destinations, and offer planning outlines that apply no matter where you go. They also outline blueprints for entrepreneurs who want to establish larger tourism companies.