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English for Guidance by Prof. Adel AlSheikh

Tour Guides are expected to provide tourists with information regarding the
place they’re visiting, answer questions they may have, and adhere to a pre-
designed route to avoid getting lost.
Some Tour Guides work with city sightseeing companies that take tourists
around a city and show them the main landmarks. A few of these tours are
performed from a bus, while others are on foot. Tour groups may vary in age,
from teenagers to senior citizens, and country of origin. Tour Guides can be
limited to specific establishments such as museums, parks, or historical places,
while others take people on adventure trips in the wilderness, like in a safari;
these are known as Adventure Tour Guides and they must have some extra
qualifications due to the nature of their work field.

Primary Responsibilities
Here’s a non-exhaustive list of common tasks Tour Guides are required to
complete.
 Attending briefing meetings with the Tour Manager about important

information about the tour group (e.g. age group, interests, and special
needs).
 Greeting tourists before starting the tour:

o Learning their names;
o memorizing their faces; and
o checking the number of people in the group.
 Explaining emergency procedures to the group and making sure they
understand them.
 Distributing promotional material about the trip to the tourists.
 Escorting individuals or groups on sightseeing trips:

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