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Introduction of Tour Guiding

Josefino Tulabing Larena ,CPS,CPE,MPA Professor

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Let us introduce!

Josefino Tulabing Larena, CPS,CPE,MPAProfessor

-15 years in the Tourism Industry

-15 member of Dumaguete Tourism Council

-16 years as Tour Guide

-7 years teaching Tour Guiding

_ Masters in Public Administration

- 9 units in Doctor in Public Administration

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Why do you want to become a guide?

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But the question is…

• Why do people hire guides?

• What is a guide’s primary role?

• What are a guide’s most important

personal characteristics?

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But the question is…

• In presenting places, to whom are guides most responsible:– Themselves– The sites– Their employer– The region– The tourist

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Guides’ opinion

‘maintaining control of a group’

‘disseminating information’

‘efficiently getting people to as many sights as possible’

‘telling history’

‘representing my area in a favourable way’

‘passing on my passion for this region’

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Tour operators’ opinion

‘public relations’

‘representing the region and the tour company in a favourable way’

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Foreign tourists’ opinion

‘ambassador’

‘interpreter of the culture’

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Senior tourists’ opinion‘companion’

‘leader’

‘caretaker of details, situations, and personalities’

Students’ opinion

‘teaching’

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What business are you in?

I searched for “Tourist Guide” on internet

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What is a guide?

Vs.

‘Interpreter’

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Tourism is edutainment!

“Learning and knowing is a human need”

This is education

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Education is two things!

Knowing

and

Realizing

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Realizing “atma-sadh”

• Tourism is a lifestyle product

• It is experience

• It is understanding

• Multidimensional

• Conceptual

• 10% tangible 90% abstract

• It’s a challenge!!

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Limitations• Time

• Resources

• Access to life in host community

• Selective perception!

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What do a tourist do?

“See expert help”

Guru!

Teacher!!

Guide!!!

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What is my role as a guide?

• Not just to tell

• Help them understand and feel

• Create– Right context– Image

• Facilitate learning!

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Commonly agreed

1. That the guide’s role varies, depending upon the setting, the visitor, the purpose of the visit, and the guide himself; and

2. That one of the hallmarks of the professional guide is the ability to carry out a wide variety of duties and functions simultaneously.

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Welcome to learning!

Make most of this opportunity!

Learn different world views!!

Learn from peers!!!

Learn from and in IITTM environment!!!!

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Thank you so much God bless

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