How to be a tour guide?

• gyllyx

  16 Oct 05, 12:45

  Hi,
  
  Anyone knows what is the basic requirement of becoming a tour guide?
  
  Is there licence required to be one?
  
  Thanks!
• dragg

  16 Oct 05, 12:48

  yes.
  
  
• maggot

  16 Oct 05, 12:58

  Need to study tourism from shatec?
• alan-

  16 Oct 05, 13:32

  Originally posted by maggot:

  Need to study tourism from shatec?

  i thk hotel management related diplomas can also.
• maggot

  16 Oct 05, 13:35

  Must be able to speak a lot of other languages right?
  
  Good knowledge of local attractions?
• dragg

  16 Oct 05, 17:15

  if you lead chinese tour groups you need to speak chinese. english for english tour groups. so on and so forth.
  
• 105090

  16 Oct 05, 17:20

  pour soya sause over yourself
  
  basically, needs licence. to get a licence, need to go to all the courses, and, you need to find a company to represent. the pay also not very good le.. based on tips and commission. then if u SG tour guide, also no fun cos SG so small. if say chiina tour guide, can go many more places FREE!