Local Tour Guiding Services SHS Program

1. Tour Guiding

2. Objective
1. discuss the history of tour
guiding in the history in the
world and in the Philippines
2. Explore opportunities for
tour guiding services as a
carrer.

3. Brief History
 Herodotus
 The first travel writer
 Herodotus's eye-witness
accounts indicate that he
travelled in Egypt in
association with
Athenians, probably some
time after 454 BC or
possibly earlier, after an
Athenian fleet had
assisted the uprising
against Persian rule in
460–454 BC.

4. The Ancient Empire
 The era of the great empire from 3,000 BC to
500AD.generated travel. The ancient Persians
,Assyrians and Egyptians travelled in a organized
manner.
 During the era of the Greek Empire, tourism
flourished. Festivals and shows ,among them the
Olympic Games which begun in 776 B.C.

5. First Tour Guiding
 Egyptian first tour guide
in the World.

6. Dark Ages
 Travel during the Dark Times
 Massive forests with wild animals and obscure, long roads are
some of the places travelers encounter during the Dark Ages.
Only bravery can overcome the challenges travelers meet in the
road.
 The Outsiders
 Travelling centuries ago was done by walking or riding a horse.
Transporting was gradual and took months to arrive in the
destination. Nights were spent under the moon beside the road
or in the forests. The daunting scene was even added with tales
of demons and spirits of the forests. Travelers had nothing to do
but to cope up with the situation and let fear pass until the sun
rises.

7. The Middle Ages
 The period between the fall of Rome and the
Renaissance is known as the Middle Ages,
approximately between 500 A.D. and 1508 A.D. It is
also known as the ages. The fall of Rome led to the
decline of trade and the economy in general and
decrease in the desire to travel.

8. The Renaissance and the Grand
Tour
 It was during this period that young men of the upper
class travelled from Britain on the Grand Tour, a
prescribed route from England through France,
Germany, Austria, Switzerland to Italy which was the
destination.

9. The Modern Age
 The three well –known European writers who visited
the New World in the nineteenth century –Charles
Dickens, Francis Trollope and Alexis de Tocqueville

10. Founded the modern tourist
industry Thomas Cook
 Thomas Cook (22
November 1808 – 18 July
1892) of Melbourne,
Derbyshire, England
founded the travel agency
Thomas Cook & Son
(popularly nicknamed
Cook's Tours) that became
Thomas Cook AG before
eventually becoming
Thomas Cook Group in
2007

11. Thomas Cook Excursion Panels

12. Brief history cont.
 In 1850s he offered the grand
circular tours” OF Europe
 In 1866 ,he introduced the hotel
coupon
 From 1847- to 1922 Thomas Cook
& Sons published Tourists
handbooks for the different
countries of Europe.

13. Tour Guide Meaning
a person
employed to
show tourists
around
places of
interest.

14. Cebu Association of Tour Guides
Inc. CAT-G Inc.

15. Bohol Island Tour Guides
Association of the Philippines, Inc.

16. MABUHAY GUIDES
 The Mabuhay Guides Training Program was created in
2010 to produce top quality guides and tour leaders
who would present the country in the best light to
travelers, business investors, and tourism partners.
 The six-week course consisted of on-site trainings
conducted by trainers from the London Blue Badge. A
Blue Badge is the British national standard guiding
qualification. It is recognized internationally as a
benchmark of excellence.
 Lectures were given by respected figures in Philippine
art, culture, history, identity, heritage, architecture,
music, geography, and ecological tourism.

18. WFTGA-World Federation of
Tourist Guide Associations
 WFTGA Executive Board 2015-2017
 Pictured L to R: Ivana Curuvija
(Serbia) Head of Training; Ruby Roy
(Canada) Vice President; Felicitas
Wressnig (Austria) President;
Hermann Friedsam (Austria)
Treasurer; Esther Banike (USA)
Secretary; Roger Rajah (Malaysia)
Area Representative Coordinator;
Alushca Ritchie (South Africa)
Administrator

19. WFTGA
 Tour Manager/Tour Director or Escort:
A Person who manages an itinerary on behalf of the
tour operator ensuring the programme is carried out as
described in the tour operator's literature and sold to
the traveller/consumer and who gives local practical
information.

20. International Tourist Guide Day:
February 21st
 A Must for Local Citizens and Local Tourism and Travel
Industry Partners. Get to Know the Professional Tourist
Guides and Your Ambassadors to the world!
 February 21st. an initiative of WFTGA, the International
Tourist Guide Day is held on 21st February each year.
 In 1990, Mrs. Titina Loizides, president of the WFTGA was
involved when it was held for the first time, 15 countries
participated. Since then, tourist guides in an ever growing
number of countries have been giving help to their local
communities, conducting tours for disabled persons,
disadvantaged persons, for children, industry partners,
officials and the general public.

21. Philippine Tour Guide Day
Third Monday
of June:
National Tour
Guides’ Day
(Proclamation
No. 574, s. 2013)

22. Kinds of Tour Guide
Free Lance- not permanently
connected with any travel agency
and paid per tip.
Staff Guide –permanently
connected with a travel agency
,receives monthly salary

23. Types of Tour Guide
 On –site or local guides
 A person competent enough to guide in a certain
locality area.

24. City Guide or Escort
 A person who accompanies a group of tourist from the
point of origin to the destination ,and back to the
origin .Usually hand lies group’s check in and check
out.

25. Specialized Guide
 A guide who specializes in a certain field such as
botany ,architecture ,marine life etc.

26. Step on Guide
 A guide who joining a tour bus for a local sightseeing
excursion.

27. Naturalist Guide
 Guides are trained in a variety of material to best
prepare them to show you around the archipelago
while educating you on the wildlife and land around
you in addition to help conservation

28. Philippine Tour Guide
 John Charles Edward "Carlos"
Pamintuan Celdran (born
November 10, 1972) is a Filipino
tour guide, cultural activist, and
performing artist.
 His tour offerings have included
"If these Walls Could Talk," a
half-day walking tour of
Intramuros, wearing the
Spanish-colonial garb of an
illustrado and the "Living la Vida
Imelda!" tour, where he dons bell
bottoms for a tour of the 1970s-
built Cultural Center of the
Philippines

29. Ivan Man Dy
 Ivan Man Dy
 Conceptualized, manufactured,
bred and educated in the city of
Manila, Ivan is the feet behind
Old Manila Walks. Before he
finally took to the streets, he was
an active museum guide as well
as a staunch heritage
preservation activist. Now, he
has found his calling being
seasoned urbanite, a self-
designated life-long citizen and
ambassador of Manila. Since
2005, he has led the thousands
of happy walking hordes down
his city's most historic
quarters. Four years on and
countless calluses later, he is still
loving every step of the way.

30. Balbino “Ka Bino”
Pada Guerrero
 He never imagined making a living
out of tour guiding. However, the
universe has a seemingly magical
way of leading this Tanjay native,
showing him around as he moved
from being an accredited freelancer
to working with several tour
operators in Cebu by way of
assisting tourist/guest upon arrival
and hotel check-in and conducting
the tour as per guest itinerary.
 “I took up Political Science in 1994
at the Silliman University
(Dumaguete City), but I did not
finish the course. I became an
activist,” Balbino “Ka Bino” Pada
Guerrero narrated. “Then I went
back to school and took up BS
Secondary Education with History
as my major in Diaz College (Tanjay
City). After which, an opportunity
plucked me off Negros (Oriental)
and transplanted me here in Cebu.”

31. Mr. Jan Carlo Caldito
 He is one of the most
requested & visible guides
of Ilocos Norte. He is not
only guiding but helps in
product development. He
also share his skills &
expertise by conducting
talks to the youth who are
interested to be future
guides & he is usually
accountable & dedicated to
all his guests with a zest.

32. ROGER Lucero
 ROGER Lucero has a funny way
of telling the story about The
Ruins in Talisay City, Negros
Occidental.
 Roger Lucero, 26, has become a
sensation on YouTube, a video-
sharing website, after someone
identified only as orsalia
uploaded a footage of him
conducting a tour on The Ruins
that left the guests in stitches.
Titled “Roger the funny guide of
The Ruins Negros Occidental,”
the video has so far garnered
150,634 hits and 236 comments
as of Aug. 11.

33. Cidni Mapa

34. Josefino “ Kuya Penn “ Larena Jr.
 Nominated in the
Tourism Star Philippines
2015
 Professional Tour Guide
17 years
 Tour Guiding Instructor
10 years
 Consumer Advocate
 Local Historian &
Heritage Advocate
 Civic Leader 17 years

35. Mr. Penn Larena