Lesson 2 Flashcards
Communication goals in tour guiding
•Inform, remind advice•Promote and persuade•Clarify•Build rapport and relationships•Gather feedback for improvement
This goals includes giving directions and commentaries, explaining itineraries, reminding tourist of safety tips and security, describing weather conditions and situations, challenge in the place etc.
Inform, remind advice
One of the tour guide’s main responsibilities is to show interest in people to visit places especially that of hie/her own
Promote and persuade
Such changes should be communicated clearly to the tourist to avoid confusion
Clarify
Good conversation with tourists lead to good rapport
Build rapport and relationships
Communication tasks for tour guides
•Receiving telephone calls•Preparing an itinerary•Giving tour commentary