Is there any difference between a full tour guide, a local tour guide and a tour leader?

1. An overseas tour leader refers to a staff member appointed by a travel agency approved by the national tourism administrative department to engage in outbound tourism business, who is authorized to lead a tour group to engage in tourism activities on behalf of the travel agency.

2. Full-time escort tour guide (hereinafter referred to as full escort) refers to the staff appointed by the group travel agency, who, as the representative of the group travel agency, implements the reception plan with the cooperation of the tour leader and the local accompanying tour guide to provide full-time escort service for the tour group. The package tour agency or package travel agency here refers to a travel agency that accepts reservations from tour groups or overseas travel agencies, formulates and issues reception plans, and can provide full-time escort service. The tour leader here refers to the staff appointed by an overseas travel agency to lead the tour group to engage in tourism activities on behalf of the travel agency.

3. Local accompanying tour guides (hereinafter referred to as local escorts) refer to the staff appointed by the reception travel agency to implement the reception plan on behalf of the reception agency and provide local tourism activities arrangement, explanation, translation and other services for tour groups. The reception agency or reception travel agency here refers to the travel agency that accepts the entrustment of the package tour agency and appoints local accompanying tour guides to be responsible for organizing and arranging tour groups to visit and tour in the local area according to the reception plan.