Career planning book for tour guides

Career planning book about tour guides

1. Career planning

Good wishes: a successful career and a happy family< /p>

Direction: Open a travel agency

Overall goal: complete university studies and have your own business.

2. Social environment planning and career analysis

1. General social environment: China has political stability and sustained economic development. In the context of the rapid development of global tourism, China's tourism industry is also developing by leaps and bounds, gradually changing from the previous technical secondary school level to college level to undergraduate level, and even more, people can go abroad for further study and international exchanges.

2. The special social environment of the tour guide profession: Due to the late development of management science in China, most of the management knowledge comes from abroad, and there are still many imperfections in China's corporate management. China is in urgent need of management talents, especially senior management talents who have received systematic training. Therefore, the business management career market is broad. To develop enterprises in China, they must be suitable for China's national conditions, which requires a combination of scientific and artistic management and dynamic adaptation to the environment. Therefore, a large number of foreign-invested enterprises attracted by the Chinese market are faced with the task of localization transformation. This provides many opportunities for those who are preparing to do management work in foreign companies.

3. The working environment of tour guides: Tour guides have become shopping guides, and their behavior has become the focus of attention of tourists and the media, and has become the target of criticism. The emergence of this situation should be said to be separate from the living environment of tour guides. Not open. Brutal competition among travel agencies, less affluent tourists are only interested in travel prices and turn a blind eye to existing differences in service quality, tourism-related industries do whatever they can to expand their income, and the lack of laws and regulations makes it difficult for the tour guide profession to have a sense of identity, etc. Etc., these factors together constitute the working environment of tour guides. However, with the development of social economy, a large number of high-quality tour guides are still in demand.

3. Understanding of the tour guide profession

1. Having a healthy body, dedication to work, and a hard-working spirit are the keys to doing a good job as a tour guide. The work of a tour guide is both complex mental work and heavy physical work. When hosting tour groups and organizing tourism activities, you have to walk, climb mountains, work continuously, and adapt to differences in climate and diet? All of this requires the tour guide to have a healthy body and be able to adapt to this long-term Time and multi-faceted work; secondly, we have to take tour groups out for sightseeing every day, and it is inevitable to be exposed to the sun and rain; and it is often the case that tourists get lost and do not gather on time. In this case, the tour guide has no choice but to go to the tourists in person. Running back and forth like this will be very tiring. But when we fall in love with the job of a tour guide, no matter how hard it is, we can endure it, and no matter how tired we are, we will think it is worth it. When we do this, we will feel that life is still full of passion and freshness, and there are new expectations every day. When there are expectations, there is motivation. Motivation is the basic prerequisite for achieving a career.

2. China’s active participation in global and regional cooperation is conducive to the development of tourism. Building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way also brings important opportunities to the development of tourism. China has achieved rapid economic growth in the process of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. The economic development will still be in a stable and rising period for a long time in the future. Under the goal of building a moderately prosperous society and a harmonious society, the overall living standards of the people will be improved. significantly improved. The 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2016 Shanghai World Expo will be a good opportunity for Chinese culture to rise in world culture and show its stage to the world. Through these two stages, China will further enhance its position in the international tourism market. Image, inbound tourism, outbound tourism and domestic tourism will face unprecedented development opportunities, so this places higher requirements on tour guides. Tour guide workers must have a deep understanding of the customer-centered service concept, how to respect the rights and emotions of customers, meet the individual needs of tourists, and achieve overall care for them. At the same time, we must understand the broad nature of the role of tour guides. The role of tour guides is gradually breaking away from the traditional image. Contemporary tour guides assume multiple roles---as disseminators of knowledge, qualified explainers; liaisons; translators; teachers; Actors and scholars?

3. To put it simply, the work of a tour guide is cumbersome, busy, and the interpersonal relationships are complicated. Tour guides need to have good mental and physical qualities. The job of a tour guide is no longer just to take tourists. Appreciate the scenery, eat some special snacks, and learn to mobilize the enthusiasm of tourists. Therefore, the important responsibilities of tour guides are: (1) Arranging tourism activities (2) Doing good reception work (3) Tour guide explanation and translation (4) Maintaining safety and handling problems.

4. Personal analysis and role suggestions

1. Personal analysis:

Understanding of self:

(1), personality : Good eloquence, quick to learn geography and history; good adaptability; patient, kind, responsible, pragmatic, easy to get along with, filial, focused on teamwork, good at interacting with others, easy to trust others, independent-minded and adventurous ( Dare to try), sensitive.

(2) Ability: Have good language expression skills, like to communicate with others, and be able to introduce others to others in the most concise language; have relatively strong organizational management skills and initiative in doing things Strong, with good macro-control ability; good adaptability, high demands on things, tend to tolerate one's own pursuit or failure, like a more relaxed life, hope everyone does things in their own way, don't like to interact with others Fight for power.

2. Role suggestions:

Father: We must keep learning and have strong abilities; we must work hard and develop, and we must live in a big city so that we can move in together after retirement.

Mother: Make progress at work and don’t miss out on marriage.

Teacher: smart, motivated, simple, well-behaved, lack of social experience

Student: has strong working ability, suitable for leadership.

5. Decomposition and combination of career goals

Career goal: senior manager of a famous travel agency.

(1) College level goals:

1. Try to pass the English Band 4 exam when you are a freshman.

2. Strive for a second-class scholarship in your sophomore year.

3. Go to a travel agency in your county for an internship during the winter vacation of your sophomore year to enhance your practical ability.

4. When the school arranges internships during the summer vacation of your sophomore year, you should ask professional tour guides if you don’t understand.

5. During the three years of college, I used my spare time to sign up for English tutoring classes.

6. During the three years of college, cultivate your own interests and hobbies, participate in more activities, and improve your social communication skills.

7. During the three years of college, take more certificates related to your major.

8. In the third year of college, while doing internship, actively prepare for the tour guide qualification certificate examination

(2) Post-graduation goals

1. After graduation, I can work in a travel agency.

2. Open a travel agency by yourself within ten years after starting work.

6. Success criteria

My success criteria is the coordinated development of personal affairs, career, and family life.

As long as I work hard, develop my abilities, and achieve tangible self-improvement at each stage, even if the goals are not achieved (especially the income goals), I will not feel like a failure and give myself too much. The pressure itself is a failure.

I think it is understandable to sacrifice the realization of career goals for the sake of family. You must have your own family before the age of 28.

7. Career Planning Implementation Plan

Gap: 1. Advanced tour guide management concepts of multinational enterprises and rich tour guide management experience; 2. Essential skills as a senior professional tour guide , Innovation ability; 3. Lack of rapid adaptability; 4. There is a gap in physical adaptability. 5. The social circle is too narrow.