Do I have to use a tourist guide card to buy tickets for my own travel?

You have to buy your own tickets for travel, and the tour guide card has no effect of free tickets. Tour guides with tour guide qualification certificates can enjoy free tickets when leading tour groups into scenic spots.

The tour guide card is valid for life, counting from the date of issuance. At present, there are no relevant laws and regulations requiring tourists to enter the scenic spot free of charge only with the guide card, and all of them need to be charged.

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Measures for the administration of tourist guide cards:

Tour guide card (including temporary tour guide card) is a legal certificate that the holder is registered as a tour guide according to law and can engage in tour guide activities. Tour guides should wear a tour guide card when conducting tour guide activities. Those who engage in tour guide activities without a tour guide card shall be punished according to the relevant provisions of the Regulations.

The tourist guide card is only for the holder's own use, and shall not be forged, altered, lent or traded. Tourist guide cards are designated and uniformly printed by the National Tourism Administration and issued by the tourism administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Provincial tourism administrative departments may entrust prefecture-level listed tourism administrative departments to issue tourist guide cards on their behalf as needed. If the provincial tourism administrative department entrusts the prefecture-level tourism administrative department to issue the tourist guide card on its behalf, it shall submit a written report to the National Tourism Administration for the record at the same time as making the entrustment decision.

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People's Daily Online-The tour guide who wanted to visit Dujiangyan for free was rejected. The official said that there is no legal basis for holding a tour guide card for free.