How to apply for a tour guide card? Do I have to apply for a tour guide card before I can apply for it?

The approval of tourist guide card has been cancelled. Tourism authorities will no longer implement administrative examination and approval for tour leaders.

According to the Decision of the NPC Standing Committee on Amending the Foreign Trade Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), etc. 12 (adopted at the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th NPC on October 7th, 2006, 20 165438), Article 12 makes the following amendments to the Tourism Law of the People's Republic of China:

Article 39 is amended as: "To engage in tour guide business, one should obtain a tour guide certificate, have corresponding academic qualifications, language ability and travel experience, and conclude a labor contract with the travel agency that has appointed him to engage in tour guide business and obtained the Business License for Outbound Tourism Business." Thirty-ninth people who have obtained a tour guide card, have corresponding academic qualifications, language ability and travel experience, and have entered into a labor contract with a travel agency may apply for a tour guide card.

Delete the "tourist guide card" in the first paragraph of Article 41. The new edition reads: "Tour guides and tour leaders engaged in business activities should wear tour guide cards, abide by professional ethics, respect tourists' customs and religious beliefs, inform and explain the code of conduct for civilized tourism, guide tourists to travel healthily and civilized, and discourage tourists from violating social ethics. "

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According to the Tourism Law of the People's Republic of China

Thirty-seventh people who have passed the tour guide qualification examination, signed a labor contract with a travel agency or registered in the relevant tourism industry organizations may apply for a tour guide card.

Thirty-eighth travel agencies shall conclude labor contracts with the hired tour guides according to law, pay labor remuneration and pay social insurance premiums.

Where a travel agency temporarily hires a tour guide to provide services for tourists, it shall pay the tour guide the tour guide service fee stipulated in the third paragraph of Article 60 of this Law in full.

Where a travel agency arranges a tour guide to provide services for group travel, it shall not require the tour guide to pay in advance or charge any fees to the tour guide.

Article 39 Anyone who engages in tour guide business shall obtain a tour guide certificate, have corresponding academic qualifications, language ability and travel experience, and conclude a labor contract with the travel agency that has appointed him to engage in tour guide business and obtained the Business License for Outbound Tourism.

Fortieth tour guides and tour leaders must accept the appointment of travel agencies to provide services for tourists, and may not contract tour guides and tour leaders without permission.

China People's Congress Network-Decision on Amending Twelve Laws, including People's Republic of China (PRC) Foreign Trade Law

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tourism Law of the People's Republic of China