What does the tour guide study?

Tour guides can choose to study tourism management, tourism planning, tourism geography, cultural heritage protection and other related majors. The following are some common tour guide majors:

1. Tourism management: Tourism management majors mainly cultivate students' skills in tourism planning, organization management and service, including tourism market knowledge, tourism product development and tourism resource management.

2. Tourism planning: Tourism planning majors focus on cultivating students' ability to plan and develop destination tourism resources reasonably, including understanding the tourism market demand, designing tourism routes, planning scenic spots and tourism infrastructure.

3. Tourism geography: Tourism geography majors mainly study the role of geographical environment in tourism development and the interaction between tourism and geography. Students will learn geography, tourism resources evaluation, tourism environmental protection and other knowledge.

4. Cultural heritage protection: The major of cultural heritage protection focuses on cultivating students' ability to protect, inherit and display cultural heritage, including understanding the value of cultural heritage, cultural relics protection technology and cultural heritage management.

Professional employment direction of tour guides:

1, Travel Agency: Working in a travel agency, you can be engaged in travel route planning, product development, sales and customer service. You can be responsible for providing tourists with travel advice, organizing trips, arranging accommodation and transportation services.

2. Tourist attractions or tourist enterprises: Many tourist attractions and tourist enterprises need tour guides to introduce tourist attractions, explain history and culture and provide related services. You can work in scenic spots, museums and cultural heritage protection institutions.

3. Tour guide service: Many cities and tourist destinations provide tour guide services, providing tourists with services such as city tour, museum explanation and rural tourism. You can be a freelance tour guide or join a tour group to explain and show the characteristics and charm of the destination to tourists.

4. Tourism media and publishing: you can engage in tourism writing, photography and editing in tourism media institutions, travel magazines, travel book publishing houses and other places to provide readers with tourism information and guides.

Matters needing attention

1. Learn more about the industry: Before making a decision, it is recommended to learn more about the working environment, responsibilities and prospects of the tourism industry. Understand the development trend, market demand and relevant laws and regulations of the industry in order to make wise career choices.

2. Determine personal interests and abilities: Tour guides need to have a strong interest in tourism and culture and good communication and service skills. Considering your interests, personality and skills, choose a tour guide major and employment direction that matches your personal characteristics.

3. Improve your language ability: To be an excellent tour guide, it is very important to improve your language ability. Besides the mother tongue, learn one or more foreign languages (such as English, French, Spanish, etc.). ) can expand employment opportunities and better communicate with international tourists.

4. Rich practical experience: It is an important way to become a qualified tour guide to accumulate practical experience through internship, volunteer activities or participating in tour guide training courses. Practical experience can help you get familiar with the operation and management of the tourism industry and enhance your professional competitiveness.