BY: SALLY A. ATENTO
LEGAZPI CITY, March 5 (PIA) –The provincial government of Albay launched Tuesday this week the Guidebook for Albay Tourist Guides at the Climate Change Academy (CCA) here as part of its initiatives in boosting the tourism industry in the province.
Albay governor Joey Salceda said the book recognizes the importance of the role of tour guides in the promotion of tourism in the province as front liners or the very first to engage tourists from whom visitors make their first impressions of the province.
“The tour guides introduce the tourists to the first stories they hear, places they visit, products they purchase, food they eat and people they meet. Through the tour guides the visitors learn about the history, the culture, the arts of the province and its people,” Salceda said.
Moreover, to become true representatives of the province and its people, it is important for the tour guides to be properly trained and educated especially in answering the basic questions asked by tourists as they arrive in the province.
The book is written by Albay poet laureate and consultant Abdon M. Balde Jr. together with the members of his Historico-Cultural Committee.
It is a product of concerted efforts among the Warm Albay Group, Albay Social Media Team and Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office.
Balde said the book is the first attempt at standardizing information dissemination in the tourism industry in the province.
It aims specifically to provide tour guides with sufficient and accurate information about the tourist destinations in Albay and to suggest ways of assisting and informing the tourists about these destinations.
“As a tourist guide, it is your duty to provide assistance, accurate information, and cultural, historical and technical interpretation to tourists on organized tours or as individuals at any commercial and educational center, historical and religious sites, arts and entertainment centers, museums, natural sites and other significant tourist destinations, “Balde said.
The guidebook includes the road map of the cities and municipalities comprising the province.
Information on the province and its exciting tourist destinations are written in direct, simple language to be easily assimilated by tour guides with limited schooling and have been simply trained on the job.
The book also features iconic pictures of tourist destinations under the three priority areas of tourism in the province.
These areas include the Green Zone or eco-tourism sites, Silk Road or trade and souvenir centers and El Camino Colonial or the colonial road that takes the tourist down the history lane of the province. (MAL/SAA-PIA5/Albay)
LEGAZPI CITY, March 5 (PIA) –The provincial government of Albay launched Tuesday this week the Guidebook for Albay Tourist Guides at the Climate Change Academy (CCA) here as part of its initiatives in boosting the tourism industry in the province.
Albay governor Joey Salceda said the book recognizes the importance of the role of tour guides in the promotion of tourism in the province as front liners or the very first to engage tourists from whom visitors make their first impressions of the province.
“The tour guides introduce the tourists to the first stories they hear, places they visit, products they purchase, food they eat and people they meet. Through the tour guides the visitors learn about the history, the culture, the arts of the province and its people,” Salceda said.
Moreover, to become true representatives of the province and its people, it is important for the tour guides to be properly trained and educated especially in answering the basic questions asked by tourists as they arrive in the province.
The book is written by Albay poet laureate and consultant Abdon M. Balde Jr. together with the members of his Historico-Cultural Committee.
It is a product of concerted efforts among the Warm Albay Group, Albay Social Media Team and Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office.
Balde said the book is the first attempt at standardizing information dissemination in the tourism industry in the province.
It aims specifically to provide tour guides with sufficient and accurate information about the tourist destinations in Albay and to suggest ways of assisting and informing the tourists about these destinations.
“As a tourist guide, it is your duty to provide assistance, accurate information, and cultural, historical and technical interpretation to tourists on organized tours or as individuals at any commercial and educational center, historical and religious sites, arts and entertainment centers, museums, natural sites and other significant tourist destinations, “Balde said.
The guidebook includes the road map of the cities and municipalities comprising the province.
Information on the province and its exciting tourist destinations are written in direct, simple language to be easily assimilated by tour guides with limited schooling and have been simply trained on the job.
The book also features iconic pictures of tourist destinations under the three priority areas of tourism in the province.
These areas include the Green Zone or eco-tourism sites, Silk Road or trade and souvenir centers and El Camino Colonial or the colonial road that takes the tourist down the history lane of the province. (MAL/SAA-PIA5/Albay)
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