Cases on Tour Guide Practices for Alternative Tourism - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1799837262 ISBN 13: 9781799837268

Publisher: Igi Global Scientific Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

Tour guides, a highly responsible group of professionals who are in direct communication with tourists traveling around the world, have a great impact on the proper promotion of the culture of countries, global peace, and tolerance. Additionally, they are also effective in the preservation of world natural heritage. Thus, the educational status of tour guides, as well as the characteristics and ethical values that they should possess, need to be examined on an international scale. In today's world, where tourism demand is directed towards all types of tourism, practices in special interest tourism should be customized in order to ensure the highest level of service quality and cultural appreciation. Cases on Tour Guide Practices for Alternative Tourism provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of the occupational issues that surround tour guides and their applications within international tourism. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural education, specialized learning, and international business, this book is ideally designed for tour guides, travel agencies, tour managers, tour developers, heritage sites, museums, academicians, researchers, students, industry experts, and hospitality professionals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Igi Global Scientific Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1799837262
• ISBN 13: 9781799837268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Yildirim Gulsun, Ozbek Ozlem, Kilinc Ceyhun Caglar