There are various characteristics of a tour guide including punctuality, dresses well, speak loudly and clearly. A tour guide also needs to offer necessary information for tourist and make the tour vibrant or dynamic.
The types and characteristics of Tourist are:
Leisure and business travelers are the two largest segments that we use to divide the travel market. However, there are a lot of reasons why someone chooses to travel, and these reasons, or motivations, go a long way in allowing us to further divide the market into targets and even niche segments.
- Leisure travel is the kind of travelling that is not objective in making money but rather spending it. It can also be referred to as tourism as it is a means of unwinding from ones day to day activities. Most people go for leisure travel far from their countries of residence with an aim to be off from their daily hustles. Leisure travel can be long or short term depending on one's financial budgets. It is usually a moment to connect with nature, have fun and visit historical sites.
- Business travel is whereby people travel for purposes related to their work. It is on the rise especially with foreign markets opening up. In such a case all costs are usually met by the business.
Top 10 Characteristics of a great tour guide
You could be standing inside a 12th-century French chapel, surrounded by rare stained-glass windows created for a king; the architecture is astounding, but if you don’t know what you’re looking at, its history and relevance, which king, why and when, you’ll be missing out on so much.
1. Understandable - Ideally, your tour guide should speak a range of languages, including your own, as well as the local lingo. They should also speak clearly, audibly and with confidence.
2. Punctual - Your tour leader should be waiting for you when you arrive, rather than the other way around. Ideally, they should also ensure that other tour members arrive and depart on time, and don’t cause delays for the group as a whole.
3. Friendly - A relaxed and friendly manner is key to a great tour guide. They also need to have a certain level of authority, and be able to keep tour members together and focused without coming across as intimidating, patronizing or arrogant – not a good look in a tour guide.
4. Knowledgeable - A good tour guide has an in-depth knowledge of the site, its history and importance. A great tour guide has a passion for their subject and can convey their enthusiasm to the group. Such passion can be contagious and inspiring.
5. Engaging - Great tour guides share their knowledge in an engaging, illuminating and entertaining way, rather than repeating a list of facts by rote.
6. Interactive - Effective tour guides also invite questions and interaction from tour members, rather than treating the tour as a one-person show or a ‘be quiet and listen’ school lesson.
7. Funny - A certain level of friendly humour is essential. Equally, a good tour guide also knows when to include a little quiet time, and when to let the site speak for itself.
8. Observant - The tour needs to be relevant to a broad range of people, including different age groups. A good tour leader also needs to be aware of tour members with special needs.
9. Good Pacing - Whether the speed of the narrative or the pace of a walking tour, it should be neither too fast nor too slow. Like Goldilocks, it should be just right.
10. Flexible - When appropriate, a flexible approach can make the difference between a good and a great tour guide. Being flexible means being open to serendipity, taking a moment to enjoy spontaneous moments like a particularly perfect sunset.
If I has a chance to being a tourist guide, a good characteristic of me are funny and self-confident because it will make a tourist happy all the time that traveling with me and good impression, good memories travel with tourist forever.
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