Each year on February 21st, we honour International Tourist Guide Day—a special occasion dedicated to celebrating the invaluable profession of Tourist Guiding and showcasing its global significance. Theme for 2025: - Tourist Guides as Peace Ambassadors. We are excited to invite all our members and Tourist Guides to actively participate in the celebrations on February 21st, 2025. Join us in highlighting the crucial role Tourist Guides play in fostering sustainable and eco-friendly tourism practices. How You Can Get Involved: - Share the News: Spread the word with your fellow Tourist Guide Members through your social media channels and personal networks. - Use Our Hashtags: Enhance visibility by using the official hashtags and tagging us in your posts across all platforms. Official Hashtags: #ITGDay2025 #WFTGA #WFTGAmembers #WFTGAfamily #ITGD2025 #InternationalTouristGuideDay Let’s come together to celebrate and elevate the profession of Tourist Guiding, making a positive impact on our communities and the environment! #WFTGA #WFTGAmembers #WFTGAfamily #WFTGAtouristguides #world #Touristguides
World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA)
Gemeinnützige Organisationen
Global Forum for Professional Tourist Guides encouraging standards and professional qualifications for Tourist Guides
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Bringing professional Tourist Guides together since 1985, WFTGA encourages standards in tourist guiding around the world. We offer short courses in guiding skills, as an introduction as well as arefresher, and training for Trainers of Tourist Guides. Over the years our non-profit, non-political organisation has grown its expert team of trainers and today our Training Division consists of 20 Lead International Trainers, 45 International Trainers and over 200 National Trainers. WFTGA is recognized as an NGO by UNESCO, is an affiliate member of UNWTO, and is consulted by committees dealing with European standards (CEN) and International standards (ISO). WFTGA represents Tourist Guides from over 100 countries, encouraging the qualification of Tourist Guides according to the definition (ISO 18513 /CEN 13908:2003): A Tourist Guide is a person who guides visitors in the language of their choice and interprets the cultural & natural heritage of an area, which person normally possesses an area-specific qualification usually issued and/or recognised by the appropriate authority. How can you benefit from WFTGA Training? 1. In-house courses – can be arranged in situ at different localities on request. So far, courses have been arranged at the request of UNWTO, UNESCO, GIZ, USAID, Ministries related to tourism as well as at request of our member Tourist Guides Associations. 2. WFTGA International Training Centres (Cyprus and Armenia) – open courses take place on a regular basis at our ITCs and are popular with individual guides from all over the world. 3. Blended learning - As a contingency, we offer courses with an online component in preparation for the practical training. However, our training ethos stipulates that a significant part of tourist guide training must be practical, face-to-face training. WFTGA also accredits courses in accordance with EN 15565:2008 ‘Tourism Services – Requirement for the provision of professional tourist guide training and qualification
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http://wftga.org/
Externer Link zu World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA)
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- Gemeinnützige Organisationen
- Größe
- 11–50 Beschäftigte
- Hauptsitz
- Vienna
- Art
- Nonprofit
- Gegründet
- 1985
- Spezialgebiete
- Tours, Tour Guide, Tourist Guide, training, Tourist Guide Training, Trainer Training, continuous professional development, course accreditation, cultural heritage und communication skills
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Primär
Wegbeschreibung
Strasse der Wiener Wirtschaft 1
Vienna, 1020, AT
Beschäftigte von World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA)
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Maricar Donato
2024 Appointed Liaison at World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations
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Radoslaw Szafranowicz-Maloziec
Trainer, Lecturer for Tourism. Psychologist, MBA HR. Kadry Turystyki CEO.
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Ivana Karanikic
Luxury Travel Advisor for Western Balkans at Balkans Luxury Concierge DMC
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Patricia Blain
Tourism and Training
Updates
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One week into 2025! See New Year's Eve celebrated around the world, how did you celebrate New 2025? https://lnkd.in/dMNz6Wsj #throwback #newyear #WFTGA #newyearseve
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🌟 Wishing our Orthodox Christian members and all those celebrating a joyous and peaceful Christmas! May your celebrations be filled with love, light, and cherished moments with loved ones. 🎄✨ #WFTGA #OrthodoxChristmas #SeasonOfJoy #WFTGAmembers #WFTGAfamily
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Are you ready for Meet the Board tomorrow? 🌍✨ We’re thrilled to kick off 2025 with our first online gathering, hosted by the wonderful Cristina Leal, WFTGA Vice President. (Her portfolio includes members, area representatives, and the ExBo coordinator). This is your time to connect, share stories, and enjoy laughs with colleagues. Bring your questions, concerns, or just come to chat – it’s all about you! 📅 Date: 7 January 2025 This is your time to connect, share stories, and enjoy laughs with colleagues. Bring your questions, or concerns, or just come to chat – it’s all about you! 🔗 Zoom Link: https://lnkd.in/dqc7tmUc Let’s make this a conversation to remember! 🌟 #WFTGA #WFTGAMembers #TouristGuides #WFTGAMeetTheBoard #WFTGAFamily
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✨ Back to the Office! ✨ After a well-deserved festive season break, the WFTGA Executive Board, Area Representatives, and Volunteers are refreshed, recharged, and ready to make 2025 a year to remember! 💼🌍 We're excited to continue supporting and empowering tourist guides worldwide. Stay tuned for updates, opportunities, and collaborations that will inspire and unite our global community. Here's to an impactful year ahead! 💪🎉 #WFTGA #TouristGuides #Welcome2025 #GlobalCommunity #TourismLeadership
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🌍✨ Just 6 days into 2025, and the excitement for the year ahead is already building! This is our time, tourist guides, to embrace new opportunities, celebrate culture, and create unforgettable experiences. Let’s make 2025 the year of greatness for our industry! 💫 #WFTGA #TouristGuides #YearOfGreatness #WFTGAfamily #WFTGAmembers
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Tourism industry trends to look out for in 2025! Very interesting read. What are your predictions? https://lnkd.in/erv6SGxp #Travel #Tourism #trends #touristguides 🌍
Tourism industry trends for 2025 - AI, sustainability, and emerging travel norms
blog.smart-guide.org
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𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬: Do you make 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳'𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴? If you do, consider these 5 resolutions to kickstart the year and help you to prioritise your own well-being in 2025 and build your business with positivity and enthusiasm! #WFTGA #NewYear2025 #NewYear #touristguides
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We hope you've enjoyed a festive, but safe and peaceful New Year's celebration! We'll be picking up speed again by next week when our office reopens, but in the meantime, may we just mention that another Newsletter was sent out by our Convention organising team and it is packed with very useful information about our 𝐖𝐅𝐓𝐆𝐀 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in 𝐅𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐨𝐤𝐚, 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 in 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. If you've not received the newsletter and you're interested in attending our convention, please send an email to convention2026@wftga.org to be included on the mailing list going forward. View the newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/dA_2ND_G #WFTGA #JapanWFTGA2026 #WFTGAFamily #touristguides #travel #tourism #Fukuoka #Japan #WFTGAmembers #WFTGAConvention2026
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𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑! 🥂✨ As we get to midnight in our different time zones all across the world and the calendar changes over to 1 January 2025, may we be filled with a new sense of possibility, positivity and hope for what this New Year will bring! You're most welcome to share your thoughts and photos of New Year's celebrations in the comments below. Happy New Year! www.wftga.org #HappyNewYear #NewYear2025 #WFTGA
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