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
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
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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✨ 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 🌍
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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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FINAL REMINDER! 📣❗️👇🏽 TRAINERS: Have you booked for our 𝗪𝗙𝗧𝗚𝗔 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 yet? This is your reminder to do so soon - our registration deadline is tomorrow, 31 December 2024. ✨️ 🗓 𝟭𝟳 - 𝟮𝟭 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗵, 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮 Where: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (and hybrid / online) Theme: Sustainable Training Without Borders We are absolutely thrilled to invite all WFTGA Trainers to join the first ever Trainer Convention, hosted by the Sabah Tourist Guide Association. Let’s get together for a global gathering dedicated to advancing excellence in tourist guide training while embracing sustainability and innovation. 🔸 Are you looking for a unique opportunity to upskill and rejoin the WFTGA Training Division? 🔸 Do you have a WFTGA Trainer qualification, but have lost touch with the WFTGA Training Division? Connect with us again and register for the convention. The 2025 WFTGA Trainer Convention is a unique opportunity to catch up, see what you have missed and hopefully become an active member of our WFTGA Training Division again. Sign up via the link below and add ‘returning trainer’ to the field for trainer numbers. https://lnkd.in/dRNbxRNh For convention-related questions, e-mail: wftgatrainerconvention25@gmail.com For general training-related questions, please e-mail: training@wftga.org #WFTGA #WFTGAmembers #WFTGAfamily #touristguides #WFTGAtrainersconvention
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Happy Monday everyone! 🌸 We are getting closer to the end of 2024 and looking forward to a productive and exciting new year. Sending Tourist Guides across the world some inspiration and positive vibes for the last couple of days before we kick off 2025. #WFTGA #touristguides #inspiration #MondayMotivation
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/ Festive Read / Christmas celebrations around the world https://lnkd.in/dJaV49P4 via @usatoday Tell us about your celebrations in the comments below. #festiveseason #christmas #christmas2024 #wftga #wftgafamily
Christmas celebrations around the world
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