What do tour guide graduates do?

Over the years, the tourism industry has achieved impressive figures. According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in the past decade, the growth rate of international visitors to Vietnam was 8.9%, far exceeding the average figure of 3.4% worldwide.

The tourism industry is also being ranked among the industries that bring high profits to the country. In Vietnam, it attracts tens of millions of domestic and foreign tourists every year.

What do tour guide graduates do?

A tour guide is a person whose job is to guide, explain and organize tourist activities for tourists. Their job includes taking tourists to visit tourist destinations, introducing landmarks, history, culture and art.

Tour guides also take on the responsibility of assisting and helping customers solve problems during their trip.

In the eyes of many people, tour guide is a very glamorous job, getting to go to many places without spending money and having an attractive salary.

With a bachelor's degree in Tour Guide, graduates can choose to work in many different positions related to the tourism industry.

You can work as a tour guide, operator, tour designer, event organizer, conference or business specialist, tourism and hotel service developer. If those who have really good abilities after a short time will be able to work as an Executive Director, Department Head, planning department manager, human resource coordinator.

For students who are passionate about research and have good academic performance and communication skills, they can participate in teaching Hotel Management, Tourism, etc. to inspire the next generation.

Currently, the salary of a domestic tour guide ranges from 6,000,000 - 10,000,000 VND/month for domestic tour guides. Meanwhile, international tour guides have an income of 15,000,000 - 30,000,000 VND/month. The high salary proves that choosing to study tour guiding will be the right and potential career.

Skills needed for a tour guide

To pursue and succeed as a tour guide, students need to combine and develop many professional skills such as: presentation skills, good communication skills, problem solving skills, event organization, understanding of geography, history, culture, society, and people of each tourist destination.

Specifically, information seeking skills are the first necessary skills of a tour guide. This skill will help you learn about relevant knowledge about the destination in the tour schedule. From there, help tourists learn useful knowledge during the tour.

At the same time, if you want to be a tour guide, you must have good communication skills. This is an important factor for you to be able to convey information and explain necessary things to customers. At the same time, it also creates a close and intimate relationship with tourists so that they have a better trip.

To ensure that both you and your clients’ schedules run smoothly, safely and successfully, organizational skills are essential. Organizational skills are demonstrated through the way you set up your travel schedule, surrounding dining, resting and entertainment activities, etc.

Tour guides are considered as the “daughter-in-law of hundreds of families” profession, having to contact with a variety of customers, some are difficult to find, some are easy to find. Therefore, tour guides need to control their personal emotions in the most absolute way, always keep a smile on their lips, to complete all tasks well. Besides, you need to listen to the comments of tourists to improve yourself and help the development of the business.

Proficiency in foreign languages is a must for tour guides because your guests can come from all over the world. Therefore, in addition to your mother tongue and the “international language” of English, you must equip yourself with another foreign language, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish.

Tuyet Anh (Source: Synthesis)

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