Launching the 2025 Open Competition for Excellent Tour Guides

On September 18, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism coordinated with other units to organize the Launching Ceremony of the Ho Chi Minh City Open Competition for Excellent Tour Guides in 2025.

Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu, Deputy Director of the City Department of Tourism , Head of the Organizing Committee of the contest, spoke at the launching ceremony. (Photo of the Organizing Committee)

This is a meaningful activity to create a professional playground, improve the capacity of tour guides, and at the same time spread the image of friendly-modern-attractive Ho Chi Minh City tourism to domestic and foreign tourists.

This year's contest is organized in a completely new version with highly interactive and practical content, divided into three rounds: preliminary round, qualifying round, and final round.

In the preliminary round, through the form of an online test on tourism knowledge, the Organizing Committee will select outstanding candidates from the teams and registered units.

In the qualifying round, contestants will go through practical tests, handle situations, introduce attractive tourist destinations and typical tourism products.

In the final round, contestants will demonstrate their talents as tour guides on set.

Speaking at the launching ceremony, Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, Head of the Organizing Committee of the contest, affirmed that the contest will create a useful career playground, where tour guides can demonstrate their mettle, knowledge, skills and professional service style.

This is also an opportunity for travel agencies and tourism businesses to evaluate, recognize and honor typical faces - image ambassadors for Vietnamese tourism.

“The organizers hope that, through the contest, each contestant will not only compete but also exchange and learn from each other, thereby improving professional skills, fostering love for the profession and a desire to contribute.

We believe that today's efforts will contribute to building a team of tour guides that is increasingly professional, creative and meets the requirements of tourism development in the new integration period," said Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu.

LINH BAO

Source: https://nhandan.vn/phat-dong-hoi-thi-huong-dan-vien-du-lich-gioi-mo-rong-nam-2025-post908933.html