Seaside tour guides celebrate their professional holiday today

Today, the tourist industry of Primorye celebrates the Day of the Guide. Thanks to these people, the history of the region becomes exciting, and museum excursions cause genuine interest. They know many interesting facts and are happy to share them. International Tourist Guide Day is celebrated every year on February 21. On this day in 1985, the World Federation of Tour Guides Associations was established at the International Congress of Tour Guides. A tour guide is not just a storyteller. He is a scientist, organizer and even an actor. It is enough to walk around Vladivostok with Tatiana Fomenko, dressed in the outfit of a lady of the 19th century, or go on author’s excursions Georgy Kozko, who, depending on the subject, puts on the costume of a naval and land officer, a Cossack, etc. Primorsky tour guides entered the top 10 regions in terms of the number of requests for tour guides to work at the World Youth Festival-2024. Tour guides of the section of local studies and excursion studies of the PKO RGO-OIAC celebrate their annual professional holiday with the development of new routes or the opening of new places in already familiar destinations, taking into account not only the history of the region, but also its development, anniversary dates, event events. Tour guides are people who know not only the past, but perhaps even the future. Therefore, it is very important to pay special attention to training. Primorsky guides have passed not only voluntary certification, but now successfully pass and mandatory, confirming their professional level. “The tour guide profession is both exciting and responsible. Our guides are an indicator of the quality of tourist services. Thanks to their work, inquisitiveness, respectful attitude to history, we have the opportunity to get to know our land better, to learn about the people who were engaged in its formation and development. Primorsky Krai is rich in sights and interesting facts, myths and legends that you want to learn and unravel. And exciting trips together with guides help us, – said the head of the Agency for Tourism of Primorsky Krai Arseny Krepsky. The material was prepared by the Tourism Agency of Primorsky Krai. In the photo: Vladivostok fortress.