NKPD code: 5113
Travel guides accompany individuals or groups on trips, sightseeing tours, excursions and tours of places of interest such as historical sites, industrial establishments or theme parks. They provide basic information on the sites visited and describe their characteristic features. Travel guides perform the following main tasks: • accompanying and guiding tourists on cruises and sightseeing tours; • accompanying visitors to tourist sites such as museums, exhibitions, theme parks, factories and other industrial sites; • describing and providing information on places of interest and exhibits and answering various questions; • conducting educational activities for pupils; • supervising tourists' activities in accordance with rules, tourism regulations and safety measures; • greeting and registering visitors and tourists and issuing the necessary identification cards or safety aids; • distributing brochures, showing audiovisual materials and explaining procedures and activities during tours; • ensuring the physical safety of groups and administering first aid or directing evacuations in emergencies; • resolving any problems relating to tour itineraries, services or accommodation. Examples of occupations in this unit group: – Tour guide – Animator (entertainment host)