What do you call a person who guides tourists?


What do you call a person who guides tourists? Tour guides , or tourist guides, are members of the hospitality and travel industry who show visitors around places of interest. Tour guides may lead groups or individuals through historical sites, museums, geographic destinations and on outdoor excursions.


Is a tour guide a person?

What is a tour guide? They're someone who usually spends just a few hours with a group of people, delivering more detailed commentary based in a city or a small area of a battlefield or national park. This is the “day tour” side of the industry, sometimes called the “Tours & Attractions” sector.


What are three roles of a tourist guide?

Day-to-day tasks
  • guide people around a castle, gallery, historic house or garden.
  • escort groups of tourists around a site.
  • give information about the history, purpose and architecture of a site.
  • accompany groups on day tours to a number of places of interest.
  • answer questions and suggest other places to visit.