Senior High School Specialized Subject: Tour Guiding Services
Tour Guiding Services is one of the specialized subjects under the technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) career track. Some examples of the things that you will learn from taking this subject include:
- Introduction
- Core concepts in tour guiding services
- History of tour guiding
- Relevance of the course
- Career opportunities
- Information Relevant to Tour Itinerary
- Sites and sights features
- Research methods
- Use of electronic resources for research
- Types of commentary
- Selection of commentary material
- Components of commentary
- Communication skills
- Use of electronic resources for writing
- Technical writing skills
- Costing principles
- Travel & tour documents
- Tour Arrangements for Visitors
- Four stages of tour guiding techniques
- Pre – tour
- Tour proper
- Arrival procedures
- Activities during the tour
- Departure procedures
- Complaints management
- Post tour
- Accompany Visitors in Accordance With the Tour Itinerary
- Elements of tour guiding
- Pre-arrival activities
- Ten commandments of tour guiding
- Crisis Management
- Do’s and dont’s of tour guiding
While studying, you will also be asked to demonstrate what you have learned by participating in class activities that may include the following:
- Explain basic concepts in tour guiding services
- Source information
- Develop commentary or tour scripts based from gathered information
- Identify sites and sights features
- Prepare log book
- Organize travel & tour documents
- Perform pre-arrival preparations/activities
- Manage tour arrangements from tourist arrival to departure
- Resolve complaints and other predicaments
- Perform post-departure activities
These examples only cover he scope of the specialized subjects under the technical-vocational livelihood career track. For the scope of the core and contextualized subjects under the senior high school curriculum, please refer to their respective lists.
