There are two kinds of tour guide cards, domestic tour guides and international tour guides. The only difference between the two is the oral exam. Domestic tour guides test Putonghua, and international tour guides test foreign languages. At present, there is a shortage of domestic and international tour guides, especially in small languages such as Thai and Korean. There are no restrictions on the application conditions, as long as you graduate from high school, and there is no requirement for foreign languages.
The written test for tour guides in Beijing is held every June165438+1October. There are two papers: one is about tour guide business and legal knowledge, and the other is about tour guide and tour guide foundation in Beijing. One week after the written test, there will be an oral test, which is divided into Mandarin and foreign languages. The oral exam will take about fifteen minutes. First of all, you have to say a word from the tour guide. The scenic spots are mainly the six major scenic spots in Beijing: the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs, Tiananmen Square and the Lama Temple. After the tour guide's speech, the examiner will ask you to draw an envelope with questions. The examiner asks questions, and you answer five foreign language questions, three of which are about Beijing tour guides and two are about tour guide business. The foreign language oral test requires you to answer in a foreign language all the time. Mandarin is not just a foreign language.
You can call to check your grades in a month. If you get 60 points in every course, you will pass. If you fail a course, you will fail the exam and your grades will be lost. That means you have to reorganize.
If you pass, you can get a Beijing tour guide qualification certificate and conduct a three-day pre-job training. But you can't use this certificate to take a tour group out. You must hang it in the tour guide service center and pay a deposit (which will be refunded). After finding a travel agency, the travel agency will issue you a guide card and an ic card. Of course there will be training. After the training, just wait for the travel agency to send you a tour group.
The guide is really flexible. You can use your vacation to travel, especially internationally, and sometimes you can go abroad to accompany you all the way. But being a tour guide also requires talent. Not everyone can earn that much, and they are very tired. Another point is that you need to pay the tour fee before joining the group, and then go back to the travel agency to check out after joining the group.
However, there is no doubt that the profession of tour guide is very challenging. I have several friends who are tour guides, earning tens of thousands a month, and one earns 8 thousand at a time. Moreover, this profession requires you to have rich knowledge and something to tell your guests, which is also an improvement for yourself.