As a Tourist Guide, you will need to master following:

• build a network of suppliers in tourism
• collect visitor fees
• conduct educational activities
• educate on sustainable tourism
• engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
• escort visitors to places of interest
• inform visitors at tour sites
• monitor visitor tours
• sightseeing information
• support local tourism
• train guides

More generally, a tourist guide is also versed in:

• assemble visitor supplies
• assist clients with special needs
• create solutions to problems
• ensure health and safety of visitors
• local geography
• maintain customer service
• manage tourist groups
• perform clerical duties
• provide visitor information
• register visitors
• select visitor routes
• speak different languages
• use different communication channels

It also helps to know the following:

• advise on nature conservation
• demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services
• distribute local information materials
• ecotourism
• environmental impact of tourism
• follow ethical code of conduct in tourism
• geographical areas relevant to tourism
• handle tour contract details
• identify plants characteristics
• improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality
• local area tourism industry
• maintain relationship with suppliers
• natural areas maintenance
• plant species
• promote recreation activities
• promote virtual reality travelling experiences
• provide tourism related information
• tourism market
• tourism sector policies
• transport visitors
• use e-tourism platforms
• welcome tour groups
• animal species
• apply foreign languages in tourism
• augmented reality
• handle customer complaints
• handle personal identifiable information
• inspire enthusiasm for nature
• maintain incident reporting records
• maintain relationships with doctors
• measure customer feedback
• read maps
• virtual reality