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Tour The World At One Destination And One Place
Tour The World At One Destination And One Place
All the major tourist destinations fitted into 48 hectares with approximately 130 replicas of major tourist attractions from around the world the name the Window of World says it all. See the towering Eiffel tower the ancient Pyramids of Egypt and the magnificent Taj Mahal in just one place. All replicas have been built in ratios of 1:1 1:5 or 1:15.
The Window of the World situated in Shenzen China is a theme park that showcases some of landmark attractions from around the world. The theme park is divided into different regions of the world continent wise.
Visit Europe here and see the historic Stonehenge or see the British Houses of Parliament. Tour around the Louvre Pyramid from Paris or stand in awe at the iconic Eiffel Tower the London Tower Bridge or the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Visit the splendorous palaces of Europe like the Buckingham Palace and the Versailles Palace. See ancient Rome and Greece by visiting the Colosseum of Rome or the Acropolis of Athens.
Visit Asia and see the historic Angor Wat of Cambodia The Temple of the Emerald Buddha of Thailand or the beautiful Taj Mahal. See Oceania and see the Sydney Opera House or the Dwelling Houses of the Maori of New Zealand. Go to Africa and go for a safari at the Safari Park of Kenya of wonder at the great Pyramids of Egypt and catch a glimpse of the Sphinx.
Move over to the Americas and see Manhattan borough Disneyland the White House the Statue of Liberty and the Statues of Easter Island in Chile. There is just so much to see and enjoy also food from around the world is available so dont forget to take a culinary tour of dishes from around the world.
Fireworks displays and laser shows bring each day to a close with music and dance shows being held in the evening. There are many adventure trips you could take part in. Also visiting the park during many of the festival times is another great way to enjoy. Many special events will be held on these festive days.
Of course one day would not be enough to enjoy and see all of the attractions at the Window of the World. Book some of the Shenzen serviced apartments and spent a few days there to see this entire park. The Ascott Shenzen Maillen is a place to look out for if you are planning of staying for more than a day.
About the writer: Naveen Marasinghe is an Online Marketing Executive at eMarketingEye which is a search engine marketing company that offers integrated Internet marketing services and specializes in hotel Internet marketing industry. http://www.emarketingeye.com/
Tourist Guides Who Judges Their Qualification?
Tourist Guides Who Judges Their Qualification?
Who is there to say a tourist guide qualified or not? If you are choosing your own private guide before traveling how do you judge?
Government license most people would quickly reply. True. Guide licenses are issued in almost every country and region. License types vary from mountain guides to diving guides. A guide is qualified since he has studied passed government tests and obtained a license.
Yet discussions on Philadelphia tourist guides sue have brought more thoughts on this testtoqualify. The Philadelphia government recently required tourist guides to pass a history test and get license before introducing landmarks in the region. Three local guides sued saying it violated free speech rights. Some argued passing a test doesnt mean one has thorough understanding of the region history. Some pointed out it benefiting none but some commercial bodies.
Not only people in the States question qualification tests. There are also Chinese graduates complaining on acquiring the license but no actual work. To some extent the reason lies in the breakaway between government tests and market requirements. Take China as an example the qualification tests for tourist guides include Basic Guiding Knowledge Industry Law and Morality Guiding Skills and Oral Test. The items are necessary but very basic. It makes to be a guide yet far from a wellqualified guide.
Stand in the shoes of a traveler the client who considers hiring a tourist guide. What will he expect to achieve a fantastic and unforgettable trip? Of course the basic guiding knowledge is important. Some other elements are as well critical especially in private smallgroup guiding as we discuss here.
The guide shall speak language of the clients foreign and domestic the same. People are not hiring someone to recite information on guide books. If so they simply buy a Lonely Planet book. They want the guide to introduce and answer questions. Tailormade trip is desired. Some people pay attention to cultures some are attracted by local foods and some want nothing but shopping. The travelers all want a guide to maximize their local exploration. Another expectation is the guide to handle local transportation cleverly. It doesnt matter which transportation means private cars taxi metro tuktuk But no client would be happy about repeated routes or traffic jam in rushing hours.
The market survivors are those who understand the needs of different travelers. The clients viral in return outstands the guide from others. But where to find such viral? It couldnt be only the oldfashioned word of mouth. Thousands of travel websites are available for people to give destination reviews VirtualTourist and TripAdvisor to name a few. Hotel and hostel reviews are easily accessible in various languages. But when it comes to tourist guides there lacks a common platform to share client comments. Travelers are willing to talk about their experiences either a fantastic trip with private tourist guide or a terrible day by poor guiding. The clients need a place to give feedback. Other travelers want to hear fair comments. Tourist guides benefit from credit judgment of market to get more business. OurExplorer is designed to be such a platform.
One further qualification is presentation of tourist guides themselves. This is often neglected and undervalued. You think a guide will only boast about himself to get more business? Not necessarily. Go through guides profiles on OurExplorer 90 have provided fair selfintroduction. Travelers are clever enough to distinguish advertisement from presentation. Therefore the tourist guides shall indeed promote themselves and their knowledge as a local expert.
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Tour Guides: Focus On The Needs Of Your Clients
Tour Guides: Focus On The Needs Of Your Clients
Have you as a tour guide ever thought over what your clients want when enquiring about your guiding service? They want a unique and fantastic travel experience. They want a local expert to make things easy. They want a tailormade tour specifically for themselves and their travel mates. They want their money spent with best value… Yes all true. Although every individual is different with their travel needs there are some patterns shared by certain groups of people. By better understanding your client you as a tour guide will provide service of higher quality. So let’s have a look at some clients who are interested in a private tour guide.
- Business travelers. This group of clients are usually time poor. They visit a place for business conferences exhibitions and events etc. During their limited free time usually half a day or one day they would like to know the best of the city. As they are time poor do not present everything. Pick up the top things that meet their personal interests. Besides business travelers are often interested in the area they are working on. A designer may be glad to see creative things while an engineer can get excited about machines and buildings. Pay attention to their interest and broaden your knowledge in daily work. A great tour guide is more than a scenery narrator.
- Cruise passengers. They tend to prefer a leisure way of exploring. While on the sea they enjoy their vacation. Once on shore have want to experience some excursions and adventure. One character they share with business travelers is limited time onshore. So pick up something unique and wow not everything. And remember cruise passengers are on a vacation so they may want to be relaxed.
- Senior travelers. After years of working now they are retired. Their children have grown up and have their own families. So senior travelers have more free time to enjoy. They are usually not short of time for their tour. Design a tour with good combination of sightseeing and relaxation. Senior travelers also enjoy talking with people. Share their life experiences. A good guide shall listen to them and make good accompany during their tour.
There are many other client segmentations e.g. luxury travelers family travelers independent traveler religious travelers adventurous travelers student groupw etc. Are you an expert at guiding certain groups of travelers? This is the question that you should be asking yourself.
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