DUBAI’S TOUR GUIDE CENTRAL BECOMES NEWEST ECOTOURISM AUSTRALIA BUSINESS MEMBER
Tour Guide Central, a one-stop-shop for tourism training courses, has just joined forces with Ecotourism Australia by becoming our first ever Dubai-based Business Member.
Providing professional learning experiences built upon the foundations of international best practice, Tour Guide Central’s training courses cover both in-house and external training courses across topics such as ecotourism, marketing and managing tours and tour guiding.
Ecotourism courses for operators and tour guides cover definitions, the ecotourism market, environmental impacts, planning, accommodation and catering and legal and safety considerations, as well as interpretation, explaining ecosystems, interpretation of mountains and rocks, interpretation of aquatic environments, interpreting land environments and planning and leading eco tours.
Other tour guide and tour manager programs cover aspects of a tour including how to deal with difficult situations, differentiating your tours and activities, knowing and managing your audience and communicating effectively.
For members, Tour Guide Central also offers access to a knowledge hub which contains information and documentation required to lead a successful tourism business, including:
- Effective online marketing techniques
- Managing internet and social media presence
- Managing online reputation
- Optimising online booking capabilities
- Principles and best practices of ecotourism
- Tips to improve tourism businesses
We are happy to welcome Tour Guide Central to the Ecotourism Australia business network!
For more information about Tour Guide Central’s work, please visit the organisation’s website.
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