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Tourism question
1.TRAVEL AND TOURISM INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

2.ESL Conversation Questions
3.Five questions for destinations to ask about tourism
Travel and Tourism is the department where they hire people and send to tourism locations to
manage the work. Interview is not tough for such roles. One who is interested in travelling and
exploring places will have idea on the good places to watch and stay. It is very interesting field
and people can enjoy their work. Candidates should have knowledge on famous touring and
travel spots. There are number of positions available across all the locations. Wisdomjobs focus
on providing interview questions and answers to help you in clearing the interview with ease.
Travel and Tourism interview questions are useful to attend job interviews and get shortlisted
for job position. Check out interview questions page to get more information. What Tour Guide
Must Know?
Answer :A tour guide should know following things before he becomes professional
Be aware of the geological condition about the place of the tour

Be aware about the local accommodation and restaurant facility
Knowledge about the history about the place
Local hospital and Police station address for any emergency
Likes and dislikes of the tourist
Knowing more than one language including local language would be beneficial
Question 2. What Other Tasks Can A Tour Guide Do Other Than His Regular Work?
Answer :Tour guide can follow up with the guests
Can do a complete survey of the place
Make photo CDs for guests
Explain What Are The Physical Requirements Of A Tour Guide?
Answer :Must be comfortable working long hours outside
Must be comfortable standing and walking for long hours
Must be comfortable with a height.What All Things Does A Tour Guide Should Carry With Him?
Answer :Depending on the site tour guide must carry the accessories
Torch
Compass
Compact first aid box
Map
A knife or handy weapon ( Safari Park)
What Are The Benefits Of Hiring Tour Guide?
Answer :
The benefits of hiring tour guide is
You have an immediate access to those things that you are not aware of otherwise
You will learn more about culture in-depth from someone on the inside
You will have little more security and companionship
Flexibility to change your travel plan and to set up priority.
When Tourist Should Hire A Private Travel Guide?
Answer :A private travel guide can be hired for following conditions
When you have very little time and more places to cover
When you are visiting a chaotic or relatively dangerous location
Private tour guide knows the tricks to take the tourist out from a crowded place and take them
to their destinations
When language and communication becomes a barrier, tour guides are very useful
When you don’t know which is the best place for dining that is hygienic and safe
When you want to get rid of the hassle of ticket booking, checking operation hours, timing
reservations, etc.
During a long stay at any place, private guide can help you to cut down your living cost
During an adventure trip, like visiting safari park, you need a private tour guide to keep your life
safe from unexpected incidents.
When access to certain religious places is not allowed for foreigner’s, tour guide can negotiate
with the locals or administrator.
What Is The Term Used To Refer Museum Guide?
Answer :
A museum guide is often referred as docent especially in U.S.A; they provide specialized
knowledge, anecdote and commentary about the exhibitions to the visitors.
Mention What Are Benefits And Opportunity For Cruise Ship Guide?
Answer :The benefits for cruise ship are immense
You will have an experience travelling on the ocean
You will meet different people and make contact for a long time
It will give an opportunity to explore other culture, people, traditions, lifestyles, etc.
You will always live a luxurious lifestyle on board
You will be paid for travelling
As A Tour Guide What Are The Career Options?
Answer :As a tour guide, you can work locally showing tourist city attractions or he can work as
an international guide traveling to foreign destinations. In order to do that you have to take
training for domestic, as well as foreign travelling.Explain How Can You Improve Tour Guide
Skills?
Answer :You can improve tour guide skills by:-Know your audience: You must know your
tourist, particularly when you want to influence specific group of people. You should know
what age people you are addressing, where do they come from, what is the reason selecting
particular destination and so on
Manage the group: Manage tourist group properly, like they can see and hear correctly what
you say, assure passengers a safe passage, be ready to handle unexpected medical situation
and select comfortable and safe locations for stops
Prepare the tour dynamics: Make tour dynamic by including sports, games, demonstrations or
even cooking in the wild
Analyze your tour: Keep tourist engaged and make them feel active. It should not be a long
road trip in a deserted land, keep talking to the tourist at regular interval even you can tell
them historical stories and myth related to that. Carry extra binoculars and pass it to
passengers to have a better view, this will leave an impact on tourist.
Make smooth transitions: At the end of the tour make a self-evaluation and figure it out
whether you have carried out the tour the way you wanted and what are the area for
improvisation. You can also rotate a feedback form to your tourist at the end of the tour.
What Are The Different Categories Of Tourist A Tour Guide Frequently Come Across?
Answer :
The different categories for tourist are
Sports, recreation and leisure
Eco-tourist
Educational
Cultural
Explore their special interest or hobbies
Mention What Is The Five Characteristics Of Great Tour Guide?
Answer :The five characteristics of an excellent tour guide is
Speak loudly and clearly
Helps tourist learn
Relays accurate information
Continues to learn and improve
Act professionally
Explain What Is The Approach A Tour Guide Should Go For To Make His Tour Standout?
Answer :
To stand out his tour, tour guide must do following things:
Be a naturalist: Point out some significant natural landmark during your tour, natural habitat,
and landscapes are always the tourist attraction.
Speak about conservation: Tell them some information about how local have conserved this
place and how much it is important for them. Give some direction of what to do and what not
to do while tour like at some place taking pictures or touching of architectural statues is not
allowed.
Use interesting language or few words: Learn some basic words or language of the tourist you
are guiding, it will help them to mix with you, and they will take interest in what you say.
Intriguing opening: Always ask tourist about their interest and why they choose the place to
visit, etc.
Non-verbal communication: Your body language should be positive and use hand gestures
while explaining them, smile and make eye contact. It will give them a sense of reliability and
trust on you.
How important is tourism in your country?
What is the biggest tourist destination in your country?
What are the benefits of international tourism? Are there any drawbacks?
Do you prefer tourism package tours or do you prefer to plan your own vacations? Why?
Is it better to go to popular tourist destinations or lesser known tourist destinations? Why?

Should a government try to improve domestic tourism or try to attract international tourists
instead? Why?
What’s the best way to travel when you visit a country? Train, car, bicycle, bus, some other
way? Why?
If you could create a tourism slogan for your country, what would it be?
What’s the best way for a country to bring in more tourists?
How do you feel about tourists who visit your country?
With tourism showing unremitting growth for the eighth consecutive year, and forecast to
continue apace in the coming decades, popular destinations are suffering.
During a recent roundtable event in Buenos Aires, we brought together leading figures from the
industry to discuss the issue of overtourism.
If destinations want to get the most out of the tourism industry, and avoid becoming tourist
traps, now is the time to ask the following questions…
What do you want from tourism?
Economic benefits, of course, but what kind?
Obviously it’s important that revenue stays in the destination, but how can you ensure it is
spread evenly around different businesses?
The potential for jobs and employment stretches beyond hotels to the whole tourism supply
chain – to excursion providers, craft-makers, conservationists, farmers and many more, all part
of the tourism product.
In Croatia, we found that local business owners appreciated being consulted and involved in
hotel development, and it led to tourism that was more beneficial to the destination – see our
Case Study.
And then there are the costs. If the money flowing in is set against resource depletion, shoring
up historical sites, fixing environmental damage and repairing infrastructure, then you are not
balancing the books. This is something we set out to assess in our 2016 report Measuring
Tourism’s Impact in Cyprus.
2. What kind of tourism do you want?
Tourists croatia
Once you understand what you want from tourism, you can look at shaping the sector to meet
your needs.
Over the last year, we’ve been undertaking research in Tenerife on Finding the Optimum
Tourist Mix, which is about understanding the ‘true’ value of different tourist markets – the
distinctive types of tourists who are looking for different holiday experiences.
Most destinations, when asked, would be able to describe the kind of holidaymaker they are
aiming for, but all too often this is based who visits at present, or a general idea of attracting
‘high value’ tourists.
Many countries set out to attract large international markets, whereas they might obtain better
value through looking at other types of tourism.
Take domestic tourism, for instance, a market that is typically four times larger than
international visitors. Domestic tourists may be visiting friends and family, going out for meals
together, travelling by car and thus able to make more purchases, yet some destinations are
tailoring their product only to internationals.
Make sure you know:
Who your current tourists are
What their impacts are, positive and negative
Who you would like to see in greater numbers, and who in fewer
Who is missing (consider whether there are types of tourist who are not currently visiting but
who would bring benefits)
One destination that has done an excellent job of answering these questions is Flanders in
Belgium (see this WTTC seminar). They’ve identified their market segments, looked at what
makes them beneficial or detrimental, and identified who they would like to target, namely the
‘cultural tourist’ and the Meetings, Conferences and Events market. This has helped them make
decisions about investment and infrastructure.
3. What are the risks?
Cape Verde turtle
Now you know more about the form your ideal tourist industry would take, and the benefits it
should bring, you can consider any risks.
What negative impacts might be caused, should you try to adapt to certain kinds of tourism
markets? If you decide to target luxury travellers, and find that they want to play golf, will there
be enough water to keep a course green? What might be the effects on your roads, your
heritage sites, your delicate natural environments?
To help destinations consider these issues, we developed a framework to identify potential
environmental and socio-economic risks in a destination and partnered with TUI to trial it in
Sardinia and Saint Lucia.
4. What is this information good for?
Pointing at board
The data will be exceptionally useful. For some countries, tourism can be the first, second or
third most important industry, and yet it is not always taken seriously because it doesn’t always
quantify the value it brings in.
When you have clear figures showing where tourism is adding and subtracting value, you can
make a watertight case for your sector and its contribution. This in turn can help with allocating
budget to infrastructure and tourism projects.
You can also prove to tour operators, hotels, developers and investors that you’re a sustainable
destination, and work more collaboratively to keep it that way.
5. What about the people skills?
Julie Cape Verde guides
One issue for tourism organisations is having personnel with the skills and abilities to undertake
the impact assessments that are needed.
If it is not possible to get people with the right skills in house, then destinations need to go to
NGOs, external organisations or universities, and find people who can help with this research.
This is why, at the Travel Foundation, we have a dedicated Sustainable Practice team, who work
with tourism organisations to build capacity, helping them measure and embed better practice.
To find out more about how we can support you to develop the best kind of tourism for your
destination, get in touch.

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Tourism question

1.TRAVEL AND TOURISM INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Be aware of the geological condition about the place of the tour

To stand out his tour, tour guide must do following things:

What is the biggest tourist destination in your country?

Is it better to go to popular tourist destinations or lesser known tourist destinations? Why?

Economic benefits, of course, but what kind?

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