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BECOMING A TOUR GUIDE: ANALYZING THE MOTIVATIONS

Revista de Turism - Studiisicercetari in Turism

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Title BECOMING A TOUR GUIDE: ANALYZING THE MOTIVATIONS
 
Creator PRAKASH, Monika; Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Gwalior, MP, India
CHOWDHARY, Nimit; Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Gwalior, MP, India
SUNAYANA, ?; Government Engineering College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan, India
 
Subject Factor analysis; India; Motivation; RLGTP; tour guides
 
Description Guides play a vital role in this process bringing satisfaction to tourists visiting a country or region/state. The opportunity of direct interaction with the tourists makes them all the more responsible for projecting the correct image of the country/region, giving factually correct information about the destination, ensuring the safety and well being of the tourists as well as pleasing and satisfying the stay for them during their visits. Over last few years there has been a greater interest in tour guide profession especially in the northern region of India.The purpose of this study is to identify the motivations that led to choosing tour guiding as a profession and career. There appears to be a significant difference in such motivation in different regions of the country. A comparison in motivations in two regions (north vs. east) was made. Based on primary data collection paper attempts to discuss what has motivated the youth to take up tour guiding profession- whether such motivation is positive of negative. In either case policy makers may decide what type of support programs need to be introduced by the state and other agencies like educational, rearing and counselling, financial support, social security, or any other type of interventions.
 
Publisher Editura Universitatii Stefan cel Mare din Suceava
 
Date 2010-06-20
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://revistadeturism.ro/rdt/article/view/86
 
Source Revista de turism - studii si cercetari in turism; No 9 (2010); 5-13
Revista de turism - studii si cercetari in turism; No 9 (2010); 5-13
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://revistadeturism.ro/rdt/article/view/86/57
 
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