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New Tour Guides: The Ministry Certifies 804 Professionals and Launches the Official ID Card

The Ministry of Tourism has officially certified 804 new tour guides and unveiled the new national identification card, produced in collaboration withthe State Printing Office and Mint. The announcement came on Saturday, a symbolic day for the touris...
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Tour guide caught drawing on pyramid in Giza: stopped by authorities

Egyptian authorities have arrested a tour guide in Giza after a video circulated on social media showing the man tracing marks on the outer covering of a pyramid to illustrate explanations to a group of tourists. According to a report by the Interior...
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Isabella Ruggiero (AGTA president): "profession of tour guide be among the wearing jobs"

Following the death of Giovanna Maria Giomarino, the tour guide who died at the Colosseum while she was working, the president of AGTA Associazione Guide Turistiche Abilitate, Isabella Ruggiero, published a lengthy post on the association's Facebook ...
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Tour guide dies while working at the Colosseum. Tragedy opens reflections of unions and colleagues

Tragedy at work: late afternoon on August 19, a tour guide died while giving a guided tour to a group of tourists at the Colosseum. The 56-year-old woman, Giovanna Maria Giomarino, succumbed to an illness while she was working, collapsed to the groun...
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GTI raises concerns about the call for the national tour guide exam

The new examination program for the National Tourist Guide qualification, published by the Ministry of Tourism in recent days, has raised concerns from Italian Tourist Guides (GTI), a trade association that has been critical of the overall structure ...
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Tour guide exam, AGTA protests, "This is how you reward memory, not competence"

AGTA, the Association of Licensed Tourist Guides, has expressed strong disapproval of the official syllabus for the professional certification exam published by the Ministry of Tourism. The reason for the protest concerns in particular the content se...
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National tour guide exam, here are what the test topics will be

The time is approaching for the national competition for tour guides, which will implement the reform of the tour guide profession as outlined in Law 190 of Dec. 13, 2023, which established the new national list of tour guides at the Ministry of Tour...
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TAR suspends call for new tour guides: merit hearing set for October

In a ruling issued on May 15, the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio granted the precautionary petition filed byANGT, theNational Association of Tourist Guides, regarding the call for new guide qualification. The decision marks a significant step...
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