Tourist Guidance Education in the World

Purpose and Importance: The aim of this study is to show how tourist guidance education is given and how to become a tourist guide in the countries that attract the most tourists. Methodology: Literature review and content analysis method were used in the study. Findings: With the literature search, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) data of the year 2018 were examined and the tourist guidance education systems of the most visited countries and the emerging countries in tourism were examined. In the USA and France Professional training is not required for the exercise of the profession. The shortest period of study is the Republic of South Africa with 3 weeks and the longest is Argentina with 5 years. According to the findings, tourist guidance education in Europe varies between 3 months and 2 years. When the given educations are examined, some of the common subjects are History, Art History, History of Religions, Archeology, Geography, Mythology, Sociology and Social Science Originality/Value: The study covers addressing and evaluating educations of the countries that provide tourist guidance education in the World