How to become a licensed tour guide in China?
In China, to be a licensed tour guide, you must attend the annual national tour guide certificate examination sponsored by our China National Tourism Administation. If you pass the examination, you will get the tour guide certificate from the tourism authorities concerned. In addition, to be a legal tour guide, you have to register at a travel agency or local tour guide management company. Most of the tour guide management companies have some official background. After your registration, you will get a tour guide IC card ( or tour guide offcial permit ) from the local tourism administration. Tour guides are requested to hang their IC card around their necks when they escort touists. How to recognize a licensed and legal tour guide? A licensed and legal tour guide should have two things – IC card and formal reception plan from the travel agency for which she or he works. A formal reception plan is actually a travel plan or tour confirmation between a travel agency and the tourists. How
