Interpretation and Tour Leadership : (Record no. 2709)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781911635970 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic book) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1911635972 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic book) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | EBZ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | EBZ |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | MAIN |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | G154.7 |
| Item number | .C46 2022 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.4/791 |
| Edition information | 23/eng/20220805 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chowdhary, Nimit. |
| Real World Object URI | https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjtBpJ4jQW6vfkDQrTDqjP |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Interpretation and Tour Leadership : |
| Remainder of title | Principles and Practices of Tour Guiding / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Nimit Chowdhury and Monika Prakash. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Oxford : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Goodfellow Publishers, Limited, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
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| 341 0# - ACCESSIBILITY CONTENT | |
| Content access mode | textual |
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| Materials specified | EBSCOhost |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- About the authors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to Tour Guiding -- Travel is a basic human need -- Tour guide -- the mediator -- A brief history of tour guiding -- Tour leader -- guide, escort, or manager? -- What do guests want the tour guide to do? -- What do companies expect of a tour guide? -- The job description of a tour guide -- Technology and tour guides -- Compensating tour guides -- 2 The Tourist -- Types of tourism -- Travel stages and visitor concerns -- Challenges faced by international visitors -- Why do visitors need a tour guide? |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Tourists with disabilities -- Responsible tourism -- 3 Communication for Tour Guides -- Communication -- Understanding cultural differences -- 4 The Art of Interpretation -- Characteristics of a powerful interpretation -- Types of interpretation -- How to interpret? -- Techniques of interpretations -- 5 Planning -- Research -- Interpretation goals -- Designing -- Product development -- Monitoring -- Planning a career as a tour guide -- 6 Basics of Tour Guiding -- Dos and Don'ts -- Heritage walks -- Guiding on a walking tour -- Leading on a moving vehicle -- Tools of the trade -- Things to avoid |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 7 Guiding Scenarios -- Cultural tourism -- Guiding a group at an archaeological site -- Guiding a group at a place of worship -- Leading at a museum -- The attraction of nature -- Nature tours -- 8 Professional Challenges while Guiding Tourists -- Demanding tourists and handling them -- Handling emergencies -- Handling questions -- Leading tourists with responsibility -- Tour leading -- Leading in a post-Covid scenario -- 9 The Business of Tour Guiding -- Setting up a business -- Planning an itinerary -- Partners in business -- Legal considerations -- Ethics and conduct -- Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A complete manual to tour guiding based on the author's first-hand experience of training more than 3000 tour guides. Packed with real life international case studies, each chapter follows a thorough pedagogic structure with features such as training objectives, key terms, theory highlights, assignments, further reading and links to videos. |
| 532 #0 - ACCESSIBILITY NOTE | |
| Materials specified | EBSCOhost |
| Summary of accessibility | "EBSCO evaluates our products based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the related Section 508 and EN 301 549 regulations in the US and EU. Most EBSCO products are substantially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA." Source: https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/EBSCO-VPATs?language=en_US. Last accessed April 22, 2025. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Added to collection customer.56279.3 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Tour guides (Persons) |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | guides (people) |
| Source of heading or term | aat |
| 758 ## - RESOURCE IDENTIFIER | |
| Relationship information | has work: |
| Label | INTERPRETATION AND TOUR LEADERSHIP (Text) |
| Real World Object URI | https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCY3MVfGtqrrh9CC4HryjRX |
| Relationship | https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Chowdhary, Nimit. |
| Title | Interpretation and Tour Leadership. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers, Limited, ©2022 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3298279">https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3298279</a> |
| Link text | CLICK HERE to access ebook |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Electronic Book |
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