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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
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Original cataloging agency EBZ
Language of cataloging eng
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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)
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Content access mode textual
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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?
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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
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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.
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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)
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Topical term or geographic name entry element guides (people)
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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
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Link text CLICK HERE to access ebook
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Koha item type Electronic Book

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