A Tour Guide is a person who provides assistance, information on cultural, historical and contemporary heritage to people on organized tours and individual clients at educational establishments, religious and historical sites, museums, and at venues of other significant interest, attractions sites.
Tour Guides are the people that guide tours of groups of visitors for sightseeing. They are experts on the history of the location and offer their tour groups interesting or enlightening information about points of interest at nature attractions, historic sites, museums, scenic locations, and other travel destinations.
Guides may give walking tours, bus tours, or even lead river tours on a boat. Often hired by visitors’ bureaus or travel companies, tour guides are typically residents of the region in which they give tours.
Historical tour guides lead groups of visitors to national monuments, historical sites, historical districts, religious or archaeological sites, and museums.
These guides are well-versed in the history of the site or monument. They offer visitors an interesting description of the location, including its history and what effect it has had on modern society.
In addition, they answer visitor questions and keep the tour organized, efficient, and safe.
Nature tour guides lead groups to natural attractions, national parks, and other outdoor locations where wildlife and scenic locations are the focus of the tour.
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These guides are experts in the natural sciences and have the ability to engage visitors with their knowledge of biology, geology, and the history of the location.
An increasingly popular area of the industry is eco-touring. The goal of the eco-tour guide is to lead a small group of individuals to an often protected but scenic natural area while having little or no impact on the environment.
Visitors are offered insight on the environmental impact of human actions as guides attempt to foster a general appreciation of the natural habitat.
The primary responsibility of a Tour Guide is to make sure the tour is as safe as possible for the entire group. They will monitor the group’s activities to ensure everyone complies with the site’s or guide’s safety regulations.
In some cases, they may have to provide first-aid or emergency services to visitors. Tour guides typically plan itineraries as well.
They will research thoroughly prior to giving the tour and be prepared and organized for each step of the process, from greeting visitors upon arrival to arranging transportation between locations.
Guides are also required to perform clerical duties, collect fees, and in many cases, promote gift shops and sell souvenirs.
Epe is a town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria. located on the north side of the Lekki Lagoon. At the 2006 Census, the population of Epe was 181,409
Epe, is a town and a Local Government, in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria; it lies on the north bank of the coastal Lagos Lagoon and has road connections to Ijebu-Ode and Ikorodu.
Epe communities are blessed with rich historical monuments, aquatic tourism, cultural heritage, local cuisines, traditions, and fascinating tourism sites.
Epe Fish Market is one of the most famous fish markets in Lagos State, Awolowo Museum, a historic ode to a time gone by, Epe Mangrove, a relaxing river ride amongst the lush forest, Sungbo-Eredo, an ancient site that emphasizes the rich history of Nigeria.
Others as; Oluwo market, Epe plywood, Idi-Iroko ancient tree, the tree mystery trees, kilojoule, Koshi, age, Ebi, kayo-kayo festival among several others.
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It is in this euphoria, that the President, West African Tour Guide Association, Nigeria, Mr Anago Jame Akeem Osho, offers partners with Concerned Nation Builders Initiative (CNI) to train 25 indigenes of Epe on how to become a tour guide and to promote the enormous tourism/cultural endowment of the ancient city.
He said that the significance of the training is for the trainees to project positively the culture and tourism potential embedded in the community to the outside world.
Epe Division is blessed with enormous tourism potential that can accelerate socio-economic development in the community, If well utilized.
Osho mentioned the division with rich cultural and tourism values that can be utilized to attracts millions of local and international tourists into the state as; Badagry, Epe, Lagos Island, and Ikeja.
He said that, If Lagos Government can pay needed attention to the tourism assets in the aforementioned communities, It will boost it’s revenue earnings.
According to him, the 3days training will commence on June 5th and end on June 7th, 2020.
Osho said that participants will be given training materials/modules, and a certificate of the participant.
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