There’s more to tour guides than language

Earlier this year my friends and I visited the mountainous town of Sa Pa with a group of Thai friends. It was the first time our foreign friends visited the town, so we hired a tour guide who could speak Thai to ensure they have the best experience there.

New rules set to put most tour guides out of work

New provisions on tourist guide licences in the Law on Tourism, which takes effect next year, will probably take away occupational opportunities of thousands of tourist guides in the country and lead to serious shortage of human resource in this sector, experts have said.

City tourism association told to lure more visitors A city official has urged the HCM City Tourism Association (HTA) to carry out measures to raise the city's tourism competitiveness, while industry leaders have asked the government to amend laws related to tourism.

VN tourism needs qualified guides The country saw a rise in the number of foreign visitors in recent years, but there remains a lack of qualified tour guides to support the sector, according to tourism experts.

New decree requires tour operators to post deposit Tour enterprises will be required to pay a VND250 million (US$15,625) deposit when registering to provide tours for foreign travellers, under Decree No 92/2007/ND-CP recently issued by the Government.