Dubai’s College of Tourism wants to bring out more tour guides

Dubai: Dubai College of Tourism (DCT), part of the Department of Economy and Tourism (DET), is ramping up efforts to increase the number of professional tour guides to cater to Dubai’s diverse visitor profile.

The college runs a year-round training programme for tour guides with the aim of helping prospective candidates obtain a tour guide license, which is a prerequisite for those interested in taking up this occupation. The training is delivered online and designed to make the process of getting the Dubai tour guide license as convenient as possible, while teaching participants how to correctly present Dubai to international visitors.

As Dubai continues to lead global tourism recovery with campaigns to sustain its global appeal in both existing and emerging source markets, DCT wants to create a pool of tour guides with specific language skills such as for Portuguese, Spanish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Albanian, Slovakian, Czech, Poland, Romanian and Hungarian. Essa Bin Hadher, General Manager, Dubai College of Tourism, said: “With the steady increase in global travellers making Dubai their destination of choice and with the industry continuing to regain its vibrancy, it is crucial to deliver exceptional visitor experiences across the board to make the city the world’s most preferred and visited destination”

“It is important to develop a knowledgeable and well-rounded workforce including professional tour guides from different nationalities to enable them to confidently impart the correct knowledge and information about the emirate to tourists from around the world.”