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Nanshi Tourism Bureau conducts training for new southbound tour guides to train new resident partners to create a multi-lingual friendly tourism environment for international tourism 2024/10/08
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The Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau actively promotes international tourism, is committed to strengthening international tourism marketing, and creating a multilingual-friendly tourism environment. In order to cooperate with the central government's new southbound policy, the "113th Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau's New Southbound Tour Guide Training" was organized by the Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau and co-organized by the Chinese Taiwan-Vietnam New Residents Care Association. The training was recently completed. A total of 31 foreign new resident partners from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Vietnam participated. At the results presentation ceremony, Cheng Daoli, acting deputy director of the Nan City Tourism Bureau, awarded graduation certificates to the student representatives, becoming a new force of international tourism-friendly tourism service talents in Tainan. Chairman Guo Qirui, Vice Chairman Xie Ruimin and directors and supervisors of the China Taiyue New Residents Care Association all attended the meeting to witness. Indonesian student Li Yijia and Vietnamese student Ruan Zihan also shared their learning experiences and thanked the Tourism and Tourism Bureau for organizing such a meaningful event, which allowed them to better understand Tainan’s history, culture and tourism features and apply them in practice, and lead their families and hometown friends to visit Tainan. .

Tainan City Mayor Huang Weizhe said that Tainan is the historical and cultural origin of Taiwan and has been listed as the "best places to visit in 2024" by CNN and was also selected as "Best Places to Visit in 2024" by Booking.com. "Top Ten Sustainable Travel Destinations in the World" and "The World's Coolest Tourist Attractions in 2024" by the British "National Geographic Travel" magazine. Tainan's rich history, culture and diverse street food have won it international acclaim. This year coincides with "Tainan 400", and national events such as the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival and Taiwan Cultural Expo were specially selected to be held in Tainan, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists. . In the future, the Tainan City Government team will continue to promote international tourism marketing, organize high-quality events, and improve multi-language friendly tourism services to allow tourists from all over the world to experience Tainan’s profound culture and friendly atmosphere.

Director Lin Guohua of Nanshi Tourism Bureau said that the training program is to continue to cultivate professional tour guide talents with multi-lingual skills and cross-cultural understanding, and is aimed at new residents, new second generations, foreign workers and foreign students who are interested in entering the tourism industry. Training to provide professional and friendly travel services to tourists from New Southbound countries. The training courses cover the introduction of Tainan culture and history, tour guide literacy, travel itinerary design, group leading practices, outdoor tour guide interpretation and digital image production. This year, new practical guided tour training was added. Practical guided tours were carried out at Anping Castle, Anping Tree House, Chihkan Tower, Grand Thean Hou Temple, Tainan Confucius Temple, Lin Department Store and other well-known scenic spots to effectively improve the interpretation skills. Showcase the urban charm of Tainan. Since 110 years ago, this project has successfully cultivated 103 tour guide talents with transnational cultural backgrounds. It hopes to use the New Southbound Country New Resident Partnership as the basis for cultivating international tourism service talents and inject more new ideas into Tainan's international tourism market. energy to enhance Tainan’s competitiveness as an international tourist destination.

Kuo Qirui, chairman of the China-Taiwan New Residents Care Association, expressed his gratitude to the City Tourism Bureau for vigorously promoting the New Southbound Tourism. Through this mentoring program, the association can continue to help new residents and foreigners improve their professional skills and promote Tainan’s international Tourist attractions can also help new residents and foreigners integrate into life in Taiwan, and promote the development of the tourism industry, adding highlights to Tainan's international tourism. It is expected that through professional tour guides with multi-lingual skills and transnational cultural sensitivity, Tainan can further enhance its international tourism-friendly services and become the preferred tourist destination for new southbound and other international tourists.

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