In consonance with its continuing program to professionalize the tour guide sector of the tourism industry the Office of the Tourism Standards of the Department of Tourism will conduct a Multi-Lingual Training Program for Tour Guides from July 7 to August 4, 2008.

The program aims to provide basic knowledge, skills and techniques needed in tour guiding to ensure the quality of service to both local and international tourists.

To qualify applicants must:

• - Have finished two (2) years of a four (4) year collegiate course
• - Have a good moral character
• - Be proficient in English and another foreign language preferebly, Spanish, Russian, Italian, French, German, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese.

Pre-screening of qualified participants is scheduled on July 1-2, 2008 to be held at the Department of Tourism Training Room.

Only applicants who passed the interview on language proficiency shall qualified to attend the seminar.

The seminar will run from Mondays thru Fridays for eight (8) hours a day for twenty two (22) days.

Seminar fee is P5,000.00 per participants. Please secure/submit application at the Standards Development Division, Rm. 203, Department of Tourism, T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita, Manila. Deadline of submission of application is on June 27, 2008.

For inquiries, please call tel. no. (632) 5257980/5361128/5238411 loc. 182 and 176.

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