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Reading exercises

  1. Read about the tourist / visitor information counsellors: Tourist / Visitor Information Counsellor

Tourist/ visitor information counsellors are an important link between the visitor and the service providers. They work at visitor information centers, government offices or at association offices, and provide answers to questions about the area, history, attractions and weather. Much of their time is spent talking to guests.

Main Duties:

  • answer questions and provide information specific to region or site

  • distribute promotional materials

  • promote tourism products

  • encourage new and return visits

  • gather information and develop new resources

  • perform administrative tasks

  • may also stock and sell merchandise and handle cash transactions

E xperience/Skills Tourism/visitor information counsellors require excellent communication skills and good customer service skills. Knowledge of attractions, events and the local area is also required. Other useful abilities are research and recording skills, sales and cash handling skills, inventory and administrative skills, and time management.

X IV. Make a list of skills and personal qualities that a tourist/visitor information counsellor needs. Discuss with your partner, which qualities you already have and which need improvement

X V. Can you name any tourist information center in your city? What information does it provide about local attractions?

XVI. Role-play the following dialogue: at the information office

(I: information officer V: visitor)

I : Hello, can I help you?

V: Yes, it´s Saturday and all the shops are closed. When are they opened?

I : Well, on Saturdays the stores are opened from about 9 am, and they all close at 4 pm. It´s 4.30 now, so that´s why they are closed.

V : Oh I see! What about tomorrow? Are they closed Sundays as well?

I: Yes I´m afraid so, but on weekdays most stores are opened from about 9 am until 8 pm.

V: It´s a pity I´m leaving on Monday!

X VII. Think about some other problems a tourist/visitor information counsellor may solve. Make up your own dialogue according to your own or one of the following situations:

  • You’re on a business trip to Berlin and have some time to go sightseeing. Contact the tourist information center/ office for some info.

  • You’re in Paris and have just understood that you’ve forgotten your sunglasses in one of the shops you visited. Find out if there is a lost things bureau in the city.

Business Skills Writing a cv

Curriculum vitae (CV) provides an overview of a person's experience and other qualifications. It differs from a resume, however. While resume is brief and concise - no more than a page or two, a curriculum vitae is a longer (at least two pages) and more detailed synopsis.

Curriculum vitae includes a summary of your educational and academic backgrounds as well as teaching and research experience, publications, presentations, awards, honors and other details. In Europe, the Middle East, Africa, or Asia, employers may expect to receive a curriculum vitae.

In the United States, a curriculum vitae is used primarily when applying for academic, education, scientific or research positions. It is also applicable when applying for fellowships or grants.