Current State of Problems of Preparation and Regulation of Activity of Tour-guides on the Example of Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine
Year: 2018
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This article deals with modern problems of training, retraining and regulation of professional activities of tour guides in three countries of Eastern Europe, such as Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine.Some centers and organizations of the three countries that are engaged in professional training and advanced training of tour guides are examined in detail.The curricula and programs of educational courses for the training and retraining of these specialists are also analyzed, as well as the requirements of legislation in the field of tourism that regulate the work of tour guides in Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine.At the present time there is a need for the professional training and retraining of guides, both substantively and organizationally.It is necessary to organize such training of guides that would provide an opportunity to receive professional competencies, in demand by the modern labor market.However, this problem in Ukrainian science has not been fully explored at present.The object of the study was the process of training, retraining and regulation of the activities of tour guides.The subject of the study was an analysis of the current state of the problem under consideration by the example of three Eastern European countries.The purpose of writing this work is a comparative analysis of the preparation, retraining and regulation of the activities of tour guides in Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine, in order to subsequently adopt the foreign experience of other countries for Ukraine in this area.
Authors: Oleksandr Kovalenko, Pavlo Oksiom
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4237807152