On the 21st of February each year we celebrate the occasion of International Tourist Guide Day. This is a day dedicated to the profession of Tourist Guiding and affords us the opportunity to highlight and showcase this profession on the global stage. This is a day that was set in motion in 1989 at the…
Dear Guide colleagues, I hope you are as excited as I am as we look back on a successful 2023 that has almost brought us back to our normal level of leadership! Let us now look forward to 2024 with anticipation, because exciting events await us. One of the absolute highlights will be the WFTGA…
On Friday I had again a bike tour through the beautiful Kamptal with Weiermair Reisen. This is really, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful bike tours in all of Austria. Past the Kamptal reservoirs, the ruins of Dorba Castle and the Renaissance Greilenstein Castle. We spent our lunch break at the Altenburg Abbey…
The World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations organizes a worldwide meeting every 2 years. In 2024 the next one will take place in Sicily. When guest guides / tour guides / certified guides meet, it always feels like a family reunion and even newcomers are integrated immediately. In addition to many interesting visits throughout Sicily…
On March 4, 2023, the day of action on the occasion of the World Alien Leader Day will take place in Upper Austria. Throughout Upper Austria – and especially in Linz – we have put together a great leadership program. Thanks especially to Andrea Puchner, Thomas Schmidt, Marianne Oberladstätter, Ralph Rosenhain and Daniel Vanek for…
On SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2023, the ITF and its sponsors invite everyone who lives in Tyrol to go on exciting discoveries in their homeland. Free guided tours of all kinds take place in Innsbruck, Hall in Tirol, Volders, Schwaz, Kufstein, Rattenberg, Kitzbühel and Jenbach from 9:00 to 20:00. Duration of a guided tour: between 60…
On the occasion of the World Day of Tourist Guides:inside the Styrian guides offer exciting and interesting tours on Saturday, March 4, 2023. The tours are free of charge for everyone. Voluntary donations are made to the organization “Steirer helfen Steirern”. Registration deadline: is Friday, March 3, 2023, midnight. You can find all the detailed…
The market for guided bike groups is booming! During the pandemic, many bus operators purchased a bicycle trailer. Many guests own an e-bike and want to get to know the country and its people. However, there are too few bike tour guides who know about e-bike groups, cultural enjoyment cycling, theory and technology. On March…
Assistance to the management / secretariat in Vienna and Remote We are a young/young-at-heart startup team with flat hierarchies and varied areas of activity. As a service provider for tourist services, we mainly manage river cruise ships along the Danube. We are also active as a tour provider, educational institute with training and education in…
I was allowed to present eight bike tours on Thursday evening in the packed Forum Kirchdorf, which we carry out with our team of RadReiseGuides for Busreisen Weiermair. For us, the focus is on cultural enjoyment cycling. It’s not about speed and kilometers. We get to know the country and its people, see sights along…