14 different Linz institutions invited visitors to unusual and very special city tours on Friday, July 14, 2023. Sebastian Frankenberger was also present with a guided tour of the city in the course of an improv theater in costume! From 6 p.m. to midnight, he amazed onlookers young and old, while the public learned more…
Today I was allowed to give a talk for the City Pastoral Linz and for the Continuing Education Center Linz on the topic “Church where are you? Spiritual places in public space” But what are spiritual places anyway, what are religious symbols? We went on a walking tour together to spiritual places in Linz, where…
We from Tourismus Training are currently in Frankfurt and are allowed to develop a very special project on the topic of high-rise buildings. Everything about guided tours in high-rise buildings. What is your opinion on this? How would you build these types of tours? Focus on history or culture or urban history? What do you…
We had our Q&A webinar this week for the WFTGA convention in Sicily and today we want to send you a little summary and the video recording. Here again the most important data: – Pre Tour 18 – 21 January 2024 – Main Convention 21 – 26 January 2024 – Post Tour 26 – 29…
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…
This week I am myself as a tour guide with a tour group of @Weiermair Reisen on Dolce Vita Tour in beautiful Italy.🌞 Rome in particular is simply always worth a trip. Unfortunately for us, the famous Trevi Fountain was being cleaned, so we couldn’t throw any coins in at all. Hopefully I may still…
Right now I’m in Tel Aviv gathering ideas for an augmented reality city tour project. In Israel, they are technologically ahead of us in this respect. The Graffiti Tour from https://tlvnights.com is just awesome! Through extraordinary graffiti with AR, the exciting history of the city is brought to life. In addition, there is really great…
Yesterday I was allowed to give a lecture on the island of Mainau for the local tour guides. It was about the needs of groups that want to explore the flower island with all their senses. Later I was allowed to attend the other training sessions, for example on the subject of redwood trees, and…
I just packed my suitcase – off to Germany for several exciting lectures and workshops! Among other things, on the topic of “current trends in guided tours”. For our “Linz changes” example, I have virtual reality glasses, battery-powered beamers and augmented reality headsets, as well as a Linz cake in the shape of a map…
The 6th German Guest Guide Conference DGFT with the subsequent 29th Annual General Meeting of the Federal Association of Guest Guides in Germany took place on 03. and 04 March 2023 will be held in Kassel. I was able to attend and participate in some exciting tours of Kassl, as well as listen to some…
