USAID/CAPS AND ARMENIAN GUIDES GUILD ORGANIZES TRAINING ON STANDARDS OF INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TOUR GUIDE ASSOCIATIONS (WFTGA)

ArmInfo.

2009-04-08 12:17:00

USAID/CAPS and the Armenian Guides Guild organize a training on the
standards of the International Federation of Tour Guide Associations
(WFTGA) being the first in Armenia, CAPS told ArmInfo. The training
will be held on April 8 -15. Participation fee makes up 16,5 thsd
drams. Those having completed the training will receive WFTGA
certificates and the best of them will be enabled to join the
Armenian Guides Guild. The courses will be conducted by specialists
of the Armenian Guides Guild. According to the Guild representative
Rita Navoyan, the courses aim at teaching the skills of work with a
group, R. Navoyan said. To recall, the Armenian Guides Guild joined
WFTGA in 2007. The first two stages of the training for guides were
held in Armenia in 2007-2008 by foreign specialists. The final stage
with participation of two guides from Armenia, including R. Navoyan,
was held in Cyprus in February, 2008. The Armenian Guides Guild was
created in 2006. WFTGA was created in 1987 and currently numbers
about 88,000 guides all over the world.