Regulations Governing Tour Guides Article 24

Tour guide personnel training consists of pre-service training and on-the-job training.Those who pass the examination or assessment for tour guide personnel shall participate in pre-service training organized by the Tourism Administration or its com-missioned relevant agencies or organizations. Upon obtaining the graduation certificate, they may then apply for the professional license to engage in tour guide services.On-the-job training for tour guide personnel shall be conducted by the Tourism Administration or its commissioned relevant agencies or organizations.The agencies or organizations entrusted with the preceding two paragraph shall meet one of the following qualifications:1. Must be a tourism-related group in the travel industry or related to tour guide personnel, and has been commissioned by the Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications),and within the last two years, have conducted tour guide personnel training on their own or accepted the commission from the Tourism Administration.2. Must be a college or higher education institution with tourism-related departments, and has been commissioned by the Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications), and within the last two years, have conducted training for industry practitioners in the tourism sec-tor on their own or accepted the com-mission from the Tourism Administration.The methods, courses, fees, and relevant regulations for preservice training and on-the-job training shall be determined by the Tourism Administration or proposed by the relevant agencies or organizations commissioned by them and submitted for approval by the Administration.