Regulations Governing Tour Guides Article 42
This English translation was last updated on 2025-12-11, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-10-07. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
A tour guide may not engage in any of the following behaviors:1. Acting in an improper manner when providing tour guide services.2. Failing to take proper care of tourists who have fallen ill.3. Arranging tourists to purchase goods, or receiving kickbacks for other services without authorization.4. Demanding extra charges from tourists.5. Buying goods from or selling goods to tourists.6. Taking goods or money from tourists by improper means.7. Engaging privately in foreign exchange.8. Violating professional code of conduct.9. Lending a license to be used by others.10. Delaying the provision of services without justifiable reason, or entrusting others to provide services without authorization.11. Evade, obstruct, or refuse an inspection by an administrative or police agency; or not to provide/present documents, information and/or other articles as may be necessary.12. Provision of services without authorization after ceasing to be eligible to act as a tour guide.13. Operating a travel business without authorization or providing tour guide services for a non-travel business operator.14. Provision of tour guide services under employment by a foreign travel operator.15. Before transporting tourists, it is discovered that the means of transport are not provided by lawful operators and also failing to report the travel agency; while using the tour bus for transportation, the escape and safety guide is failed to be explained and demonstrated, according with the checklist form prescribed by Highway Bureau, MOTC.16. While providing tour guide services, failing to warn and prevent the acts of the received or guided tourists after discovering that such acts could damage natural resources or tourist facilities.
中文原文 導遊人員管理規則第42條
導遊人員不得有下列行為：
一、執行導遊業務時，言行不當。
二、遇有旅客患病，未予妥為照料。
三、擅自安排旅客採購物品或為其他服務收受回扣。
四、向旅客額外需索。
五、向旅客兜售或收購物品。
六、以不正當手段收取旅客財物。
七、私自兌換外幣。
八、不遵守專業訓練之規定。
九、將導遊人員執業證借供他人使用。
十、無正當理由延誤執行業務時間或擅自委託他人代為執行業務。
十一、規避、妨礙或拒絕主管機關或警察機關之檢查，或不提供、提示必要之文書、資料或物品。
十二、停止執行導遊業務期間擅自執行業務。
十三、擅自經營旅行業務或為非旅行業執行導遊業務。
十四、受國外旅行業僱用執行導遊業務。
十五、運送旅客前，發現使用之交通工具，非由合法業者所提供，未通報旅行業者；使用遊覽車為交通工具時，未實施遊覽車逃生安全解說及示範，或未依交通部公路局訂定之檢查紀錄表執行。
十六、執行導遊業務時，發現所接待或引導之旅客有損壞自然資源或觀光設施行為之虞，而未予勸止。
一、執行導遊業務時，言行不當。
二、遇有旅客患病，未予妥為照料。
三、擅自安排旅客採購物品或為其他服務收受回扣。
四、向旅客額外需索。
五、向旅客兜售或收購物品。
六、以不正當手段收取旅客財物。
七、私自兌換外幣。
八、不遵守專業訓練之規定。
九、將導遊人員執業證借供他人使用。
十、無正當理由延誤執行業務時間或擅自委託他人代為執行業務。
十一、規避、妨礙或拒絕主管機關或警察機關之檢查，或不提供、提示必要之文書、資料或物品。
十二、停止執行導遊業務期間擅自執行業務。
十三、擅自經營旅行業務或為非旅行業執行導遊業務。
十四、受國外旅行業僱用執行導遊業務。
十五、運送旅客前，發現使用之交通工具，非由合法業者所提供，未通報旅行業者；使用遊覽車為交通工具時，未實施遊覽車逃生安全解說及示範，或未依交通部公路局訂定之檢查紀錄表執行。
十六、執行導遊業務時，發現所接待或引導之旅客有損壞自然資源或觀光設施行為之虞，而未予勸止。