Why Do You Want To Be A Tour Guide?

During the tour guide examination, when I asked the trainees "Why do you want to be a tour guide? " Their answer most likely will be as below.

If you asked any tour guides, why do you love and want to be a tour guide? The answer mostly likely will be as stated below.

If you meet any laymen, and when they knew your professional, they will feel so amused on your occupation and envy you on having such a good occupation.

These are generally the answers most trainees and tour guides will tell you and the realistic situation on being a tour guide. So, here I would like to give a better view on the work of a tour guide and also on why I love this job very much...

1) Meeting People
It is very normal for most tour guides to answer this because naturally during the work of a tour guide, we bound to meet new people. This is one of a very main quality which is very much needed in a tour guide. Should you do not have such a quality, then I should say it is best you don't be a tour guide.

Meeting new people is always fun. You will be able to see all kind of people. Some young and old, friendly and nasty, hypocrites and humble, etc. Sometimes you will even find that these nasty ones will always test on how good your temper is.

2) Travelling
Of course, being a tour guide, we travel very frequently. One day I might be in Johor Bahru and the next day I will be in Genting Highlands.

Most people will always admire us when we said we are a tour guide. They will be thinking that we always go to new places, stay in luxury hotel, eat good food, visit new places and always meet new friends. They never realise that in fact the places that we travel are very routine, the food that we consumed is worst than the tourists except that of course meeting new people.

Of course if I want to list down the pros and the contras, it will be listless. However, in my opinion of course in order for someone to be successful in his/her career, he/she must firstly love his/her own career. I for sure love my career as a tour guide and my reason for being a tour guide is very different than others...

1) My love for Malaysia
Malaysia is a very beautiful country. We are blessed with 365 days of shiny and rainy days. As such we are so rich in nature. There are so many types of flora and fauna in the country.

Malaysia truly asia. The slogan itself shows that Malaysia is very rich in heritage and culture.

I will be able to introduce Malaysia to the world at large and give them a better understanding of what Malaysia is all about. Most tourists have so many misunderstandings about Malaysia. I want them to past the word of mouth around how beautiful Malaysia is...

2) Knowledge
Most of Malaysians took for granted what we have in our country for example the plants and the beauty scenery. The tourists have opened up my eyes towards my own country. I learn so much from tourists on what we have in our own country where they don't have it. I started to appreciate on what we have here.

In order to have better commentary, I started to read books on Malaysia. The more I read, the more I love Malaysia. Malaysia is so unique compare to any other country in this world.

Being a tour guide, we will never stop our hunger on squenching the knowledge on Malaysia. There are just too many things to learn from. Be it from the tourists, daily work routine, etc. we are bound to learn something new daily.

Of course, besides these two very main reasons, there are also other reasons like monetary gains, freedom, etc.