If you have a junior tour guide certificate, what are the requirements for applying for an intermediate tour guide certificate?

Those who have obtained the "Junior Tour Guide Certificate" for more than two years can apply to become an intermediate tour guide. Applicants must also: abide by the Constitution, love the motherland, adhere to the Four Basic Principles, have a senior high school, secondary vocational school or above degree, be in good health, have no infectious diseases, have the capacity for civil conduct, and have the knowledge and language skills to meet the needs of tour guides Citizen of the People's Republic of China.

Registration procedures:

1. Identity card (original). If you are from other provinces, you must have a temporary residence permit (most provinces have no identity restrictions).

2. Original educational certificate (high school graduation or technical secondary school graduation or above), plus a copy.

3. Recent health status certificate issued by a national hospital at the county (district) level or above (must include routine examinations and two-and-a-half examinations of liver function and hepatitis B).

4． An electronic version of a recent 1-inch color photo without a hat is required for online registration.

5. Collect and fill out the "National Tour Guide Qualification Examination Registration Form" at the registration location and pay the fee.

6. Each province is different, please refer to the registration instructions of previous years.

1. The knowledge requirements for intermediate tour guides are:

① Be familiar with my country’s major policies and master tourism and related policies and regulations.

②Comprehensively master the tour guide knowledge of the main local tourist spots; understand the relevant knowledge of my country's main tourist attractions and routes.

③ Master the basic knowledge of my country’s politics, economy, history, geography, society, religion, art and folk customs related to business.

④ Be familiar with the general situation and characteristics of the main customer source markets.

⑤ Be proficient in the working standards of tour guides.

⑥Foreign language tour guides must master a foreign language and reach the undergraduate level of a foreign language major; Chinese tour guides must master relevant knowledge of Chinese language and literature and reach the college graduation level.

2. The skill requirements for intermediate tour guides are:

① Be able to receive tour groups of different natures, types and sizes, and have relatively skilled tour guide skills.

②Able to independently handle difficult problems that occur during travel.

③ Ability to correctly understand tourists’ service requirements and provide targeted tour guide services.

④Be able to work closely with tourists, relevant business units and personnel, and have strong public relations capabilities.

⑤The tour guide’s language is fluent and vivid, the tone of the language is relatively beautiful, and he pays attention to rhetoric. The foreign language tour guide's foreign language expression is correct; the Chinese tour guide can use standard Mandarin and can basically understand a common dialect.

⑥Able to train and guide junior tour guides.

3. The performance requirements for mid-level tour guides are:

① Have obvious work achievements and become the business backbone of the enterprise.

② There are no major complaints about service quality, and the positive feedback rate from tourists is no less than 90%.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia for Tour Guide Exam

Baidu Encyclopedia for Intermediate Tour Guides