These guides are a vital part of New York’s raucous sidewalk culture, and, as The Tour Guide reveals, the tours they offer are as fascinatingly diverse—and eccentric—as the city itself.

Come to New York as a visitor, but experience it as a local, with the definitive guide to New York If you're a first time visitor or familiar already, this guide will help you uncover an authentic local experience like no other.

A major new history of Brooklyn, told through its landscapes, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early 17th century to today.

Great Tours! helps you focus clearly on the material culture and significance of your site and then shows you how to use that focus to train and energize your guides.

Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

This practical book provides very systematic guides for learners to practice communication within tour guide services. By employing a wide range of creative activities, this book aims: 1.

" In this book, you'll discover the secrets of the great guides, the "cultural ambassadors," who can turn an ordinary vacation trip into a meaningful, life-enriching journey.

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Istanbul.

This book provides an authoritative, state-of-the-art review of tour guiding scholarship and research. It aims to foster best practice and to stimulate further study and research on tour guiding across a range of disciplines.

Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural education, specialized learning, and international business, this book is ideally designed for tour guides, travel agencies, tour managers, tour developers, heritage sites, ...