We win a gold and a silver medal at 2019 National Vocational Students Skills Competition (Tourist Guide Service)


By Dong Quanyue/Qingdao Vocational and Technical College of Hotel Management

2019 National Vocational Students Skills Competition (Tourist Guide Service) was held in Nanjing Vocational College of Tourism from May 27 to 31. Gao Yang won the first prize with the fourth place in the national total score, Jiang Xuebing won the second prize, and Yang Dong won the excellent instructor prize. 

The competition is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism etc. and co-sponsored by the National Guiding Committee for Vocational Tourism Education and the Nanjing Vocational College of Tourism. 144 contestants from 99 Vocational Colleges in 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions participate in the competition.

Diao Hongbin and Gong Enlong, Vice President of the College, led the team,and dispatched a competition guidance team composed of Xu Li, Shi Meishan, Yang Dong, Tianchao and Jiang Xue. During the preparation period, the college leaders and relevant departments attach great importance to and coordinate with each other. The coaching teams perform their duties. The contestants worked hard and prepared carefully. The high-level team cooperation training has laid a solid foundation for the success. Shandong Allegro-Shandong Cultural Expo played by a contestant of our college, was commented on as an excellent typical case in the closing ceremony. The situational recitation “Farewell My Concubine” also received unanimous praise.

The innovation of the competition system has comprehensively tested the contestants’ theoretical knowledge, explanatory skills, on-site creation of tour guides, English level, talent performance, on-site adaptability, psychological quality and other comprehensive abilities. The achievements of this competition show the achievements of the teaching reform of tour tourist guide service courses. It is of great significance to promote the reform and innovation of the training of tour guide talents. 

About Tourist Guide Service Competition

The Competition is divided into five parts including Tour guide knowledge test, the creation and explanation of on-site tour guides, the tour guides' explanation of selected scenic spots, the oral test of tour guides' English and the application of talents and skills, which brings comprehensive requirements and challenges to the contestants. The selected scenic spot is required to prepare a 5-minute tour guide's speech and corresponding Powerpoint before the competition, and give a simulated tour guide's explanation in Chinese. There are 80 elements of tourism culture and 10 types of groups in the process of creating and explaining on-site guides'speeches. The contestants select one element of tourism culture and one group type on-site, and then complete the creation of on-site guides' speeches independently, and give out-of-draft explanations in Chinese. Tour guide knowledge test is chosen from 1000 -question bank. The test mode of the oral English test for tour guides is on-the-spot dialogue. The contestants take a topic from 80 English situational dialogues in the process of tour guides leading a group and have a three-minute situational English dialogue with the referee. In the application of talent and art, contestants are required to complete the description of tour guide situation design and display of talent and art in the process of leading a group, which conforms to the characteristics of tour guide profession.