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    <title>Professional tour guiding</title>
    <subTitle>principles, practices and global perspectives</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Abante, Marmelo V.</namePart>
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    <namePart>Martinez, Jr. Roger A.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Pious, Jennifer C.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Quintos, Darwin G.</namePart>
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    <namePart>Abante, Vivian N.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Madrigal, Maria Sinforosa M.</namePart>
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      <placeTerm type="text">Quezon City</placeTerm>
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    <publisher>Unlimited Books Library Services &amp; Publishing Inc.</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2026</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>viii, 435 pages : ill. 26 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract> This Book focuses on the principles, skills, and responsibilities involved in guiding tourists professionally within the tourism industry. The book discusses the role of tour guides as communicators, cultural interpreters, leaders, and representatives of tourist destinations. It emphasizes effective communication, customer service, safety management, tour planning, and knowledge of history, culture, and heritage sites.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Marcelo V. Abante [and five others]</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographic references.</note>
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    <topic>Tour guiding</topic>
    <topic>Guidebooks</topic>
    <topic>Study and teaching</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Tour Guides</topic>
    <topic>Guidebooks</topic>
    <topic>Study and teaching</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Travel</topic>
    <topic>Guidebooks</topic>
    <topic>Study and teaching</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">(CHM-TouMgt) G 154.7  .2026 A23</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9786214273324</identifier>
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