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Tour guides push back against mandatory competency assessment

Apr 28, 2025 3 mins read
Tour guides push back against mandatory competency assessment

The Department of Tourism’s (DoT) recent announcement requiring all licensed tours guides to undergo mandatory competency assessment has not gone down well with the guides, many of who argue that the move was introduced without sufficient research or consideration of existing national certification standards.

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