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LOCAL GUIDING SERVICES NCII
B. DEVELOPMENT
Direction: Identify if the following is a SITE, a SIGHT or BOTH. Write the answers on the space provided.
A. SITE B. SIGHT C. BOTH
__________________1. The Philippine Eagle _________________ 4. Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral
__________________2. Apo Reef _________________ 5. National Museum of the Philippines
_________________ 3. Plaza Rizal
Are there things around you that inspired your endeavours in life? According to Albert Einstein, you have to “look deep into
nature, and then you will understand better.” In many ways, travellers also look for inspiration from the things around them.
Sometimes it is the things that you can see that rouse you to go out there and explore. This lesson will discuss the two key
elements that tourists look for in a tour: sites and sights. It is essential for a tour guide to obtain ample knowledge not only on their
physical features but also on their accessibility, cultural value, and implications to the tour.
The words site and sight may sound alike too, although despite their close association, they don’t really mean the same thing.
These are the differences between a site and a sight.
When differentiating sites from sights, be careful with regard to your usage. While some terms generally belong to either a site or
sight classification, some maybe considered to be both depending on the context in which they are used. Consider these examples
below:
• The Manila Cathedral was a site for the Papal visit.
• With its baroque architecture and ancient exterior, the San Agustin Church is a sight to marvel at. Notice how the word church
was used to mean both as a site and as a sight? As a venue, a church is a site for mass, weddings, and religious celebrations. As a
structure or a building, it can be a sight worth looking at. Confusion also occurs in sentences like these:
• Clarence is excited to go to Baguio and visit the famous shopping sites with her husband.
• Melanie is excited to visit Manila and see the sights in the shopping district with her friends.
A shopping center can be a sight to see, but as the first sentence implies a place where one could buy items, it becomes a site. The
second sentence, however, specifically refers to the things the subject expects to see in the area: the sights.
A tourism site is different from a tourism sight. The latter refers only to what the eyes can see, such as beautiful sceneries. The
idiom “a sight to behold” means a person or thing that is extraordinarily impressive or worth seeing. On the other hand, a tourist
site involves not only the senses of sight but also the other senses as well, such as touch, smell, and taste. It refers to a place that
houses the attractions.
C. ENGAGEMENT
B. Sight versus Site. Identify if the following are examples of site, sights or both. Write your answers on the space provided.
D. ASSIMILATION:
Guide Question:
2. Give one sight feature that you truly like and explain the reason why you love it.
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Post-Test:
Directions: Put a check √ if the underlined word used in the statement is correct and X if it is incorrect.
Write your answers on the space provided.
____ 1. Taytay Tiangge is a famous shopping site in Rizal.
____ 2. Burgos Ilocos Norte is the sight to the majestic Kapurpurawan Rock Formation.
____ 3. Bagumbayan or Luneta Park is the site where our National hero Jose Rizal spent his last days.
____ 4. Tourists are often excited to go to Banaue and enjoy the mesmerizing site of the Rice Terraces.
____ 5. With its blue seas and rolling hills, Batanes is really a wonderful site to behold.
REFLECTION:
Write your personal insights about the lesson using the prompts below:
B. DEVELOPMENT
Activity 1. LEARNER’S TASK 1.1-Pre-Test
Directions: Classify the following sources of information by writing ‘1’ if the sources of information is primary and ‘2’ if it is
secondary. Write the answers on the space provided.
______ 1. Interview with local partners
______ 2. Actual observation
______ 3. Site visit at a hotel
______ 4. DOT website
______ 5. Dot brochure
RECAP!
Direction: In the previous lesson you learned about the Site and Sight features and their differences. Identify if it is a site or a
sight. Write the answer on the space provided before each item.
_______ 1. It is generally a place or a venue.
_______ 2. Examples of it are sceneries, festivals, and structures.
_______ 3. Refers to things we can see in an area.
_______ 4. Examples of it are hotels, beaches, and parks.
_______ 5. The Chocolate Hills in Bohol.
Knowing how to do research can give a tour guide a huge career advantage. Planning itineraries will require you to research on
destinations and venues. This lesson will provide you with the steps in obtaining information you will need in your future job as a
tour guide.
Finding the right information is essential in almost every job. For the lawyer, knowing the background of the person he is up
against in court might win him the case. For a journalist, winning an exclusive interview from a reliable source would surely put
EXPECTATIONS PRETEST RECAP LESSON his or her career on track. And even though tour guiding may not involve the
strict research procedures required in other more academic fields, knowing how to do it right also gives a tour guide a huge
advantage.
• Tourism commissions, ministries, or destination management organizations. In the Philippines, these include
provincial/City/Municipal Tourism Offices and the Department of Tourism (DOT) Regional Offices.
• The tourists themselves through their blogs and feedback sheets
• Electronic sources, such as websites, social media, and online videos officially uploaded by tourism establishments.
• Books, brochures, pamphlets, flyers, and travel guides.
• Familiarization tours and trips
• Interviews with locals
Desk Research is commonly known as secondary research, desk research is defined as the indirect outsourcing of information
from previously collected data. In short you are no longer lifting reference from a book, for instance, nut basically from the
Internet. Here are some ways in which you can utilize your online tools:
1. Use Search Engines – search engines are the best way to find information on various sites and destinations. Aside from google
here are other search engines you can try:
• www.infoseek.go.com – helps you access maps, directories, yellow pages, company profiles
• www.onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu – full text of more than a million free books
• www.infoplease.com – gives access to database information from almanacs, encyclopedias, and dictionaries.
• www.about.com – a directory of expert guides
• www.askmehelpdesk.com allows you to ask real people of what you want to find out
2. Read Online Diaries, Blogs, and Forums – you can read blogs and forums to found out about people’s travel experiences, learn
more about products and accommodations, and explore practical tips you can adopt to improve your services.
3. Take Advantage of Social Media – Social networks are the most popular free-ofcharge online platform you can use to inquire
for the best tour guiding practices and ask for client feedback and ratings. It allows you to locate and target potential client market
and survey tourist interests and preferences. Make the most of your Facebook, twitter, Instagram, and other social media sites.
Evaluating Sources
Remember that regardless of the research method that you use, it is always best to evaluate your sources to acquire accurate and
reliable information. Here are some of the steps that you can use:
• Adopt a skeptical attitude – some information on the internet is placed there to mislead people into believing or doing
something. Looking for contradictions or “other side of the story” is one way to adopt a skeptical but practical attitude.
• Pre-evaluate your content needs – before doing your research, consider first what type of information you are after. Check if it is
factual or is it an opinion. By doing this, you will have an idea on what types of information you will get the information from.
• Identify sources that are reliable – to further test authenticity, compare and contrast it with two or three other webpages, and if
the information or conclusion is the same, then you may agree with its truthfulness. This is called Triangulation, cross-checking
with other references to make sure that the information is accurate and authentic.
• Check Testing webpages – to secure that the material published on the website is authentic, validate the following information
such as: author’s name, position or title, organizational affiliations, contact information, page creation date or version, and CARS
(credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and support).
C. ENGAGEMENT
B. Desk Research.
Direction: Conduct a simple desk research. Survey 5 of your friends on Facebook by asking their feedback about 3 food
establishments that give excellent service and deliver the best take out/delivery food that they have been able to enjoy eating while
making themselves safe inside their homes. You will use the list to recommend it to future clients during the pandemic. Write
your answers on the space provided.
E. ASSIMILATION:
Guide Question:
1. Why is it important to search and look only for reliable sources to obtain accurate and authentic information?
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2. What method do you find the most useful and convenient in doing your tour guiding research? Why?
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Post-Test:
Directions: Put a check √ if the underlined word used in the statement is correct and X if it is incorrect. Write your answers on the
space provided.
____ 1. Google is the only search engine where you can get accurate information.
____ 2. Cross-checking with other references is unimportant to make sure that the information is accurate and authentic.
____ 3. Primary sources or data are the best to search and is always available.
____ 4. Sources of information are classified into two.
____ 5. Contacting tourism authorities is the best option when you are specifically searching or local tourism-related
Information.
REFLECTION:
To summarize your learning for today’s lesson, complete these sentences, write your answers on the spaces provided:
D. DEVELOPMENT
A. REQUIRED COMMENTARY
B. INFORMATIVE COMMENTARY
C. REQUESTED COMMENTARY
D. OPTIONAL COMMENTARY
COMPONENTS OF COMMENTARY -welcoming spill - answers 5WH’s -reactions and questions -emphasize important matters
-show concern -ending remarks
A. INTRODUCTION
B. BODY OF COMMENTARY
C. FEEDBACK
D. SUMMARY OF THE COMMENTARY
E. REMINDERS/ WARNINGS
F. THANK YOU AND GOODBYE
TIPS 1. Make sure that stories have beginnings, middle story and endings.
2. Collect stories
3. Create a theme
4. Stimulate curiosity
C. ENGAGEMENT
Activity 2. LEARNER’S TASK 1.2
Direction: Write a short script for commentary following the given Components of Commentary.
Rubrics for the Activity:
CRITERIA 5 4 3 2
Completion Student completed the Students completed at Students completed less None at all
entire activity least ¾ of the activity than ½ of the activity
Content So clear and complete Correct answer Some incorrect or No script
misused
D. ASSIMILATION:
Guide Question:
1. Why is it important to search and look only for reliable commentaries?
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2. What type of commentary do you find the most useful and convenient in doing your tour guiding research? Why?
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Post-Test:
Activity 3. LEARNER’S TASK 1.3 TELL ME THE TRUTH!
Direction: Modified TRUE or FALSE. Write T if the statement is TRUE and F if FALSE. If the statement is FALSE, write the
correct statement to make it true.
1. You can encourage the guests to participate and allow them to speak on the microphone.
2. Being late is a first sign of professionalism.
3. Tour guides must be sensitive to the cultural background and needs of the tourists to serve them well.
4. Tour guides are not required to wear proper attire.
5. Sticking to the schedule will not benefit everybody in the tour group and underscores the credibility of the guide’s instructions.
6. Selling souvenir items or local currency may be impolite for the tour guide to do.
7. Tour guides should be kind and patient.
8. As a tour guide showing to the tourists how exhausted you are is just normal.
9. Tour guides must take care of themselves properly.
10. Tour guides must also take care of the tourists and their needs
REFLECTION:
To summarize your learning for today’s lesson, complete these sentences, write your answers on the spaces provided:
A. INTRODUCTION
Lesson Objectives:
At the end of the learning period, the student should be able to:
1 identify the uses and purpose of a log book;
2. prepare Log book; and
3. List of travel & tour documents to prepare in organizing a tour.
E. DEVELOPMENT
Take a look at the four pictures closely; observe what specific words fits with the theme of the photos presented.
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SCORE: ____________________
SIGNATURE OF PARENT/GUARDIAN: _________________ Date: __________
It is one of the ways to capture and record information of a tourist guide on his or her assignment. It helps to collect detailed
information on the itinerary and can be used later on as a record if inconsistency happened.
A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international treaty organization to facilitate the movement
of individuals or small groups of people across international boundaries, following international agreements. Travel documents
usually assure other governments that the bearer may return to the issuing country,
and are often issued in booklet form to allow other governments to place visas as well as entry and exit stamps into them. The
most common travel document is a passport, which usually gives the bearer more privileges
like visa-free access to certain countries. However, the term is sometimes used only for those documents which do not bear proof
of nationality, such as a refugee travel document.
When traveling in the Philippines, it is extremely important to meet all the entry requirements established by the government.
Citizens of many countries are not required to apply for a visa to travel to the Philippines. However, it is still necessary to have the
following:
Hotel Bookings
School/company ID, if applicable
Another important that needs to keep in mind is that all travelers must bring Proof of financial means. This can be provided by
showing a sufficient amount of cash or a debit or credit card.
For some travelers, the Philippines visitor visa is necessary
A Visa is an endorsement made on a travel document by a consular officer at a Philippine Embassy or Consulate abroad denoting
that the visa application has been properly examined and that the bearer is
permitted to proceed to the Philippines and request permission from the Philippine Immigration authorities at the ports of entries
to enter the country. The visa thus issued is not a guarantee that the holder will be automatically
admitted into the country, because the admission of foreign nationals into the Philippines is a function of the immigration
authorities at the port of entry.
Applications for a temporary visitor’s visa must be made in person at an embassy or consulate. Philippines visa requirements for
tourist permits include, among others, having a valid passport. In the case of a minor,
under 18 years of age, the application must be made by their parent or guardian.
F. ENGAGEMENT
G. ASSIMILATION:
SCORE: ____________________
SIGNATURE OF PARENT/GUARDIAN: _________________ Date: __________
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