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The Southern California Tour Guide Association is a not-for-profit professional organization that was created to support and service our local tourism industry, including tour operators, travel agencies, transportation companies, convention and visitor bureaus, hospitality businesses, local incoming cruise ship lines, the entertainment industry, individual travelers and others by providing them with the opportunity to locate professional, experienced tour directors, driver guides, step-on guides (non-driving bus guides) and walking tour guides to coincide with their particular needs.
Our organization also provides occasional continuing educational activities for our members to improve their knowledge and awareness of the evolving tourism industry, including new technology, as well as supporting the local community and other related non-profit and not-for-profit groups through our periodic volunteer efforts.
The Southern California, Tour Guide Association, began in the 1990s by a group of Los Angeles area graduates of the acclaimed International Tour Management Institute tour guide school in San Francisco, but around 2017, the association decided to expand its membership to include all professionally trained tour guides based in Southern California. For more information, please contact our office at sctgaoffice@gmail.com.
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