GTB and Gibraltar College provide licensed guide courses

As part of the Government’s initiative to support young people in their career paths, The Gibraltar Tourist Board (GTB) in conjunction with the Gibraltar College have offered a course for a qualification as a Licensed Guide.

Led by the GTB’s Suyenne Perez Catania, the course has been tailor made to include information on several of our most popular tourist sites and offerings and is part of the Travel and Tourism A-Level course.

The 5-week course is due to end this week has included an introduction to licensed guides and customer care service, tourist sites, Gorham’s Cave and Monkey Talk, Rock tour video and in the final week an exam and oral.

“I am pleased to see young people learning about what Gibraltar has to offer locals and tourists alike,” said the Minister for Tourism, Christian Santos.

“Visitors to the Rock can be treated to many natural beauty spots, a wealth of military history and a rich and diverse culture. This course will help to prepare a future generation of ambassadors for Gibraltar.”

“My thanks to my team at the GTB and to Vanessa Saccone-Recagno of the Gibraltar College for making this course a success,” he added.