Taiwan Immigrants' Global News Network-Pingtung County Government Opens Training Course for New Immigrants to become Bilingual Guides

The Pingtung County Government makes use of the new immigrants' advantages in terms of language proficiency to integrate them into the community and promote tour guide services in an effort to diversify the tour guides. A recent special course (新住民導覽解說培訓課程) attracted many new immigrants and second-generation immigrants, who signed up to participate. Their native tongues have the benefit of conforming to international norms, and they are also familiar with the local way of life and culture. After finishing the training for tour guides and commentary, they will be able to welcome more multilingual international visitors to Pingtung.

Pingtung County Government Opens Training Course for New Immigrants to become Bilingual Guides.Photo provided by Pingtung County Government

The 4-month complete tour guide training course, in addition to classroom explanations to understand the cultural characteristics of Pingtung County and the current situation of Taiwan tourism, also arranges field lectures, interactive skills exercises, and invites institutions and community organizations in the county for communication, through diversified learning methods and the construction of a learning environment based on language equality, so that new immigrants can easily master relevant knowledge and skills.

Pingtung County Government Opens Training Course for New Immigrants to become Bilingual Guides.Photo provided by Pingtung County Government

The special course (新住民導覽解說培訓課程) will be held from March 4th to July 1st, 2023, every Saturday morning from 9:00 to 16:30, and registration will continue to be accepted in the middle. If you want to become a tour guide and commentator, and want to be more advanced Interpretation ability, enhance new knowledge of tourism, if you are a new resident friend or the new second generation living in Pingtung over the age of 20, We invite you to learn together and develop new skills, registration website: https://reurl.cc/o0dzr5, more For more event information, please visit the Pingtung GO Fun official Facebook or the official website of the Pingtung County Government Transportation and Tourism Office