Tourist guide - Kankou Gaido

Japanese: 観光ガイド - かんこうがいど
Tourist guide - Kankou Gaido

...A person who uses his/her extensive knowledge to guide and explain the geography, history, culture, industry, etc. of a destination so that travelers can travel comfortably and without inconvenience and understand the destination correctly. Guides are broadly divided into tourist guides and mountain guides. The first type of tourist guide is someone who guides foreigners visiting Japan, and in Japan they are called guide-interpreters. ...

*Some of the terms used in reference to "tourist guides" are explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…旅行者が旅行先で不自由なく快適な旅行をし,その旅行先を正しく理解するために,旅行先の地理,歴史,文化,産業等について深い知識をもって案内,説明する人。ガイドは観光ガイドと山岳ガイドに大別される。観光ガイドには,まず日本を訪れた外国人を案内するガイドがおり,日本では通訳案内業者と呼ばれている。…

※「観光ガイド」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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