INDONESIA
Development of Tour Guide and Tour Leader Programs in Yogyakarta
| LOCATION | Yogyakarta, Indonesië
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| PERIOD | 1995 until now
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| OBJECTIVE | Organisation & implementation of tour guide and tour leader trainingprograms on regular bases and supporting newly trained guides in their search for employement
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| PARTNERS | Sanata Dharma University
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| IN COOPERATION WITH |
• Karavaan vzw (Flanders) • ViaVia Yogyakarta |
| BUDGET | Own resources
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| FUNDING | Projectenfonds + local contribution by Sanata Dharma University
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| DESCRIPTION |
The projects in Indonesia grew organically out of the local involvement of the ViaVia Yogyakarta. 1995: 10 local guides are trained by two experienced VVTA-trainers using interactive and experiential teaching methods. 1996: TOT -approach; the trained guides acquire some experience and continue their training to become senior guides. And on their turn they pass on their experience to new guides during a training they organize themselves under the supervision of the ViaVia Tourism Academy. 1997: Sanata Dharma University in Yogyakarta asks the ViaVia Tourism Academy for professional support with a project concerning the sustainable tourism development in the region. 2007: The tour guide training course is updated. 2011: 8 senior tour guide trainers are given an advanced train-the-trainer training in tourist experience design and 3 lectures are given at the Sanata Dharma University, the State University Yogyakarta and UPN Yogyakarta. |
| RESULTS | 1998 – 2012: Every year a training for senior guides is hosted in Yogyakarta and a strong cooperation exists with the three universities providing tourism-related university courses in Yogyakarta.
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| CURRENT SITUATION | Ongoing |
