Informative Notice
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Tourist guide licence card
The profession of tourist guide may be carried out by persons who have passed the professional competence programme exam of 3 February 1999, adopted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, or by persons from a Contracting State with recognised professional qualifications for pursuing the profession of tourist guide (issued positive decision).
Licence cards issued by the examiner are deemed evidence of a passed exam; the licence card shows the name of the issuer, the name of the tourist guide, their photograph, the licence card's reference number from the register of tourist guides; it is affixed with a current year label.
Conditions
These terms apply to the profession Tourist guide
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The exam of the professional competence to pursue a tourist guiding activity is taken according to the programme of 3 February 1999, adopted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia.
The exam consists of a theoretical and practical part.
In the theoretical part, candidates answer orally six theoretical questions from different thematic areas (these are: tourism geography and cartography, history, ethnology, psychological aspects of guiding groups, art history and archaeology and the basics of tourism operations and tourist travel organisation).
In the practical part of the exam, candidates set off on a day trip around Slovenia to guide a bus tour with the use of microphone and a walking tour of old city centres. Candidates receive the tour programme at least one week before departure so that they can apply to participate and prepare for guiding (if the date in question is not suitable for them, they may take the exam on the next date or with the next group).
The exam entry application is to be submitted to the Tourism and Hospitality Chamber of Slovenia, Dimičeva 13, 1000 Ljubljana, on a prescribed form with an indication "Tourist guide exam".
The completed and signed exam entry application is to be accompanied by proof of the exam payment. The exam costs amount to EUR 208.00.
After passing the exam, the tourist guide is entered in the register of tourist guides. The Tourism and Hospitality Chamber of Slovenia provides tour guides the following:
- a certificate of entry in the register of tourist guides;
- a certificate of completed exam;
- a plastic licence card with a colour photograph.
The register of tourist guides, kept by the Tourism and Hospitality Chamber of Slovenia, includes individuals that have passed the tourist guide exam and individuals from Contracting States that were issued a decision on the recognition of professional qualifications.
For the purpose of informing the public about qualified tourist guides, the Ministry responsible for tourism manages the register of tourist guides that contains the following information:
- the name and permanent address of the guide – these are the only publicly accessible pieces of information;
- the number of days of guiding for the previous year;
- the names of the countries guided to in the previous year (up to ten countries);
- data concerning competence and qualifications;
- the tourist guide's contact data (e-mail address, telephone number) subject to their written consent.
The register is publicly available and can be accessed on the website of the Tourism and Hospitality Chamber of Slovenia.
If professional errors or negligence in the exercise of the profession are established, the minister responsible for tourism may issue a decision on reprimand or decide to delete the tourist guide concerned from the register. Tourist guides that have not been engaged in the activity for more than five years are deleted from the register.
For the purpose of informing the public about qualified tourist guides of a tourist area, a register of tour guides of the tourist area is kept by one municipality in the tourist area, as agreed upon by the municipalities of the tourist area concerned; the register includes the following data:
- name and permanent residence of a tour guide;
- number of days of guiding in the tourist area for the previous year;
- data concerning competence and qualifications;
- the tourist guide's contact data (e-mail address, telephone number) subject to their written consent.
The register is publicly available and can be accessed on the website of the Tourism and Hospitality Chamber of Slovenia.
Evidence
proof of the exam payment
Legal basis
Competent Authority
Procedures
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Tourist guide licence card
Attachments
- Evidence of professional knowledge and competence (for example foreign language knowledge, completed professional education indicated by the candidate in the application for exam entry, etc.)
- Evidence of the identity of the tourist guide (valid document with the person's photograph)
- A photograph of the tourist guide
- Evidence of payment of the licence card production costs
- Decision on the recognition of professional qualifications
Procedure costs
Issuance of the licence card: 19.50 €
Renewal term
Tourist guides are required to renew their annual registration once a year, no later than 31 January in the current year for the previous year. Annual registration costs amount to EUR 11. A tourist guide's licence card is affixed with a label indicating the current year to evidence its validity for that year.
A completed (and signed) form and evidence of the annual registration costs payment are to be sent to the Tourism and Hospitality Chamber of Slovenia.
Attachments and supporting documents:
- data on the number of days of guiding, on the routes guided and countries guided to for the previous year;
- evidence of the annual registration costs payment.