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Tour Guides Program

General information.

The District of Columbia manages the licensure of Tour Guides within the District, and protects guides and consumers by upholding the District of Columbia Tour Guides license law .

Apply for license

Click, to apply for a license .

Items Needed for Application

• One 2”x2” passport-style photo (.jpeg format)
• Un-expired government-issued ID (e.g., driver’s license)
• Debit or credit card to pay application, exam, or license fees
• Tour Guide License (New) - Fee: $150.00
• Tour Guide License (Renewal) - Fee: $150.00       
• Tour Guide License (Reinstatement) - Fee: $220.00
• New: An applicant applies for a Tour Guide License for the first-time.
• Reinstatement: An applicant applies to reinstate her/his Tour Guide within five (5) years after it expires.

License Renewal Expiration Date: December 31; Renewal Year: Odd

Submit an application for renewal of an occupational or professional license .

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Sightseeing Guide License Application Checklist

Who must have a sightseeing guide license.

You must have a Sightseeing Guide license to guide or direct people to any place or point of public interest or to describe, explain, or lecture about any place or point of public interest to any person in connection with any sightseeing trip or tour within the city.

Sightseeing Guide applicants must be at least 18 years old.

This description is only a general explanation of who must have a Sightseeing Guide license.

Quick List of Requirements to Apply for a Sightseeing Guide License

See Requirements section for detailed descriptions. Make sure you provide all requirements; otherwise, your application is incomplete. DCWP can only consider complete applications for license issuance.

• Basic Individual License Application
• Photo Identification (ID) of License Applicant
• One Current Color Passport-size Photograph of License Applicant
• Sightseeing Guide Exam and $50 Exam Fee
• Granting Authority to Act Affirmation ( if applicable )
• License Fee

Submitting your application does not mean your license is automatically approved.

Additional City or State Permits/Licenses/Clearances You May Need

A business must have a DCWP Sightseeing Bus license to drive a vehicle that carries eight or more paying passengers to places of interest or amusement or for a specific or special trip from a starting point within New York City.

This is not meant to be a complete list. See Additional Resources section.

Requirements

DCWP will deny your application if you do not submit these required documents and information:

• Basic Individual License Application Online submission : After reviewing the requirements, please click the Apply Online link at the bottom of the page to submit your application. In-person submission : Download the Basic Individual License Application Form .
• Driver’s license or non-driver’s license identification issued by any state in the U.S
• License or permit issued by a government agency
• Alien card/green card
• City, State, or Federal employee ID card
• Municipal ID card
• One Current Color Passport-size Photograph of License Applicant . In Person : DCWP will photograph license applicants at no cost in the DCWP Licensing Center. Applicants can also submit a current color passport-size photograph. Online : License applicants can upload an image file of digital passport photo quality. A digital camera with a resolution of 1 mega-pixel is adequate.
• You can schedule the exam 24 hours after DCWP has processed your completed license application, which includes required documents and fees. You cannot schedule the exam until DCWP has received and processed required documents and payments. Once DCWP has processed your application, it takes 24 hours for your information to appear in ExamBuilder’s system.
• You have 60 days to take and pass the exam from the time your information appears in ExamBuilder’s system.
• Test Centers are open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. seven days a week in multiple locations citywide. ExamBuilder can confirm available locations when you schedule your exam.
• You can find Application Number on your License Application Confirmation Page or payment receipt.
• Customer service is available from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. seven days a week.
• Granting Authority to Act Affirmation ( download Affirmation ). Required if someone other than the license applicant will prepare and submit this application. Note: The applicant must sign the license application and all related forms.
• License Fee . License Period: 2 years | Expiration Date: March 31, Even Years.

  Pay by:

○ Check or money order payable to DCWP. ( In person ) ○ Credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Card only).   You will be charged a nonrefundable Convenience Fee. ( In person or online )

Application Filing Process

File Online

• Review requirements and gather all materials.
• Click the Apply Online button below to login or create an account to start your online license application.

Important: If you need to file another license application, return to the Apply for a DCWP License page to read requirements and proceed to the next online application.

File In Person Schedule an appointment to file in person at the DCWP Licensing Center or NYC Small Business Support Center

DCWP LICENSING CENTER 42 Broadway, Lobby New York, NY 10004 By Appointment Only Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Last appointment: 3:30 p.m.

NYC SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT CENTER 90-27 Sutphin Blvd, 4th Floor Jamaica, NY 11435 By Appointment Only Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Last appointment: 3:30 p.m.

By Email: [email protected] By Phone*: Call (212) 436-0441. (Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.) *This number is to schedule an appointment for in-person service only. For general questions, email [email protected] .

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Additional Resources for Sightseeing Guides

• For the laws and rules that may affect your business, visit our Laws page .
• Download Inspection Checklist: Sightseeing Bus .
• For resources to help your business open, operate, and grow, visit nyc.gov/business .

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About the Tourist Guide Registration Office  All tourist guides need to register as a tourist guide. Having a registered tour guide ensures visitors a positive experience. Registered tourist guides abide by a code of conduct, are suitably qualified and trained in First Aid.

The Tourist Guide Registration Office provides guiding registration as well as development services. The office keeps a Register of tourist guides and registration is for a three-year period. We endeavour to develop, improve and maintain standards in the sector and strive to promote the tourist guiding sector within the province.

If you intend to be contracted or employed as a tourist guide by a company, close corporation, tour operator or if you wish to be a freelance tourist guide, the provincial tourist guide office of the Department of Economic Development must register you.

The tourist guide registration office works for you and is committed to transformation, job creation, and economic participation.

Important documents

• Tourist Guide Code of Conduct and Ethics
• Tourism  Act, Act 3 of 2014
• Regulations pertaining to tourist guides, 1994
• Regulations in respect of tourist guides, 2001
• Where to find us: Ground Floor NBS Waldorf Arcade 80 St Georges Mall Cape Town
• Contact details: Tourist Guide Registration Office Ground Floor, St George's Mall 80 Waldorf Building, Cape Town Tel: 0860 142 142 E-mail:  [email protected]
• Operating hours: The Tourist Guide Registration Office is open on Mondays and Thursdays on appointment for the collection of cards and badges only. 08:00 - 15:00

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Western Cape tourist guide registration now digital

Tourist guides in the Western Cape can now register, renew and update their details online. A new system has been launched to replace the hard copy/email application process.

Around 5,000 Western Cape-based tourist guides can now complete their registration digitally.

‘Until now tourist guides have had to complete application forms in hard copy or via email, but now the new online registration system provides them with the opportunity to register or create a profile, search the knowledge base of resources, give feedback, ask a question and chat with an agent,’ said Minister David Maynier in a statement.

Access to the tourist guide registration system is through the  Western Cape Government eService portal .

With the re-opening of inter-provincial travel under Alert Level 2, tourist guides play an important role in welcoming visitors to the Western Cape and ensuring they have a great experience and keep coming back.

The new online registration, which is the first of its kind in South Africa, is just one of the many ways the Western Cape government have been working hard to support tourist guides during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Western Cape.

‘To ensure that tourist guides were able to access the relief funding that national government made available to them, we collected and verified the details of an estimated 5 000 tourist guides which were then submitted to the Department of Tourism to receive financial support,’ said Maynier.

‘Our “One Day” tourism campaign which was developed by Wesgro and launched to inspire future travellers during the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, also provided an opportunity for tourist guides to become virtual guides, using streaming services to conduct tours of our top experiences in the Western Cape. At the end of the virtual tour, viewers had the chance to show their appreciation to the tourist guides through Paypal or Snapscan,’ he said.

From September, tourist guides can also schedule appointments to collect their tourist guide ID cards and badges from the Tourism Guide Registration Office at Waldorf Building, 80 St George’s Mall.

While the Office remains partially closed due to the Covid-19 restrictions, almost 200 tourist guide ID cards and badges are ready for collection.

To collect, tourist guides must schedule an appointment with one of our staff members:

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Your first step to becoming a tour guide.

This service describes the procedures and conditions required to apply for a tour guide course as a first step towards issuing a tour guide license. Areas to be defined: sub-type of tour guide (with or without experience), the sponsor's data, and the identification of the spoken languages. 

• Applicants must be at least 21 years old
• Applicant’s QID card must be valid at the time of application
• There is no other open application of the same type for the same applicant

Documents required

• Copy of QID card
• Application form (in case of walk-in)
• Copy of curriculum vitae
• Copy of educational qualifications
• Copy of language certificates
• Copy of No Objection Certificate (NOC)
• No fee is incurred for this service

Instructions

• Login to the portal with your NAS credentials
• Go to  My Profile or Sercies for Individuals
• Select the specific service from the  List of services  (right-hand side)
• Fill in the required data
• Attach the required documents
• Confirm the accuracy of the entered data
• Submit the service application

To download the step-by-step process of tour guide licensing click  here .

A step closer to issuing your tour guide license

The service describes the procedures necessary to pay the final exam fees in order to complete the rest of the steps of issuing the tour guide license, where the accredited and authorized university and the type of training will be selected.

• Before applying for this service, the applicant must have passed the interview test
• Copy of the QID card
• Application form
• Copy of the training course certificate
• Test fee is QAR 1,200
• In the case of examination failure, the test fee for the following times is QAR 2000 per test
• Fees are to be paid only after the application is approved
• Go to  My Profile
• Select the specific service from the  List of services  (right-hand side)

Issue a tour guide license 

The service describes the procedures and requirements for the issuance of a tour guide license, where the type of tour guide chosen previously is confirmed.

  Pre-requisite: apply for the Tour Guide Course.

The license is valid for one year only.

• Before applying for this service, the applicant must have successfully passed the training course
• The Tour Guide License fee will be QAR 1000
• Fees are paid after the application is approved
• Go to  My Profile or Services for Individuals

Renew your tour guide license 

The service describes the procedures for renewing of a tour guide's license. Renewal is for one year only.

• Applicants may apply to this service one month prior to the expiry of the license
• The renewal fee for a Tour Guide License is QR 1000
• An additional 5% of the license fee will be paid for each month or part of it in the case license renewal is delayed
• Fees are paid after the application is approved 
• Select the specific service from the  List of services  (right-hand side)

Amend your tour guide license 

This service describes the procedures to amend the tour guide license in terms of tour guide’s type or the languages used originally and identified earlier by the applicants.

• The tour guide’s license must be active
• Copy of languages certificates
• The tourism license information amendment fee is QR 100
• Go to  My Profile or Services for Indivuals

Cease your tour guide license

This service describes the necessary procedures for ceasing (stopping) a tour guide license and the related work conditions and rules.

• There should be no violations pending on the tour guide before applying for cancellation of the license
• The fee incurred in cancellation of the tour guide license is QAR 500
• The fee is to be paid only after the application has been approved
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Renewing Tour Guide Licensing Advisory

• As an additional cost saving measure for Tour Guides, the Belize Tourism Board will be facilitating and covering the cost of Police Records for tour guide license renewal applications submitted in the months of June, July and August 2022, only. After this period, Tour Guides seeking renewal of licenses will be required to apply and cover the cost of a Valid Police Record (not older than 6 months from submission), as per normal and in addition to requirements #1-5, above.
• Submit the completed, signed application form with all supporting documents by email to  [email protected] . Kindly include in the subject line of the email, “Tour Guide Application, Name and License number”. An email acknowledging receipt will be issued within 2 business days which evidences receipt of your application. If an acknowledgment email is not sent to you, then your application was not received.

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Providing visitors with an unforgettable vacationing experience. 

Tour Operators are a pillar sector of the Tourism Industry, providing tour services countrywide.  These businesses must be licensed to conduct their operations. For renewing and applying for a Tour Operator license kindly download the form provided below.

Online listings requires that all applicants/business owners (tour operators and hotels) to send an email to [email protected]  from their company’s email to begin the process.

Tour Operator Licensing Process At a glance look of Application Process for Tour Operator License

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Operator License and Renewal are required annually to remain operational under the Belize Tourism Board’s (BTB) Operator’s Licensing agreement. Get all your Tour Operator related documents and forms below for your new or renewing Tour Operator Company.

Submission of Application

• Application for a Tour Operator license is to be submitted online via [email protected]
• Please submit all the following documents in the Application checklist below together with the online application form (signed). As of 1 st November 2022, the Belize Tourism Board no longer accepts incomplete application submissions.

Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Application Checklist

1. Completed Application Form 2. Proof of Citizenship or Permanent Residency 3. Original Copy of Police Record (not older than six months; for the owner(s)) 4. Certificate of Good Standing and Allotment of Shares 5. Detailed list of employees and tour guides. (Template provided with application form. Copies of each Tour Guides’ licence must be submitted.) 6. Detailed list of tour packages inclusive of sites where operator conducts tours (Template provided with application form. One form is required per tour.) 7. Checklist of all safety equipment to carry out tours (Template provided with application form.) 8. Valid License, Registration, and Passenger Liability Insurance for each boat and vehicle 9. Copy of Public Liability Insurance 10. Tour Operator’s Emergency Plan 11. Tour Operator Trade License 12. Non-refundable application fee of $250.00

Note: It is required that an entity applying for a Tour Operator License MUST be majority owned by Belizeans or permanent residents of Belize. Proof of same MUST be provided.

Processing Time

The licensing process can take up to four (4) weeks for New Applicants and two (2) weeks for renewals. To avoid being unlicensed for any period of time please come in to our offices at least (4) weeks prior to the expiration date. Any Tour Operator who fails to complete the entire renewal process before December 31st, and continues to operate will be deemed as operating unlicensed and illegally.

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Non-refundable application fee of $250.00

As per the Belize Tourism Board (Tour Operators) Regulations, it is an offence to operate without a valid Tour Operator License and a person or persons found guilty of said offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment

For more information about Tour Operators and the process of renewing or application contact our Licensing Officers at the BTB via email at  [email protected]  or call 227-2420.

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Operator Directory

Your guide to the certified Tour Operators of Belize…

The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) values its partnership with the highly-skilled license tour operators of Belize. Get acquainted with these professionals who are the backbone of Belize’s tourism industry.

For any additional queries about this process, please contact our licensing team at  [email protected]  or by telephone: 227-2420.