Paper 9: Tour Guiding Essentials 
                                                                     
                Module 03: History-Dimensions and Present Status 
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                                       THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM 
                      Principal Investigator                  Prof. S. P. Bansal,  
                                                              Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi University, Rewari 
                      Co-Principal Investigator               Dr. Prashant K. Gautam, 
                                                               Director, UIHTM, Panjab University, Chandigarh 
                      Paper Coordinator                       Prof.  Sandeep Kulshreestha, 
                                                              Director, Indian Institute of  Tourism and Travel Management 
                                                               
                      Paper Co-Coordinator                    Dr. Saurabh Dixit,  
                                                              Nodal Officer, IITTM, Gwalior  
                                                           
                      Content Writer                          Dr. Saurabh Dixit,  
                                                              Nodal Officer, IITTM, Gwalior  
                                                           
                        Content Reviewer                      Dr. Prashant K. Gautam, 
                                                               Director, UIHTM, Panjab University, Chandigarh 
                     
                   
                                                               
                     Items              Description of Module 
                     Subject Name       Tourism and Hospitality 
                     Paper Name         Tour Guiding Essentials 
                     Module Title       History-Dimensions and Present Status 
                     Module Id          Module no-03 
                     Pre- Requisites    Basic knowledge of Tourism and its types 
                     Objectives         After completing this chapter you will  
                                              To get a basic idea about the historical dimensions of 
                                               tourism  and  the  development  of  the  concept  of  tour 
                                               guiding.  
                                              To get an idea about the present status of a tour guide.  
                     Keywords                 Softskills   
                                              Heritage 
                                              Tourism  
                                              Consumer delight  
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                                                               
                   
         
                        CONTENTS 
        3.0 Introduction  
        3.1 Travel through the ages 
        3.1.1 The catalyst in the industry  
        3.1.2 Purpose of travel  
        3.3 Spa Tourism and formation of Seaside Resorts 
        3.4 The Grand Tours 
        3.5 Tour Guiding 
        3.6 Historical perspective vis a vis tour guiding 
        3.7 Present status of Tour Guides 
        3.8 Summary 
                                        
         
         
                       QUADRANT-I 
        3.0 Introduction  
        After Thomas Cook came up with the idea to organize group tours, there was no going 
        back; it became imperative to facilitate a good experience for a large group. There was 
        also a need to have someone accompany tourists. Although tour guiding is an ancient 
        concept (as we discussed in the second module on tour guiding), it became more relevant 
        after the change of a tour package as a mass product.  
        It became more affordable and common to have a tour guide.  
        The aim of the present chapter is to study historical dimensions and see present status of a 
        tour guide.  
        We can define  tourism  as  comprehensive  phenomena  which  start  with  the  travel  of 
        people non-resident to a particular area and not related to permanent resident ship and 
        employment. (Hunziker & Krapf, 1942). India has always lived by the mantra ‘Atithi 
        Devo Bhavah’. Fahien, Huein Tsang and Ibn Battuta have been some of the celebrated 
        visitors to ancient India.  Domestic tourism too flourished as old and young, rich and 
        poor all undertook religious pilgrimages, to the far corners of the country.  
        In the 9th century A.D, the great reformer of Hindu religion Adi Guru Shankaracharya 
        travelled from his birthplace, Kalari in Cochin district of Kerala to all the directions of 
        the country to spread the gospel of Hinduism. He set up four sacred haunts now popularly 
        known as the Chaar Dham which all Hindus are expected to visit at least once during 
        their  lifetime-  Badrinath  (north),  Dwaraka  (West),  Puri  (East)  and  Rameshwaram 
        (South). Millions of Indians over the centuries traveled to these four sacred shrines of the 
        country for pilgrimages.