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Ocupacions

Tourist guide

Latest available data: December 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Castle guide City guide Guide Museum guide Palace guide Tour guide

Tourist guides assist individuals or groups during travel or sightseeing tours or at places of touristic interest, such as museums, art facilities, monuments and public places. They help people to interpret the cultural and natural heritage of an object, place or area and provide information and guidance in the language of their choice.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Escorting and guiding tourists on cruises and sightseeing tours;
(b) Escorting visitors through places of interest such as museums, exhibitions, theme parks, factories and other industrial establishments;
(c) Describing and providing information on points of interest and exhibits and responding to questions;
(d) Conducting educational activities for school children;
(e) Monitoring visitors' activities to ensure compliance with establishment or tour regulations and safety practices;
(f) Greeting and registering visitors and tour participants, and issuing any required identification badges or safety devices;
(g) Distributing brochures, showing audiovisual presentations, and explaining procedures and operations at tour sites;
(h) Providing for physical safety of groups, and performing activities such as providing first aid and directing emergency evacuations;
(i) Resolving any problems with tour itineraries, service, or accommodation.

Knowledge

  • Travel, tourism and leisure
  • Earth sciences
  • Biology
  • Information and communication technologies not elsewhere classified
  • Environmental sciences

Digital competencies

  • Accompanying and welcoming people
  • Planning events and programmes
  • Communicating with colleagues and clients
  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Teaching and training

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity
  • Using computer aided design and drawing tools

Personal competencies

  • Supporting others
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Leading others
  • Working efficiently
  • Collaborating in teams and networks

Professional groups of the occupation

Service and sales workers

Personal service workers

Travel attendants, conductors and guides

Travel guides

Related training

Higher education
  • Tourism Bachelor
Vocational training
  • Guide, information and tourist assistance HVET
  • Guide in the natural environment and free time IVET
Certificates of professionalism
  • Creation and management of package trips and events CP3
  • Sale of tourism products and services CP3
  • Local tourism promotion and visitor information CP3

Legend by training level:

Bachelor's degree and Master's degree
HVET: Higher Vocational Education and Training, IVET: Initial Vocational Education and Training, IQP: Initial Qualification Programme
Certificates of professionalism 1, 2, or 3

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Travel guides

7.901

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

76,90%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

5,04% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

48,46%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

49,33%

Part-time contracts

1,23% Turnover index

183

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-2%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Personal service workers

53%

47%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Personal service workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Travel attendants, conductors and guides

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Travel guides

No experience
16%
Less than 1 year
13%
Between 1 and 2 years
37%
Between 2 and 4 years
19%
Between 4 and 8 years
10%
More than 8 years
5%
Education
54%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
16%
Administrative and support service activities
8%
Information and communication
7%
Manufacturing
3%
Others
12%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.