New Trends in Tour Guiding, The Guide faces Technology ‘Applied study to selected sites in Egypt’

Abstract

This paper studies the new trends in tour guiding. Technology will make a great change in guided tours, a change which is critical for guiding and led to the rise of new trends in guiding. Tour guides must develop themselves and be in line with new trends that affect their career. The new trends are represented in the electronic museum guide. Another trend in museum guiding is virtual reality; technology can provide good knowledge and information about exhibitions. Robot guiding also is a new trend in museums to give certain information to tourists. Guiding "tourist with disabilities" is another new trend in which tour guides still need to be trained and equipped to help tourists with disabilities. Some examples of how to apply these trends in Egypt are referred to as a virtual reality model of Tutankhamun collection and enhancing guiding through the robot, an example of Alexandria national museum. Introduction; Technology versus the guide The revolution of technology and Internet reshaped the tourism industry in general and especially tour guiding, this created a wide range of opportunities as well as threats for stakeholders in tourism industry, including tour guides. Digital media is a very important tool through which the tourists can gain information; which facilitate communication and relationships between various sectors of the tourism industry, and this influences tourist behaviors and add to their experiences (Weiler and Black 2015b, 369).