If you have time, could you relate experiences of English ability among tourist destination staff? For example, can they understand language that is directed to them? Can they respond quickly and adequately? I am particularly interested in developing country tourism. Thanks for your time!
Dear Jeffrey Stewart Morrow,
I Do not know about other countries, but in my country Iran, the tourist guides and guiders are specially trained to meet the communicative demands of the visiting tourists. As you have rightly observed, developing country tourism much depends on the language abilities of the tourist destination staff. The reason is that language mastery can help sustain a communicative rapport and understanding which is the most requisite factor in having a memorable experience from the country we have visited. Looking forward to meeting you in Iran.
Best regards,
R. Biria
Thank you very much for your answer Reza! I totally agree, and I think it's one of the most important things for an employee to possess, and yes, the communicative ability of the tourist destination staff can leave a lasting impression on the traveler indeed. I would love to visit Iran, and will make it a point to get there soon.
All the best!
Sabah (formerly known as North Borneo) is quite a popular destination among nature lovers. While English is somewhat a second language among urbanised areas, people in non-urbanised areas are limited to primary and early secondary education-level English. Nevertheless. the object of interest in Sabah is its environment. Hence, what lacks in the spoken language is made up in other forms of language e.g. gestures and utterance.
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