G-Guides

We were happy to share our part during the conference Global perspectives on ESG and sustainability organized by at University of Edinburgh. Talking about how tourist guides can be key accelerators of sustainable tourism and discussing global perspectives on sustainability connects people and minds.

We spent the whole last week in Ljubljana, where GGuides was inspiring the next generation of local tourist guides of Ljubljana. It was a very intense training, but attendees thanked us for equipping them with the necessary tools to do the job of tourist guide better.

An interesting insight into the world of AI and how it will enhance and change our lives.

李開復預測未來20年：年輕人要尋找工作之外的意義 Kai-Fu Lee Predicts in the Next 20 Years 今年，“AI做題家”僅花40秒就寫完了40篇800字的高考作文，僅用1秒鐘就補全了傳世名畫《富春山居圖》殘卷，機器人似乎能看懂和理解世界了。在工業時代、信息時代之後，AI時代不可阻擋地來了。作為國際AI專家的李開復，邀....

Recently we visited Klimt immersive experience in Vienna, where they use Google Arts and Culture as part of exhibition and visitors can roam through virtual gallery. The two big screens enable visitors to zoom in and out as they please and walk through different rooms where paintings are exhibited on the walls. It's a great hybrid-you are on an actual exhibition, but also visiting it virtually. It was also great to see how you can take part in recreating masterpieces and with the help of a qr code, you can have your painting exhibited on the wall. Of course we had to make one for as well:) Things like that trigger interest in a fun, interactive and educative way.

Lista lighthouse in Norway has a small chill out area with seating blocks made of . Talk about raising awareness to visitors about goals. We should all do our part in development of

Currently great floods happening at Yellowstone national park due to extremely warm weather and heavy rainfalls. They had to evacuate more than 10.000 visitors. Due to climate change there is bound to be more severe extreme weather cases around the globe.

Historic flooding strikes Yellowstone National Park Today's Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features a comparison of snowpack in Yellowstone National Park on June 16, 2021

Today was the time to meet up at the Tourism Association of Slovenia in regard to planning the finals in competition for Young Tourist Guides. Talking about the past and future projects and planning the educational workshop on guiding techniques. Looking forward to training the next generation on and .

is a key partner in the project for future tourist guides. We can see first hand how big of an impact our workshops and trainings have and we are super happy about the results. Judging by the papers that were created as part of the competition, the future of tourism looks very bright:)

Back to the virtual meetings:) talking about Tourism 4.0 and of the future with a student of working on her Master Thesis about the future of tourist guides.

Happy International Women's Day to all the amazing women out there! is also a team of amazing women and this year we stand with the theme, which we fight on a day to day basis. We are stronger together and we are working hard for the better future for all.

International Women’s Day: What is it and why do we need it? 8 March is International Women’s Day - devoted to celebrating the achievements of women and seeking gender equality. But how did it begin and why do we still need it today?

It is so great to be connected again with tourism professionals from around the world talking about sustainable future of tourism industry and addressing all the issues and challenges together. https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/2nd-pan-european-cruise-dialogue-2022-mar-01_en