Scottish Tourist Guide Association

Scotland's only professionally trained and accredited tourist guides.
Over 500 members
Over 20 languages spoken
#stgaguides #qualifiedtouristguides

[Scottish Tourist Guide Association @STGAGuides]

@STGAGuides are super busy this summer guiding throughout Scotland & making tours special no matter the weather🤞☀️
Keen to start a new career as a professional tourist guide? Register for the 2025 Blue Badge Guide course at https://t.co/xsde5lOW2Q

[Highland Trails 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @HighlandTrails]

Fab day out training the new class of @STGAGuides in the #ScottishBorders. Historic abbeys and a great tour of @AbbotsfordScott with a chance for another look at my FAVOURITE wallpaper! @BBGuides @welovehistory #lovemyjob

[Scottish Tourist Guide Association @STGAGuides]

Today is Say A Gaelic Phrase Day!

Our phrase today is neach-iùil turasachd! This translates to Tourist Guide in Gaelic!

If you want to find out more about speaking Gaelic, why not check out SpeakGaelic!

#LàAbairtNaGàidhlig #SayAGaelicPhraseDay #SeachdainNaGàidhlig

[Scottish Tourist Guide Association @STGAGuides]

This special day also falls during World Gaelic Week / Seachdain na Gàidhlig, so we would like to say Tapadh leibh and Slàinte mhath to all the professional tourist guides!

[Scottish Tourist Guide Association @STGAGuides]

On 21 February, the Scottish Tourist Guides Association is proud to celebrate International Tourist Guide Day! Today, we recognise our passionate and hardworking tourist guide members who are the best ambassadors for their profession and for Scotland!

Photo: Fergus Halliday

[Scottish Tourist Guide Association @STGAGuides]

You may already be using some Gaelic words and not even realise! Over the years, Gaelic has borrowed words from English, and English has also borrowed from Gaelic! Words like "slogan", "caber", "trousers", and "galore" all have a Gaelic cultural origin!
#SeachdainNaGàidhlig

[Scottish Tourist Guide Association @STGAGuides]

Today is the first day of World Gaelic Week / Seachdain na Gàidhlig!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scots Gaelic is spoken by many throughout Scotland but you're most likely to hear it spoken in the Highlands and Islands, particularly in the Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar)

[Dorothy Rodger @GuidingScotland]

@STGAGuides another useful bit of information!

[Highland Trails 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @HighlandTrails]

Currently-3c in #Edinburgh but a glorious day for my first walking tour of 2024! @STGAGuides @BBGuides

[Scottish Tourist Guide Association @STGAGuides]

The STGA would like to extend their wishes to everyone for a happy holiday season and all the best for the year ahead!! 🎅🎄☃️

Our office will be closed from 23 December – 2 January 🏢

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at the STGA! 🎉🥳🍾

[Come See Scotland @ComeSeeScotland]

Great to hear about Glasgow’s Tourism Strategy 2030 from @Glasgow_Aileen tonight. We @STGAGuides certainly have our part to play. Here’s to a busy 2024.

[Scottish Tourist Guide Association @STGAGuides]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scottish Tourist Guides Association #STGAguides is the only body of trained and accredited tourist guides in #Scotland

🏆 Established in 1959, recognised and recommended by the Scottish Government and #VisitScotland

🌍 Tourist guides in over 20 different languages.

[Scottish Tourist Guide Association @STGAGuides]

Happy St Andrew's Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 St Andrew’s Day celebrates Scotland's patron saint 🎉

Whether you're enjoying a traditional feast, dancing to Scottish music, or wearing tartan, it's a day to embrace the rich culture and heritage of Scotland 🏰

📷 Photo: VisitScotland / Kenny Lam

[Dorothy Rodger @GuidingScotland]

And visitors ask @STGAGuides what we do in the winter in Scotland! ❤️

[The Great Tapestry of Scotland @GreatTapestrySc]

We are delighted to announce that our Centre Director, Sandy Maxwell-Forbes, has been appointed as the new Honorary President of the Scottish Tour Guides Association, @STGAGuides.
Sandy has been the Centre Director since the building was being constructed in 2019!

[Scottish Tourist Guide Association @STGAGuides]

Happy #WorldTourismDay!

This year, the theme is Tourism and Green Investments🌳

The STGA has a number of guides who focus on providing environmentally friendly tours, some of which have achieved Green Tourism awards 🏆

[ST Alliance @st_alliance]

🌍This #WorldTourismDay, we’re reflecting on the power of tourism to educate, excite & be a genuine force for good! But, we’re also celebrating the incredible people in the industry who work tirelessly to deliver exceptional experiences for Scotland's visitors💙👏

[BBC Highlands @BBCHighlands]

In pictures: 50 years of Skye's Sabhal Mòr Ostaig https://t.co/inS0ft0HRG via @BBCNews

[BBC Scotland News @BBCScotlandNews]

The Helix park in Falkirk has been praised for bringing a multimillion-pound tourism boost to the area https://t.co/oGiniMpWrb

[Kilted guide @kilted_guide]

Don’t come to Scotland - the weather’s awful! #britainsbestguides @STGAguides #bluebadgetouristguide #professionaltouristguide