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The guide-lecturer provides guided tours (conferences, educational activities) in French or in a foreign language, in an open or closed space. It is a cultural mediator who conducts visits, conferences in heritage territories and places, in an approach to promote heritage. He designs and brings to life orally mediation actions in the field of knowledge, intended for audiences in territories and heritage places.

It is a job that therefore requires extensive knowledge of the territory (political, social, cultural, artistic, tourist history), but also specific knowledge such as mastery of communication techniques. He has relational qualities and has a sense of pedagogy. Highly available, with a good ability to adapt to the expectations of visitors, he expresses himself with ease in one or more foreign languages.

In France, the guide-lecturer can carry out his activity as a self-employed worker or as an employee (permanent, fixed-term, seasonal, independent or self-employed) belonging to various structures (travel agencies, tourist offices, tourist offices). Its activity may vary according to the type of public (individual, group, school, seniors, people with disabilities).