Tour guides urged to get their licenses

Posted: Monday, October 18, 2021. 11:09 pm CST.

By Aaron Humes: As the tourism industry slowly recovers from the stranglehold of COVID-19, the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is working to reduce the number of unlicensed tour guides countrywide.

In a statement, the Board refers to the Tour Guide Regulations, Section 6, Chapter 275, which legislates it as the sole authority to license tour guides. No person, the regulations provide, shall operate/advertise or hold himself out as a tour guide without first obtaining a license in accordance with these Regulations.

Any person who contravenes the regulation above/ or any person/ company/entity or other group of persons who employs a person who is not licensed as a tour guide in accordance with these Regulations commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction:

(a) in the case of a natural person/company/entity or other group of persons to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and term of imprisonment.

The Board calls on those operating without a license, as well as those knowing of such, to contact our Licensing Unit at 227-2420 or at licensing@belizetourismboard.org, at their earliest convenience.

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