Department of Tourism Guidance

Hello, I am Sude Berfin Kardeş. I am studying at Anadolu University. I am a 3rd year student at the Department of Tour Guiding. Tour Guiding Department accepts students with language score. It is located at Yunus Emre Campus. Its aim is to train qualified tour guides. We have compulsory courses, elective courses and vocational elective courses. These courses provide us with the necessary information to learn about the profession. Examples of these courses include Introduction to Tourist Guiding and Professional Ethics, Byzantine Iconography, Greek and Roman Mythology, Anatolian and Turkish Mythology, Travel Management, Introduction to Art History, and Introduction to Classical Archeology. There are two main requirements for graduation. The first is a compulsory 60-day internship, and the other is the final thesis that students write in their final year. When you graduate from this department, it is possible to work in any field in the tourism sector such as tour operator, travel agency or hotel management. Of course, my intense interest in mythology and ancient cities and my love of traveling, as well as my desire to convey the knowledge I have gained to people, were of course a big factor in my choice for this department. I chose this university because of its rich academic staff and because I think that they train qualified tour guides. Also, the fact that the university campus is in a central location and that Eskişehir is a student city was definitely a plus for me. My goal after graduation is to introduce Turkey to tourists in a very good way and to become a preferred tour guide by tourists. I can recommend the following to the candidates who will prefer our university and this department: First of all, I recommend you to come and see the city and the university. Also, if you want to be a tourist guide, I suggest you to compare the criterias required by the profession and your own personality. So, you can understand whether this profession is suitable for you or not. We wish success to students who will take the exam and we look forward to seeing you all at our university.