Moral of story? Don't hire unlicensed tourist guide! If
you are a tourist guide, better have license from STB!
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SINGAPORE: Shin KaiGai Travel Services (SKGTS) and its director
Wong Kim Eng were convicted on Wednesday (July 23) for failing to
engage licensed tourist guides for its tours, and have been fined
S$7,500 each.
According a media statement from the Singapore Tourism Board
(STB), Ms Wong admitted to STB investigating officers that between
November 2012 and Jan 2 this year, she had failed to engage
licensed tourist guides for eight occasions. All eight
contraventions were detected during STB’s enforcement checks.
Three unlicensed tourist guides who were engaged in most of
these occasions were convicted on April 9 for acting as tourist
guides without valid tourist guide licences.
SKGTS had received repeated warnings from the STB about the need
to use licensed tourist guides for their tours.
“The STB takes a serious view against unlicensed tourist guiding
and travel agents that engage the services of unlicensed tourist
guides. Active on-ground enforcement is conducted regularly to
ensure compliance and to deter unlicensed guiding,” it said in a
statement. “STB is committed to upholding the integrity of tourist
guide legislation and safeguarding the reputation of Singapore’s
tourism sector, and will not hesitate to take necessary action
against those who contravene the legislation."
- CNA/xy
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