Welcome to the STGA news page! Watch this space for exciting news about us and our members.
Awarded OBE
STGA Guide List 2010
The STGA has formally adopted the quality assurance BSI / CEN Standard for the Training and Qualification of Tourist Guides.
VisitScotland, the Government, WFTGA & FEG all endorse the STGA as the only accrediting membership body for qualified, fully trained professional tourist guides in Scotland.
Have a look at some suggestions for visits, food, shops and transport which you can enjoy in Scotland
An article from Scottish Life in USA, penned by Keith Aitken, and inspired by our very own Blue Badge ambassador, Iain MacDonald.
WFTGA Executive Board took part in the STGA training tour to Aberdeen, Grampian and Central
Do you have a passion for Scotland?
Glasgow will mark International Tourist Guide Day
"The STGA is proud to be working in partnership with Homecoming 2009"
STGA is run from our office in Stirling by Stewart, Dot and Alison
Scottish Blue Badge tourist guide continues as World President!
The first Cruise Guide Training Course to be held in Shetland.
STGA are proud to introduce their new Mandarin, Hungarian and Russian speaking Green Badge guides.
Two STGA guides, who are also WFTGA trainers, help train the first official guides in Brunei Darussalam.
Our STGA Tourist Guides will be spreading the word, donning the tartan and flying the flag in various corners of the world in the run-up and during the Official Celebration!
Working Guides
Edinburgh Evening News 05 September 2008 by HAZEL MOLLISON
As President of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations, Ros Newlands, our very own Scottish tourist guide, attended the 12th Convention of the TGFI in Uidapur Rajistan in August.