The Bahia Carnival will feature 254 professionals qualified to provide tourist information and support to state management bodies in providing services.
You guides tourism professionals participated in two days of training held at the Bahia Art Museum. The training for the Guides and Monitors Project, an initiative of the State Tourism Secretariat (Setur), will be completed.
In fact, professionals are prepared to provide services to visitors at important tourist destinations in Bahia during Carnival.
For example, Praia do Forte, Salvador, Porto Seguro, Itacaré, Morro de Sao Paulo and Mar Grande.
Tour Guides
According to the project coordinator, Eloísa Caldeira, tour guides are in fact able to clarify doubts in up to ten languages, including Brazilian sign language.
“This year we reached the 16th edition of the project and in partnership with several departments we aligned so that the monitors can be multipliers of the government’s campaigns”.
In fact, the 'Respect the Girls' campaign combats racism, sexual exploitation of children and adolescents, among others.
They are also preparing guides about the Bahian tourist area, as many people arrive in Salvador and want to see other places.
Information about the festival circuits in Salvador, as well as the purchase of abadás and VIP boxes can also be provided by the team.
According to Eloísa, there is a call center system that can be used by State agencies, which will be available during Carnival.
Languages
The same applies to the police, who need to assist a tourist in another language and do not have an officer who speaks the language.
The guides are in fact able to assist tourists in the following languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Yoruba, Norwegian, Japanese and Mandarin.
In the capital of Bahia, guides will be present at the entrance gates of the airport, bus station, port, nautical terminal and ferry boat.