These are among the tips that tour guides in countries as different as Uganda, Russia, Guyana and Italy might receive as they train to play host to people from the United States. If you’re an American traveler fascinated by the foreign and exotic, understand this: Your tour guide probably finds you equally strange and otherworldly. In many cultures, the classroom teaching model is the expert delivering a steady stream of knowledge to students who do not ask questions. This tradition can seep into a didactic presentation style among tour guides. Of course, the training that guides receive and the adjustments they make to accommodate the Americans can have its own rewards, Mr. Lennox noted.

Source: New York Times November 28, 2016 20:58 UTC