Registration of paying guest accommodation.

(1) Whenever the candidates are selected for training as a Local Level Guide, the Department of Tourism shall impart them training and equip them with all the information and knowledge for the vocation of a Guide in accordance with the syllabus of training as specified in sub-rule (2). The training shall be imparted by such of the instructors and officers of the Department of Tourism or other departments of the State as the Commissioner may determine in this behalf. (2) The syllabus for training of Local Level Guides shall be as follows, namely:- Syllabus for Training of Local Level Guides 1. History of Rajasthan from Guiding training view (two lectures). 2. Over view of the various religions of India. 3. Art, culture and various tradition of the area Rajasthan (two lectures). 4. Fairs & festivals of the area Rajasthan as a whole. 5. Dance & Music of the area Rajasthan as a whole. 6. Wild life of Rajasthan, flora & fauna. 7. Youth tourism, Adventure tourism, Eco-tourism, Pilgrim tourism, Responsible tourism. (two lectures). 8. Transport facilities, hotels, cuisine. 9. How to be a good Guide (two lectures). 10. How to conduct sight seeing (three lectures). 11. Information on local monuments (four lectures). 12. Local Handicrafts, merits & demerits of taking tourists to emporia's for shopping. 13. Yoga & Meditation. 14. How to book, confirm air/rail/bus tickets. 15. How to draw up tour programme. 16. Basic manners, etiquette towards ladies, children & tourists on the whole. 17. Heritage Hotels & their contribution to Rajasthan tourism. 18. Architecture of Rajasthan, temple architecture (two lectures). 19. Visa, passport, foreign exchange formalities. 20. Important tourist destinations of Rajasthan (two lectures). (3) The training course for Local Level Guide shall be of four weeks duration. (4) During or at the completion of the training where it may appear to the Incharge of the training programme that certain candidates are deficient as to required knowledge and information with respect to particular field covered under the training course and when this fact is brought to the notice of Commissioner, and the Commissioner being of the opinion that required knowledge is essential for those candidates before taking up the vocation as a Guide and a further boosting of their knowledge will be an added advantage, in such a situation, the training programme may be extended by the Commissioner by a week or two in regard to such candidates. (5) Ordinarily, the training shall be imparted by the officers of the Department of Tourism but, where necessary, officers from other departments of the State may also be associated who may be having special knowledge in any particular specialized field of knowledge. Eminent educationists such as Professors, Lecturers and other Specialists, Experts from required field may also be invited for delivering lectures and imparting training to the trainee Guides. (6) Where it may appear to the Commissioner that practical training or on the spot training is necessary for Local Level Guides, he may direct so before licensing these as a Local Level Guide. (7) A written test shall be conducted for all those candidates who have successfully completed their training for the vocation of a Local Level Guide and all those passing the said examination shall be subjected to interview by a Board consisting of the following :- 1. Dy. Director (Tourism). 2. Superintendent, Department of Archeology and Museums, Government of Rajasthan, incharge of the local area. 3. Nominee of Forest Department. 4. A representative of travel trade nominated by the Commissioner. 5. A representative of Institute of Hotel Management/Food craft Institute of the Region nominated by the Commissioner. The presence of any three members in the Board shall form the quorum. (8) The committee shall also took into the marks obtained in the written examination conducted after completion of training, in having over all assessment of the suitability of the candidate and prepare merit list of the candidates interviewed and recommend to the prescribed authority the exact number of the candidates required to be licensed as a Guide on the basis of merit list prepared by it taking into consideration the parameters of interview and other guiding principles as laid down is these rules.