Dr. M. Rajaram IAS, MD & Commissioner of Tourism, Govt. Of Tamilnadu will be the chief Guest and deliver the Chief Guest’s Address. Tourist Guides’ Federation of South India, represents all the Government of India approved Guides from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu. There are more than 200 hundred Guides working with the visitors from all over the world. Many of our Guides are well qualified and specialized in various languages like French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and etc. apart from English. We also have many lawyers, teachers, professors and various other professionals signed up as Guides. TGFSI is also affiliated to the World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations (WFTGA). We are organizing our 1st Annual Conference for all the Guides from southern India in Chennai on 7th and 8th June 2008, at Hotel Ambassador Pallava, Chennai. The aim of the conference is to bring all the guides together and to create awareness and confidence amongst all the service providers in the tourism Industry especially to the Government agencies. The focus of the conference will be to strengthen the skills of Guiding and enhance the knowledge through various lectures and Study Tour. The problems faced from various quarters will also be discussed to find an amicable solution. WFTGA has also given its consent to send one of the leading Guides Trainer / Scotland Tourist Guides Association, Ms. Iris V. Barry from United Kingdom, for the conference to give her deliberations on Guiding and on various other related subjects. Mr. T Arun Raj, Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, Chennai will also give his felicitations in the function. We request all the Tourist Guides / Tour Operators / Travel Agents / Transporters/ Well Wishers to attend the Inauguration ceremony to be held at The Dynasty Hall, Hotel Ambassador Pallava, Egmore, Chennai. An invitation is available in our Home page for your reference. All are welcome!