“…The modern tour guide must be a multi-skilled individual, capable of sharing information with the tourists in a captivating way, in creating a memorable holiday experience, thus ensuring the promotion of the destination they visit. Their "front-line staff" status, as "unofficial ambassadors of their countries, tourism companies, tourist destinations and employers" (Kapa et al, 2022(Kapa et al, , p. 1351) require an outstanding moral profile, revealed through qualities such as authenticity, trustworthiness, a sense of humor, a positive attitude, courtesy, professionalism, willingness to help the customers, as well as intellectual qualities -being knowledgeable about tourism and cultural matters, being open-minded, a life-long learner willing to improve and update one's information on a constant basis (idem). To such a moral and intellectual profile, one must add the ability to transmit effectively the above-mentioned information by using communication and intercultural communication skills, the capability to plan and organize efficiently tours, the ability to mediate work-related tense situations with/ between colleagues, hosts and tourists.…”