ABOUT US

HISTORIA
La Asociación Profesional de Informadores Turísticos de Mallorca fue creada en el año 1977. Dicha Asociación se amplió con la incorporación de las otras islas del archipiélago, convirtiéndose en la Asociación Profesional de Informadores Turísticos de las Islas Baleares en 1985.

REGULACIÓN
El Colegio Oficial de Guías de Turismo de las Islas Baleares (COGTIB), se regula por la Ley nº10/1998 de 14 de diciembre de 1998 de Colegios Profesionales de las Islas Baleares, publicada en el BOIB de 19 de diciembre del mismo año.

PERSONAL
El Colegio cuenta en la actualidad con más de 235 profesionales que ejercen como Guías Turísticos de las Islas Baleares.

Our Objectives
Board of Directors

Ramón Martín Gordon
President

Carlos Espín Tribes
Ibiza Delegate

Brigitte Casteleyn
Vice President

Carmen Papamancea
Majorca Delegate

María José Rigo Manso
Secretary

Maribel Arnau Tugores
Treasurer
What do I gain by joining??
How to join?
PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION
Where to join?
AT OUR OFFICE
07009 Palma de Mallorca
Tlf. 971 460 697 / 667 488 883
FOR ANY DOUBT
CONTACT USTourist guide as a profession
The profession of a tourist guide is performed by...
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To be a Balearic Islands Tour Guide you need...
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These are the activities for which a tour guide is required...
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Competent island tourism administrations must set tests for...
The general requirements for authorisation are:
- Having Spanish nationality or that of any member state of the European Union or signatory to the European Economic Area Agreement, being a foreign citizen resident in Spain with the recognised right to engage in gainful employment or others in accordance with current regulations.
- Being an adult.
- Having any of the following qualifications: vocational training higher level training cycle; university diploma or degree; master’s degree, a degree or any other approved equivalent. Be in possession of a professional certificate or other accreditation of the skills required to be a Guide for tourists and visitors, via the evaluation and accreditation of the skills acquired through work experience or other non-formal training methods, under the terms contained in the Organic Law 5/2002, June 19, Vocational Training and Qualifications, and the Royal Decree 1224/2009, July 17.
- Accreditation of knowledge of English and at least one other foreign language under the terms established in this chapter.
- Certification of knowledge of Catalan and Castilian Spanish under the terms established in this chapter.
- Knowledge of the natural and cultural heritage of the Balearic Islands, as provided for in this chapter.