Won’t Anyone Think of the Poor Tour Guides?

An ultra orthodox Jewish man walks by a tour guide at Jaffo Gate, near Jerusalem's Old City. November 10, 2012. Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90 *** Local Caption *** çåîåú úééøåú îãøê çøãé éøåùìéí èìéú äòéø äòúé÷ä

Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin recently proposed a bill that would allow unaccredited tour guides to lead many (though not all) tours. Currently, a prospective guide needs to take a two-year course, a practice resulting in remarkably well-educated guides. But some ask why Israel can’t have architects devising their own tours of cities’ buildings, for example. Is liberalizing tour guiding another small step for post-modern freedom, or is it one liberalization too far?

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Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90: A man walks by a tour guide in Jerusalem.

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