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Blue Badge Tourist Guides are the official, professional tourist guides of the United Kingdom. They wear a Blue Badge to indicate their professionalism. They are recognised by local tourist bodies throughout the UK, and by Visit Britain 〔http://www.visitbritain.com/en/Travel-tips/Traveller-tips/Tourist-guides.htm〕 as Britain’s official tourist guides. There are over 2000 Blue Badge guides in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, who guide at Britain's tourist attractions and cities. Some guides run guided walking tours on themes such as Jack the Ripper, Harry Potter and The Beatles. They are responsible for the regular 2012 Summer Olympics〔http://www.tourguides2012.co.uk/tours.php〕 walking tours and are the guides for the summertime public tours inside the Houses of Parliament. ==History of the Blue Badge== The Blue Badge was founded in 1950 by seven guides who met at the George Inn in Southwark. In 1980, eighty guides formed a union for London Blue Badge guides. The APTG - Association of Professional Tourist Guides - has 470 members. In 1985 the Driver Guides Association was founded by Blue Badge Guides who provide private car tours across the UK.〔http://www.dgatours.com/〕 〔http://www.driver-guides.org.uk/〕 In 1996, the Scottish Tourist Guides Association was formed as membership association for professional tourist guides, and the accrediting body for Blue Badge and Green Badge Guides in Scotland.〔http://www.stga.co.uk/〕 In 2002 the Institute of Tourist Guiding was formed. It is responsible for the examination and registration of Blue Badge and Green Badge guides in England and Wales.〔http://www.itg.org.uk/〕 In 2005 Blue Badge guides in England and Wales started offering cycle tours for groups and individuals When working guides wear the Blue Badge, it bears a symbol identifying the part of the country they are qualified for: * London Blue Badge Guides: Tower Bridge * The Scottish Blue Badge Guides: Thistle & St Andrews Cross〔http://www.stga.co.uk/〕 * The Heart of England Blue Badge Guides (and other English regions): The English Rose * The Welsh Blue Badge Guides: Welsh Dragon〔http://www.walesbestguides.com//〕 * The Northern Ireland Blue Badge Guides: Shamrock In 2011 there were more than 2000 guides in the UK and around 500 in London. Over 500 of these are in Scotland. Several Blue Badge guides have been awarded the MBE and OBE for services to tourism.〔http://www.visitscotland.org/media_centre/obe_for_sta_guide_ros_newlands.aspx/〕〔http://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/study_leaders/rosalindhutchinson/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blue Badge tourist guide」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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