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to the economy. joining me now is carole hiley, who s the president of the institute of tourist guiding. how have tour guides managed since the pandemic began? good morning, in many ways they had to adapt. perhaps they have returned to a profession they did before. 0thers returned to a profession they did before. others have found work in other areas, others have managed, somehow, to turn around the way that they are working as opposed to dealing directly with the public. they are turning towards what we would call virtual tours which have become very popular. it does mean that you go out through the internet but your audiences much wider. however, of course, the revenue from these tours is not the work
europe, most people travel on an identity card. they don t have passports. this means, especially may be for students, school groups, they are going to think very carefully before they come to this country. for others, that is ahead, financially, because guides of many different languages can look after these groups. now these groups are going to go elsewhere, probably. why would parents pay for a passport when they already have an id card? so they probably won t come. this is something that we are lobbying the government about to have a look it. please, id cards today can be secure as passports. many are biometric as well. carole hiley, we must leave it there. i suppose, carole hiley, we must leave it there. isuppose, the carole hiley, we must leave it there. i suppose, the message is, if you can afford it, please tip people generously. thank you very much. thank you. you can reach me on twitter