Toledo Tour Guide Association
(TTGA)

P.O.Box 147
Punta Gorda, Belize

ttga@puntagordabelize.com

The Toledo District of Belize offers many attractions. The Toledo Tour Guide Assocoation invites you to see this beautiful diverse area through the eyes of the local people: Creole, East Indian, Garifuna, Maya and Mestizo.

TTGA members are qualified land and marine guides for the Toledo District and are located in Punta Gorda, Hopeville, Forest Home, Eldridgeville, Indian Creek, San Pedro Columbia, San Antonio, Santa Cruz, Blue Creek, Aguacate, and Santa Teresa. Some of our guides are specialist in caving, kayaking, medicinal plants, fly fishing, snorkelling, scuba, birding, nature trails, rivers and wildlife identification. Most of the Association members are multi-lingual with English the spoken tongue.

Members of the Toledo Tour Guide Association

The Toledo Tour Guide Association (TTGA) was officially formed on December 31, 1994 in accordance with Statutory Instrument No. 80, 1994, Belize Tourist Board (Tour Guide) Regulation 1994 which is basically enacted for the benefit and protection of Belizean license tour guides. It also compelled tour guides to form local associations; attend certain specific training courses; and obtain tour guide licenses.

The Toledo Tour Guide President sits on the BTB License Committee where issues/concerns/decisions are discussed and implemented affecting the industry. TTGA hold general meetings every two months to share and learn what is new in the industry. The months in between TTGA schedules field trips in the area to further educate its members. TTGA is represented on the Port Honduras Marine Reserve, The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve, and the BTB License Committee. The Toledo Tourism Police Unit also provide a current report on their activities in the District..

The Toledo Tour Guide Association By Laws of 1995 states as its objectives: