Article 6
Licenses for tour guides are divided into licenses for English-language tour guides, Japanese-language tour guides, other foreign-language tour guides, and Chinese-language tour guides.
If holders of licenses for English-language, Japanese-language, or other foreign-language tour guides obtain a transcript or certificate of qualification for foreign language proficiency under the Ministry of Education’s Certification Examination for Proficiency in Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language, and the transcript or certificate was obtained within the last three years, the holders may submit the documents in applying for the pertinent language to be added to their tour guide licenses, and may engage in the business of receiving or guiding foreign tourists who use that languages.
Holders of tour guide licenses who complete a training course for the foreign languages specified in paragraph 1 organized by the Tourism Bureau or by a pertinent organization or institution under commission by the Tourism Bureau may apply for a renewal of the language endorsed on their license; holders of the tour guide licenses within two years of the endorsement, engage in the business of receiving or guiding foreign tourists who use the same languages.
Holders of licenses for English-language, Japanese-language, or other foreign-language tour guides may also engage in the business of receiving or guiding tourists from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
Holders of licenses for Chinese-language tour guides may engage in the business of receiving or guiding tourists from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, or foreign tourists who use the Chinese language,but they are not allowed to engage in the business of receiving or guiding foreign tourists who do not use the Chinese language. However, with a translator of a less commonly used language in Taiwan accompanying the tour, holders of licenses for Chinese-language tour guides may engage in the business of receiving or guiding foreign tourists who do not use the Chinese language.
Depending on the situation of the tourism market and tour guide personnel, the Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications will make announcements regarding the foreign less commonly used language types and the duration for the regulations mentioned previously.
The type of training, training method, course, fees, and related regulations for foreign language training as specified in paragraph 3 shall be announced by the Tourism Bureau based on tourism market and tour guide supply and demand, and the provisions of conditions paragraph 4 of Article 7, paragraph 2 of Article 9, Article 11, and Articles 13 to 15 shall apply.