The Tourism Office (Dinas Pariwisata) of West Kotawaringin Regency (Kobar) of Central Kalimantan Province held a Tour Guide Training in 2022, as an effort to develop tourism, especially human resources in the tourism sector. This training was held for 2 days starting on September 13-14, 2022 at the Grand Kecubung Hall. The training participants were 15 people who were beginner tour guides from the Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis)- Community Based Tourism in West Kotawaringin Regency.

The Head of the Dinas Pariwisata, Wahyudi, in his remarks said that this tour guide training was a sign of the revival of tourism in West Kotawaringin after the pandemic covid-19. According to Wahyudi, Kobar tourism is starting to revive, which can be seen from the number of foreign tourists who have started visiting to Tanjung Puting National Park.

"To support the rise of Kobar tourism and the launching of several tourist villages in Kobar, the Tourism Office has programmed tour guide training for beginners, especially tour guides in Tourism Villages," said Wahyudi.

This training aims to make tour guides understand the basic concepts of tour guiding, build a network of fellow tour guides and how to become a professional tour guide. The material was delivered by 3 resource persons, namely Drs. Wahyudi, M.Si Head of the West Kotawaringin Regency Tourism Office, H. Yomie Kamale, SS, Head of Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Tourist Guide Association (DPD HPI Kalteng), and Arif Setyo Nugroho, West Kotawaringin Regency, Indonesian Tourist Guide Association (DPC HPI Kobar).

On this occasion, Arif conveyed four topics of material, namely Professionalism of Tour Guides, Communication, Building Relationships and Handling Complaints, and Destination Content and Sustainable Tourism. The material was delivered using presentation, discussion, game, and role playing methods.

All participants seemed enthusiastic about participating in the training until the end of the event. Through this tour guide training, hopefully that the participants will be able to apply the basic theories of tour guiding while at the same time providing excellent service to tourists, so that they can support the growth of tourism as a leading sector in regional development.