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As part of the professional updating process for certified tour guides, Counterpart and El Instituto Técnico de Capacitación y Productividad (INTECAP) organized a course and workshop on “Birding for the Tour Guides of Petén.” The 40 hour course included lectures, practical sessions and a full day of field practice at Yahxhá Nakum Naranjo National Park. 31 tour guides, working mainly in destinations of the Maya Biosphere (recognized as a man and biosphere reserve by UNESCO), completed the course. The guides can now use the credits to become re-certified as a Tour Guide. The course received coverage from Guatemala’s main printed newspaper and several electronic newspapers:
http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/comunitario/Capacitan-guias-turismo_0_296370386.html
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