Working within the tourism business has enabled Thanh to journey to a number of locations inside his nation and overseas and develop a deep understanding and respect for a vacation spot’s historical past and tradition. Being a tour information additionally allowed him to fulfill and work together with individuals from all walks of life, making him a greater one that is fully invested in taking particular care of his visitors in order that they’ve the most effective expertise in Vietnam.
He explains that whereas tradition shock is inevitable whereas travelling to a international nation, he at all times spends his preliminary time with guests to elucidate sure norms in Vietnam, which could be barely incomprehensible from a vacationer’s perspective.
“For instance, throughout an introductory dialog, Vietnamese at all times ask about your age, and I really feel which will mislead some vacationers into pondering of them as impolite. Nonetheless, they are unaware that individuals of various ages are addressed otherwise in Vietnam. That’s why in this nation, individuals at all times ask your age in order that they will deal with an individual with respect. So, it can be short-sighted to overlook this facet of the tradition and merely say {that a} Vietnamese individual is impolite for asking your age,” he says.
