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Belle700
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04 July 2014 at 6:20pm | IP Logged

What languages would you say are the most useful for a tour guide in a large city - New
York for example?
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eyðimörk
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04 July 2014 at 8:14pm | IP Logged

Do you really mean New York City for example or do you mean New York City in particular?

Because if you really do mean for example, the question is far to broad to give a useful answer. It's going to depend on where the city is located, what types of sights it has, and which countries currently have decent finances and good connections (both in travel and media) with said city.
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Belle700
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04 July 2014 at 8:17pm | IP Logged

eyðimörk wrote:

Do you really mean New York City for example or do you mean New
York City in particular?

Because if you really do mean for example, the question is far to broad to give a
useful answer. It's going to depend on where the city is located, what types of sights it
has, and which countries currently have decent finances and good connections (both in
travel and media) with said city.

New York City in particular.

Edited by Belle700 on 04 July 2014 at 8:18pm
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rdearman
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04 July 2014 at 9:03pm | IP Logged

I'm going to go with English. :)

Then in this order:
Spanish
Mandarin
Japanese
French
Arabic

That is my guess.

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iguanamon
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05 July 2014 at 12:23am | IP Logged

Wikipedia wrote:

...According to NYC & Company (the official destination marketing organization for the city of New York), the top producing countries for international visitors to New York City in 2011 were the United Kingdom (1,055,000), Canada (1,033,000), Brazil (718,000), France (662,000) Germany (587,000), Australia (532,000), Italy (495,000), China (427,000), Spain (422,000), Mexico (376,000), and Japan (299,000). source

So it looks like English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Mandarin and Japanese. I'm surprised to see Brazil as the single largest country-source of tourists in NYC from a non-English-speaking country in the time period quoted.

Edited by iguanamon on 05 July 2014 at 12:27am
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satansbraten
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05 July 2014 at 6:41am | IP Logged

It really depends...most languages have economic value when it comes to tourism in NYC. I
see you're already learning Spanish and French, which are extremely common (valuable)
here.

I don't think anybody has mentioned Russian or Korean on this thread--I hear them a lot
here.

If you were interested in tourism in NYC (in particular), I would advise you to study
whatever language you want. As long it's not too niche (ie. Hungarian or Amharic), you
should be able to find an employer looking for your skill set.

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