Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Tours & Guiding

Tour commentary

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, tour commentary means: The spoken information, explanation, and storytelling provided by a guide during a tour or excursion.

In Turkish: tur anlatımı

How it is used

Used in guided tours, coach tours, museum visits, and audio products to describe the content delivered to visitors along the route.

Example sentences

  1. The company revised the tour commentary so guides would spend less time on dates and more on local daily life.

    Here the term means the prepared spoken content of the tour, including what themes guides are expected to emphasize.

  2. Guests praised the tour commentary on the afternoon excursion because it was clear, well-paced, and easy to follow in traffic.

    In this sentence, it refers to the guide's live narration quality, not the route or transport itself.

Common collocations

  • live tour commentary
  • recorded tour commentary
  • clear tour commentary

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