Greeter
Greeters are volunteers and not professional city or tourist guides who offer free walks in cities and regions. The focus of the project is the encounter with travelers and the individual presentation of one's own city or region. The global umbrella organization is the International Greeter Association (AISBL) based in Brussels.
history
In 1992, Lynn Brooks founded the “Big Apple Greeter” association in New York City . The focus was on improving the bad image of the metropolis through voluntary and personal support for tourists. Other "greeter" projects followed in other US cities and around the world. In the meantime more than 300 volunteers "greet" more than 7000 visitors per year in New York City (as of 2010). The first German greeters from December 2008 were the "Berlin Greeters" in Berlin.
"Greeter" programs
The definition, organization and legal form of the individual "Greeter" programs vary widely around the world. The projects are mainly offered in metropolitan areas and in cities, but sometimes also in larger regions (Rhine-Ahr, Kent, Pas de Calais) or even nationwide (Ivory Coast). While many “greeter” programs are organized in independent associations, others cooperate closely with the local tourist offices. In the following table the programs are arranged alphabetically by state, within the states alphabetically by city.
| City / region | country | Surname | founding year | motto |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | Cicerones de Buenos Aires | 2002 | Un amigo in Buenos Aires |
| Adelaide | Australia | Adelaide Greeters | 2001 | Your Friend in the City |
| Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane Greeters | ||
| Melbourne | Australia | Melbourne Greeter Service Melbourne | ||
| Sydney | Australia | Sydney Greeters | 2015 | Get to know Sydney personally |
| Brussels | Belgium | Brussels Greeters | Brussels Greeters welcome you | |
| Shanghai | China | Shanghai Greeters | ||
| Bamberg | Germany | Bamberg Greeters | ||
| Berlin | Germany | Berlin Greeter | 2008/2010 | Come. Kiekste. Amazed. |
| Bonn | Germany | Bonn Greeters | Come as a guest - leave as a friend | |
| Bremen | Germany | Bremen Greeter | ||
| Darmstadt | Germany | Darmstadt Greeters | 2017 | |
| eat | Germany | Food greeter | Real food | |
| Freiburg in Breisgau | Germany | Freiburg Greeter | 2019 | Greeter - friends you didn't know |
| Hamburg | Germany | Hamburg Greeter | 2012 | Come as a guest - leave as a friend! |
| kassel | Germany | Kassel Greeters | 2013 | Discover Kassel with friends! |
| Mainz | Germany | Mainz Greeters | ||
| Mannheim | Germany | Mannheim Greeters | A city sends its regards | |
| Munich | Germany | Munich Greeter | ||
| Rhine-Ahr | Germany | Rhine Ahr Greeters | Guests become friends! | |
| Stuttgart | Germany | Stuttgart Greeters | 2014 | |
| Ivory Coast | Greeters Cote d'Ivoire | |||
| Aisne | France | L'Aisne Greeters | 2012 | J'aime l'Aisne, je suis greeter! |
| Alencon | France | Greeters Alençon | 2013 | Découvrez Alençon avec un local! |
| Angers | France | Angers Loire Greeters | ||
| Boulogne-Billancourt | France | Paris Boulogne Greeters | ||
| Burgundy | France | Bourguignon d'un jour | ||
| Hauts-de-Seine | France | Greeters des Hauts-de-Seine | ||
| Lyon | France | Lyon City Greeter | ||
| Marseille | France | Greeters Marseille Provence | 2009 | Se sentir comme un poisson dans l'eau à Marseille? |
| Meurthe et Moselle | France | Greeters Meurthe & Moselle | ||
| Mulhouse | France | Greeters Mulhouse Alsace | ||
| Nancy | France | Grand Nancy Greeters | 2012 | Nancy Greeters: on vous attend |
| Nantes | France | Nantes Greeters | ||
| Paris | France | Parisien d'un Jour | 2006 | Venez en visiteur, partez en ami |
| Pas-de-Calais | France | Greeters du Pas de Calais | ||
| Rennes | France | Greeters Rennes Métropole | ||
| Selestat | France | Greeters Selestat-Alsace | 2012 | Greeters Sélestat-Alsace |
| Tarn-Albi | France | Les Greeters du Tarn | ||
| Tours | France | Greeters Tours | ||
| Athens | Greece | Athens Greeters | ||
| Tel Aviv | Israel | Tel-Aviv Greter | 2012 | |
| Toronto | Canada | Toronto Ambassador Program | ||
| Zagreb | Croatia | Zagreb Greeters | ||
| The hague | Netherlands | The Hague Greeters | 2008 | |
| Eastern Styria | Austria | Oststeiermark Greeters | 2014 | |
| Vienna | Austria | Vienna Greeters | 2015 | |
| Moscow | Russia | Moscow Greeter | 2010 | |
| Geneva | Switzerland | Geneva Greeters | ||
| Zurich | Switzerland | Zurich Greeters | ||
| Belgrade | Serbia | Belgrade Greeters | ||
| Kragujevac | Serbia | Kragujevac Greeters | ||
| Niš | Serbia | Nis Greeters | ||
| Novi Sad | Serbia | Novi Sad Greeters | 2013 | Gde se susreću osmesi .. |
| Subotica | Serbia | Subotica Greeters | ||
| Bilbao | Spain | Bilbao Greeters | 2011 | Sé nuestro amig @! |
| Donostia-San Sebastian | Spain | Donostia San Sebastian Greeters | ||
| Madrid | Spain | Madrid Greeters | ||
| Brighton | United Kingdom | Visit Brighton Greeters | 2009 | Get under the skin of our city |
| Kent | United Kingdom | Kent Greeters | ||
| London | United Kingdom | London Greeters | ||
| Chicago | United States | Chicago Greeter | 2002 | |
| Houston | United States | Houston Greeters | 2002 | Experience Houston with an insider! |
| New York City | United States | Big Apple Greeter | 1992 | |
| Saigon | Vietnam | Saigon Greeters |
Source: International Greeter Association
International Greeter Association (formerly Global Greeter Network)
All official greeter organizations are organized in the "International Greeter Association (IGA)". The prerequisite for admission to the IGA is, among other things, the recognition of six principles ("Core Values"):
- Greeters work on a voluntary basis, they give all your visitors a friendly welcome
- Greeters welcome individual guests or very small groups of up to 6 people. The focus is on the dialogue between greeter and guest.
- The walk with a greeter is free.
- All guests and volunteers are welcome without discrimination.
- The greeters support sustainable tourism. They respect the natural and social environment and promote the cultural development of local communities. Greeters promote the image of their home town / region.
- The greeter organizations offer greeters and guests the opportunity for mutual cultural exchange. They help build a better world by making person-to-person contact.
The IGA organizes a biennial meeting of the worldwide "Greeter Managers", most recently in March 2019 in Denver / Colorado. There are a few greeter initiatives that have not joined the IGA. Since 2016, a private "Global Greeter Network Foundation" has been operating the GGN website. The then GGN Board of Directors then published a new official website for the Global Greeter Network community in April 2017, which was online until May 4, 2019 under the domain www.globalgreeternetwork.com and was then replaced by the current IGA website.
literature
- Hanberger, Karin (2012): Online communication within host volunteer tourism - The case of the Global Greeter Network. Master thesis University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Applied Information Technology. Original paper (PDF; 1.9 MB)
- Klein, Franziska (2013): Greeter - entertaining trend or innovative urban tourism segment? Master's thesis University of Trier, Department VI Geography / Geosciences. Summary as PDF
Web links
- International Greeter Association (de, en, fr, es)
- Private Global Greeter Network Foundation, The Hague
- IGA Facebook page (formerly / theglobalgreeternetwork)
- IGA Twitter account (formerly / globalgreeter)
- Germany Greeter website
- Report on a visit with a "Geneva Greeter", March 2015
- dpa report on the "Berlin Greeter", September 14, 2011
- Article about the "Berlin Greeter" in "doppio", March 1st, 2012 (PDF; 14.0 MB)
- "Tourist-free zone", country report, Deutschlandradio Kultur, March 5, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ New Yorkers As 'greeters' . In: New York Times , May 31, 1992.
- ^ Volunteers give free tours in cities around the world . In: USA Today , August 1, 2010.
- ↑ The activities of the “Berlin Greeter” began with the registration of the domain www.berlin-greeter.org on July 7, 2008 ( Whois database ) and with the registration of the “Berlin Greeter” brand on November 11, 2008: the “tmdb” brand database .de " On September 18, 2010 the" Berlin Greeters "introduced themselves at the Berlin Volunteer Day: Berlin Volunteer Day 2017 The first greet took place on November 26, 2010: Facebook: Berlin Greeter . Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ↑ Clarín.com: Los curiosos "cicerones". ( Memento of February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ↑ Facebook: Berlin Greeter . Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ Freiburg Greeter - Free city tours in mini groups. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Hamburg: City tour with the Greeters. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ↑ Voluntary tour guides are supposed to show tourists their favorite places . Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ↑ Stuttgart Greeters: Discover the real city. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ↑ Quand the habtitants deviennent ambassadeurs du département . In: L'union L'Ardennais , May 25, 2012, p. 11.
- ↑ Press release from Greeters Alençon, accessed on September 23, 2017
- ↑ Marseille Provence Greeters - Visiter la Provence autrement . Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Bienvenue chez les "greeters" de Sélestat . In: L'Alsace Centrale , May 17, 2002.
- ↑ Tour through tourist-free zones . In Die Presse , May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Let the locals lead the way ( Memento of December 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: the moscow news , August 24, 2019.
- ↑ Grad iz drugog ugla: Griteri turistima otkrivaju svoj NS . In: 24 Sata , 23 August 2013.
- ↑ YouTube video: Greeters Bilbao . Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ Chicago Greeter Tours: The Best Way to See and Experience Chicago . Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ↑ New Yorkers As 'greeters' . In: New York Times , May 31, 1992.
- ↑ Take My Hand, I'm a Stranger in Pandemonium . In: New York Times , September 13, 1992.
- ↑ Destinations ( English ) International Greeter Association. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ IGA core values . Retrieved May 9, 2019.