Hello local guys!
My name is Toan. I’m a level 6 local guide living in Ha Giang province, Vietnam, where is nowadays becoming one of the most attractive destinations for tourists all over the world thanks to its beauty of mountainous area and minority villages. I have just participated in Local Guides community for few months ago. However, It has a great effect on my life. To me, being a Local Guide means sharing, helping and happy moments
First of all, Local Guides is helping. By adding new places and leaving reviews, I have helped tourists to make decisions finding good places such as coffee shops, restaurants, food stores to go and also helped businesses to reach their potential customers. My coffee and tea shop named Alishan is among one of many examples getting benefits from Local Guides. Someone has added my coffee shop on Google Maps. And you know what, a lot of customers has come to enjoy cafe at my shop since It was added on Google Map. It has really boosted my business. I just want to say thank you!
Photo: My coffee and tea shop in the evening
Secondly, Local Guides is sharing. Being a member in the Local Guides community, it allows me to share with others about the wonderful places we can go, or the places we should avoid at any location where I have been to. Moreover, I can introduce attractive spots in my city to travellers around the world. Through this way, I can help tourists to make the most of their trip with the best experience.
Photo: My review about Lung Khuy cave, where is a very famous tourist attraction in my province, has been seen by 511 people.
Lastly, Local Guides program gives me happy moments. I still remember how I was surprised when I got the email informing that how many people have seen my review and photos uploaded on Google Maps. Can’t you believe that? More than 17,000 people have seen my photos. What a surprise! I felt like “OMG, It works, It is really helping others”. This made me so so happy because people know more about the locations through my contributions.
Photo: This photo show how many people have seen my photos and reviews uploaded on Google Map in 2019