Analysis on the Status Quo of China’s Advanced English Guide Test

With the gradual increase of inbound and domestic tourists as well as standards on tour guide market by Tourism Law, there has been an increasingly higher demand for advanced English guide in the market. The Test of Advanced English Tour Guide has been officially launched since 2011 after 15-year interruption; however, many new problems have occurred in the past four years. In this paper, the author explores and analyzes the existing problems in current test with proposal of some countermeasures.