The Girl Guides association has also signed it.
A complete list of rafting companies is available from the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association (208-342-1919, www.ioga.org).
Moreover, as a member of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association, I am used to plying visitors with recommendations for live music.
Re "Buses Parked at Ground Zero: Sensible or Sacrilege?" (March 23): The Guides Association of New York City, of which I am president, would like to encourage the various parties involved in providing for the buses that will come to ground zero to work out to a mutually acceptable plan to accommodate these vehicles.
The city's 1,200 authorized guides are fed up with the outlaws, who, according to city authorities and guide associations, take a sizable chunk out of the tourism industry, which is Rome's largest.
In some rural areas on the edge of wildlife-rich national parks, new tour guide associations have sprung up, he says.
Madagascar has some of the best village-based guide associations in the world.
Wood Badge is used by Boy Scout associations and combined Boy Scout and Girl Guide associations in many countries.
Some of the most advanced guide associations, such as the Guide Association of Andasibe, the Mitsinjo Association and the Guide Association of Ranomafana, all in Madagascar's highly diverse eastern rainforest region, make a very good living as guides.
When they visit one of the habitats where lemurs live, they help local communities living around these reserves, many of which have or are actively developing guide associations to facilitate such visits.
