PRESENTATION OF THE AGILR The AGILR (Association of the licensed Russian speaking tourist guides of France), founded in 1996, is a non-profit organization with 70 members, all qualified licensed Russian speaking tourist guides. The AGILR was created in order to study, protect and promote the material and moral interests of the qualified licensed Russian speaking tourist guides. Concretely, the AGILR acts in the following fields : 1) Protection of the profession against unfair competition by these actions : Request for verification of the professional badges and professional cards and request for verification of the compliance with the France labour legislation. 2) Promotion of the profession through the media or other means of information (exhibitions, organizations for the promotion of tourism in France) 3) Services to the members : - organization of guided tours for training - contact with travel agencies - information
