Tourist Guide Association of Nepal (TURGAN) is, in reality, a representative body of Tourist Guides or escorts, who are, and have been engaging themselves, throughout the country, in the field of guiding, teaching and lecturing the in-coming tourists or lay visitors at the sight, who come to Nepal in the quest of gathering knowledge and understanding, in regard to its history, culture, social life, flora and fauna, etc. The associated member-guides of this organization are all well qualified and have been trained intensively from the then government approved "Hotel Management and Tourism Training Centre (HMTTC) and, with the possession of, at least, graduate degree obtained from the approved university. The erstwhile HMTTC'S name has now being changed to stand as Nepal Academy of Tourism & Hotel Management- NATHM). In addition to English, the guides do also speak other international languages. Hence, the organization is proud of having the congregation of guides, speaking almost all the languages of the world, apart from the international one.