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About Visitor Information Centre’s 1  \n2. Overview 2  \n3. Operations and Administration 5  \n3.1 Maintenance 6  \n3.2 Brochure Racks 7  \n3.3 Display Cabinets 8  \n3.4 Important Contact Numbers 8  \n3.5 Assets Register 8  \n3.6 Key Register 10  \n3.7 Record ke-eping 11  \n3.8 Safety Procedures 12  \n3.9 Daily VIC Operations Checklist 13  \n4. Opening and Closing Procedure 17  \n5. Database Management 20  \n6. Capturing of Statistics 24  \n7. Service Provision 27  \n7.1 Uniform/ Dress Code 28  \n7.2 Staff/Shift Roster (Operations) 28  \n7.3 Application of the Batho Pele (People First) Principles 31  \n7.4 Service Delivery 33  \n7.5 Events Calendar 33  \n7.6 Weather Focus 33  \n7.7 Currency updates for major currencies e.g. €; £; US$; ¥ 33  \n7.8 Handling of Complaints 34  \na. Tourists 34  \nb. VIC Officials 34  \n8. Branding 36  \n8.1 Collateral 37  \n8.2 Signage 38  \n9. Capacity Building 39  \nVISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE  \n1. ABOUT VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES  \nA Visitor Information Centre (VIC) is a physical location that provides  \ntourist information to visitors who tour in the vicinity of the place or area and they are usually located within the municipal area. VICs play an important role within the tourism industry, as they serve as vital first points of contact and provide value-adding services to visitors.  \nVisitor Information Centres can either be privately owned or Government owned. Privately owned VICs are directly owned and run by the local community through an organisation separate from the official (local) governmental institutions of the area, but with the full knowledge and sometimes even funding from relevant (local) government institutions. The government owned VICs are owned by a municipality and get funding for daily operations from the municipality.  \nTourists perceive Visitor Information Centres (VICs) as important in the provision of tourist services at the destination. The main information they need relates to attractions, timing and travel information. Modern tourists prefer a combination of traditional sources of information in a form of written information (brochures), verbal information (face-to-face) as well as electronic information (Internet, Cell Phone Applications etc. ) . However, there is a growing trend in travellers using the Internet as a source of information and to make reservations for various tourism products e.g. accommodation, car hire etc.  \n1  \nVISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE  \n2. OVERVIEW OF THE HANDBOOK  \nThis handbook serves as a guide for VICs' daily operations and supplements the VIC's operational policies and/or procedures. All VICs are expected to comply with a range of Local, District and Provincial government legislations and regulations as well as other standards, rules and regulations laid down by sector bodies and legislation. 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