How to choose between automatic guided tours and manual guided tours?

In the exhibition hall of the British Museum, when Japanese tourists reached the Rosetta Stone, the guided tour in Japanese automatically started in their ears, even explaining the details like "How to decipher the pictographic characters on the stone"? While at the Alpine scenic viewpoint not far away, the German tour guide was holding the equipment to supplement "The latest data on glacier retreat", and tourists raised their hands to ask questions from time to time - in these two scenarios, automatic guided tours and manual guided tours each have their own roles to play. However, many foreign customers are always confused: which one should they choose? In fact, there is no need to choose between the two. By combining the scene with the appropriate tool, the effect will be the best.

Either rely entirely on manual guided tours, where the tour guide leads a dozen tourists for a whole day, and their voice gets hoarse but they still can't attend to everyone; or only rely on ordinary automatic triggered tours, when tourists ask "What are the cultural differences behind the exhibits?", the equipment can't answer, and they can only look blankly. Yingmi is not "merely selling equipment", but helps customers clarify the suitable scenarios for the two types of guided tours, and then uses technology to fill in the shortcomings, so that foreign tour guides can both save effort and make tourists understand and remember clearly.

First understand: What are the respective strengths of automatic triggered tours and manual guided tours?

Don't think that automatic triggered tours are "lacking in human touch", nor do you think that manual guided tours are "all-powerful". They each have their own strengths, and it depends on the scenario.

Automatic triggered tours: Suitable for "dense exhibits and fixed routes" places, saving effort and being precise

Like museums like the Louvre and the Palace of the Imperial Court, the exhibits are close together and the routes are relatively fixed. Tourists walk along and view along the way. Automatic triggered tours are particularly suitable for this. Ordinary automatic triggered tours may have the problem of "false triggering" - when reaching the exhibit A, the content played is that of exhibit B, but Yingmi's automatic triggered system uses RFID-2.4G dual sensing technology, the error can be controlled within 1 meter, and wherever you walk, it will speak where it should, without getting mixed up.

Automatic triggered tours can solve the problem of multilingualism. Yingmi's system stores 8 mainstream languages such as English, French, German, Japanese, and Arabic. Tourists can select the language they are familiar with by getting the equipment, and there is no need for the tour guide to find a translator. Previously, a Middle Eastern tour group used ordinary automatic triggered tours, only with English explanations, and tourists could only guess by using mobile phone translation. After changing to Yingmi's multilingual automatic triggered tours, Arabic explanations even included "The connection between the exhibit and Islamic culture", and tourists said, "Finally, we don't have to guess anymore."

However, automatic triggered tours also have shortcomings: when tourists ask "What is the difference between this exhibit and our country's culture?", ordinary equipment can't answer, and at this time, it is necessary for an assistant to step in. But Yingmi's automatic triggered system has an "interface", the tour guide has a control end, and when tourists ask questions, the tour guide can insert and supplement at any time to respond to individual needs.

Manual guided tours: Suitable for "interactive and flexible details" scenarios, with warmth and adaptability

When taking tours to outdoor scenic spots, such as Yellowstone Park, African grasslands, or business investigations and study tours, the advantages of manual guided tours become apparent. When tourists see sudden animal migrations or are interested in "local ecological protection measures", the tour guide can stop to supplement at any time. This is something that automatic triggered tours cannot do.

However, the pain points of manual guided tours are also obvious: outdoor noise is loud, the tour guide shouts, and the rear tourists still can't hear clearly; when taking multilingual tours, the tour guide can only speak 1-2 languages, and other tourists can only "listen to it for fun". At this time, it is necessary to rely on Yingmi's team-guided equipment to fill in the shortcomings. Its SOC embedded noise reduction technology can filter out 80% of environmental noise, and tourists 200 meters away can still hear clearly when the tour guide speaks normally.

There are also the "energy problems" of manual guided tours. A tour guide leads a group of 20 people. It's difficult to meet the needs of everyone. Yingmi's equipment has a "two-way call" function. If tourists have any questions, they don't need to crowd to the front. Just press the call button and they can communicate with the tour guide. Once, when leading a study tour group to visit a factory, the students were scattered around the production line. One student asked, "What are the standards for product inspection?" After pressing the call button, the tour guide's answer could be heard by everyone clearly, without having to repeat it several times.

Don't hesitate: This combination results in two explanations "1 + 1 > 2".

Foreign clients rarely lead tours purely as "museums" or "outdoor activities". Most of the time, it's a mixed scenario. At this point, connecting the automatic triggering and the manual explanations, and using Yingmi's equipment to link them together, yields the best results.

Multilingual tours: Automatic triggering covers mainstream languages, while manual explanations focus on interaction.

The most challenging part when leading multilingual tours is "losing focus". For example, in a tour group with Japanese, Arabic, and English tourists, the tour guide can only speak one language. The others can't understand. At this time, using Yingmi's multilingual automatic triggering system, tourists can choose their own language to listen to the basic explanation, and the tour guide can use the team equipment to do focused interaction on "cultural differences" - explaining to the Arab tourists the "different etiquette of European royal families and Islamic etiquette", or chatting with the Japanese tourists about "the defense logic of British castles and Japanese keep towers". This way, it covers everyone and enables in-depth communication.

Once, a Middle Eastern travel agency led a tour to Rome. Using this combination, the tour guide said, "Previously, when leading multilingual tours, half of the time was spent dealing with 'not understanding' issues. Now, the automatic explanations handle the basic content, and I only need to focus on interaction. The tourists are happy, and I'm also relieved."

Yingmi's confidence: It's not just the equipment, but also the "scene solution".

Why can Yingmi combine the advantages of both explanations? It's not through "stacking parameters", but by truly understanding the pain points of foreign clients:

Firstly, "accuracy". Ordinary automatic triggering is prone to false triggering. Yingmi's dual-sensor technology solves this problem; ordinary team equipment has outdoor crosstalk, while Yingmi's 4GFSK digital modulation technology can have separate channels, allowing multiple teams to use it simultaneously without interference. Once, at an international museum forum event held in Paris, 8 teams were using Yingmi's equipment. The automatic triggering didn't have any mistakes, and the manual explanations didn't have any interference. The organizers said, "It's much more stable than the previous brand."

Then, "flexibility in multiple languages". Yingmi's system not only pre-stores 8 mainstream languages but also can be customized for small languages 24 hours a day. A Korean travel agency needed to lead a tour to Barcelona for a Korean explanation on "the connection between Gaudi's architecture and modern Korean architecture". Yingmi completed the content in 3 days, with very detailed details.

And "compliance and after-sales". Foreign clients are most concerned about equipment not meeting local standards. Yingmi's all equipment has passed EU CE and RoHS certifications, with a voltage of 100-240V, which is globally universal. There's no worry about after-sales either; 24-hour multilingual customer service. Once a French client had equipment failure during the peak season, the customer service remotely guided and solved it within half an hour, without delaying the tour.

Conclusion: Choosing the right method is more important than worrying about "which one is better"

In fact, foreign clients don't need to worry about "automatic triggering or manual explanations". The key is to see the scenario of your tour group: if there are many exhibits and a fixed route, use automatic triggering to save effort; if you need interaction and flexible details, use manual explanations with warmth, and use Yingmi's equipment to fill in the respective shortcomings.

Yingmi has seen too many clients go from "being exhausted from relying solely on manual explanations" to "leading tours easily after combining automatic triggering". From "multilingual groups struggling with balance" to "everyone is satisfied after using the right equipment". In the end, a good tour guide is not about "choosing a method", but about ensuring that tourists can understand and gain something, and that the guide can lead smoothly and with a sense of achievement. This is what Yingmi has always done: instead of making tourists adapt to the equipment, she makes the equipment adapt to the tourists' scenarios, helping foreign tour groups avoid detours and leave a good reputation.

If foreign customers are still unsure about how to combine their scenarios, Yingmi can also provide a free solution - first, understand the number of tourists, languages, and routes, then recommend the corresponding combination of automatic triggering and manual explanations, and even send samples for testing. Once satisfied, they can proceed with the cooperation. After all, what suits oneself is the best.