A tour guide is one who provides assistance, information and cultural, historical and contemporary heritage interpretation to people on organized tours and individual clients at educational establishments, religious and historical sites, museums, and at venues of other significant interest.

On the BBC period crime drama Ripper Street, a middle-aged man guided a group of tourists through Miller's Court in Spitalfields, chronicling the brutal events of four months past when Jack the Ripper murdered prostitute Mary Jane Kelly. During the tour, the guide and those following him came upon a fresh victim - one whose injuries instantly called to mind thoughts of the Ripper. (Ripper Street: I Need Light)

On The Vampire Diaries, a tour guide with a mustache and long hair escorted people through the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, detailing not only the city's heritage, but also its haunted past. (Vampire Diaries: The Originals)

On The Flash, actress Darla Taylor played a tour guide from the alternate reality known as Earth-2. In the second episode of season two, "Flash of Two Worlds", she led a group of children through the public wing of S.T.A.R. Labs. They had an unexpected chance encounter with the facility's founder, Harrison "Harry" Wells.