I didn't take the exam in Suzhou, but in Shandong. I took the exam in 2006. The registration fee paid at that time was more than 200 yuan, and the results were checked in the first half of the second year.

First of all, you have to pass the tour guide qualification exam. After passing the exam, the Tourism Bureau will issue you a green leather tour guide qualification certificate, but this is not a real tour guide certificate.

Secondly, you need to attend a training course organized by the local tourism bureau (the cost varies from place to place, and it seems to be 280 in Shandong this year);

Thirdly, after passing the training, find the travel agency or tour guide service center that needs to be affiliated, sign a contract with them, and then take this contract to the tourism bureau to renew the IC card, which is what people usually call the tour guide card.

I hope it helps you!