The purpose of this study was to understand the nature and extent of job stress and family stress among tour guides and tour leaders, and to examine how the stress affected their leisure participation. In addition, the research explored how the two groups differed in their leisure participation patterns. The survey was conducted between December 15, 1995 and January 30, 1996. A total of 422 subjects, including 104 tour guides and 318 tour leaders responded to the study. The findings for the tour guides showed that: (a) while stress at work increased and desire to quit intensified, one tended to participate more frequently in leisure activities. Those who were highly appreciated by the company and had senes of fulfillment and self-esteem also frequented their leisure participation; and (b) when the desire to quit and anxiety at work intensified, and when personal worries and family problems eased up, the total number of activity participation also increased. On the other hand, the tour leaders data revealed that: (a) family economic situation affected the participation of leisure activities. The heavier the family financial burden, the less frequently one participated in leisure activities: and (b) those with stable financial status and with role-playing dissonance within the family tended to participate in more leisure activities. As front-line travel serveice providers who carry heavy work load and are constantly under tremendous stress, tour guides and escorts deserve leisure opportunities of their own to "get away from it all." To meet that end, several viable practies were proposed.