Illegal. It is illegal for a tour guide to take a tour group without a tour guide card. Those who engage in tour guide or tour leader activities without obtaining a tour guide certificate shall be ordered by the competent tourism department to make corrections, confiscate their illegal income, and impose a fine of more than 1,000 yuan and less than 10,000 yuan, and make an announcement. According to Article 102 of the Tourism Law of the People's Republic of China, those who engage in tour guide or tour leader activities without a tour guide license or tour leader qualification shall be ordered by the tourism authorities to make corrections, their illegal income shall be confiscated, and they shall be fined between 1,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan, and shall be announced. Tour guides and tour leaders who, in violation of the provisions of this Law, undertake business privately shall be ordered by the tourism authorities to make corrections, their illegal income shall be confiscated, and they shall be fined between 1,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan, and their tour guide cards shall be temporarily suspended or revoked. Tour guides and tour leaders who ask tourists for tips in violation of the provisions of this law shall be ordered by the tourism authorities to return them and be fined not less than 1,000 yuan but not more than 10,000 yuan. If the circumstances are serious, the tour guide card shall be suspended or revoked.