Trends in Tourism Describing patterns of change in tourism Preview 4 ‘Work with a partner. Look at these pictures and say what ‘kinds of traveller they show. ‘Make alist of as many types of traveller as you can. ‘Compare your list with those of other people in the clas What do you think is the difference between a traveller, « visitor and a tourist? Write brief definitions of each ‘word and discuss them with your partner. Listening 1 Definitions of tourism Listen to part of an interview with Dr Alberto Garcia who works forthe World Tourism ‘Organisation. He is talking about how the WTO defines the words traveller, tourist and Visitor when producing statistics on international travel. As you listen, write the words that are missing from the chart and from definitions (a) ~ (i) in the box below. You will need ‘more than one word in some gaps. {1 Temporary immigrants 2 5 Nomads Ea lt evher ¢ [MAIN PURPOSE OF ViTT 5 Members ofthe armed forces 1 Leisuee and recreation ee 2 3 | 4 |s | 6 Others ‘The World Tourism Organisation's Classification of Tourism Tourism comprises the activites of persons traveling to and (2)... in places outside thet (b) for not more than (0)... consecutive (A) wun £0F(€) sive »(D see and other purposes #(@) sn involves residents of a given country traveling only within thelr own country. © th) no. Involves non-residents traveling in the given country. © (0 suo involves residents of one country traveling to another county.Vocabulary Commonly confused words 4 Some words are very similar in meaning, and itis important to know exactly when, where and how you can use them. ‘There are many ways of describing how we go from one place to another Look at this entry from the Langman ‘Activator Language Dictionary under the keyword heading of ‘TRAVEL. Use the definitions to complete these sentences. 2 If you're visting Madrid, why not go.on a day te Toledo? The... was delayed because of airtratfic congestion over Heathrow. ¢ The .... on the fery was very ough, The tran... rom Madras to Bangalore was ‘uncomfortable The Titanic sank on its maiden “f Why not hire a earand go for a....in the country? 1g. There's a volleyball team on ...and they want hotel accommodation, fh The museum isa short bus... rom the tourist information office q When recording vocabulary you can: + use simlar word networks or word tres, * include grammatical information * use phonetic script or your own system. + write a sample sentence to ilustrate the meaning + make an accurate trandation + draw a picture Word families 5 Workin groups. Add as many words as possible to this network and crete new branches, Use a ditionary if necessary. Some words have been given to start you off. © Trends in Tourism news te) Ee ten x gg Vance ares ivi igh up regina arte eee a wixer oteuer soxin G3 = IER Sarde Be meres ere ee StS nt home he Sate Ler driv as a orey car gut ‘Eetetexpating ho cr and tars shor aman while bch an car oF seSilegse cee bane nC explore ”= O7 Listening 2 Lsten to a song sung in 1963, by a British pop star called Cliff Richard. Put the line endings in SUMMER HOLIDAY Peter Hughes looks at how our horizons have'expanded and the world hai thrivtk sbice 1963 "Weieall going on a summer holiday” sang a Bish pop star, Clif Richard, way back in 1963, bute and fis musicians newer Line endings ‘hough of going further than ex-Yugaslai. Ther advert inthe tay okie boll? pay Sone eae Bee cee a pe. mite righty an The few package holidays avilable were lo plaoes such as the ts ee” SBneSTS 04 Costa Brava, Palma, Austria oF lay. 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Sled eins See | Pepe *\A guinea waLanguage Focus ‘The past simple and the present perfect simple Here are some examples of the use of the past simple tense. ‘Around 250,000 people took a package holiday in 1963 tn 1992 the igure was 11 lion Prague stil muth as Mozart knew it Here are some examples ofthe use ofthe present perfect simple tense ‘The expansion of popular travel has been explosive, Ithas now ako beeame posible to cite up the Yangtze ‘When they've bul the new airport, they'll be able to accommodate mare passengers, Decide if these statements are true or false, The past simple can be used to describe past events or states, ‘The past simple can be used with: so far, up until now, over the last few years, Practice Complete the passage below by putting the words in brackets into cither the past simple or the present perfect simple tense. @ Trends in Tourism The present perfect can be used with go, last year in 1994, 4d The present perfect can be used to talk about past events whose effects ae felt now. ‘@ The present perfect can be used to refer tothe future. 2 Complete the definitions of these tenses using the words below: S peas a ere ale pen i a ape” a, te ‘he past simple refers to-an evento tafe thats seen as or. time ‘The present perfects used to refer to events which are Viewed as oceuting at a oo. Onn ime i the past. The eventis perceived as having... elevance ands connected to the THE SPANISH TOURIST INDUS Tourism to Spain goes back to the 1930s, but package tourism really (tae off)... in Spain during the late 1950s and 1960s. The post-war economic and population growth plus the increase in leisure time and disposable income in Northern Europe . (coineide) ... with Spain's poticy to \ welcome tourism, offering a reliable! Climate, beaches, a different culture and low prices. The favoufabie™ a xchange rate and competitive cost of | Iving fe) ns addtional incentives. Mass” tourlem. (begin) gi towarts the end of the 1870s but the famillacity with Spain and falling btandaras (leadjaccr #0 a poor intge of the countiy as a holiday destination, As a result, Spais aco) competition ia the late 19805 icon ollar Meuterseaeas ang tang iol Govtinations, At that ave competitive ulrfares scrous the Ata to Plein ae a tw eto tving in Anmerica medio) mur. that many people prefer)... to £0 to the States rather than holiday in the Iberian pehiisila. Even so, in 1998 Spain {wwelooma) xc. ever 87 millon Wsltors - 8 per ceat of GNP ~ and (account for} .... 24 per cent of all Britain's outbound tourism. ‘The Spanish tourism industry (mage)... many mistakes in the early years with the building of high rise hotels and poor town planning. However, the situation is changing Over the last few years the government (restrict)... building and is providing grants for organisations and training in the tourist sector. In addition, it (implement) ...... an investment programme to modernise public service facilities and infrastructure and to protect the environment. And ‘with the help of soft loans which the jovernment (make) available for refurbishments)many hoteliers (improve) ... the staitaard of accommodation provided in onier to race the new str guidelines soll os 21Speechwork Past verb forms with -ed 10 There are three different pronunciations of -ed in egular past tense verbs. created opened checked developed organised visited travelled stayed continued “feceived asked jumped delayed_—_lasted LUsten and check your pronunciation. Speaking 1 (Weck nro sca he an: &, Wala a al wea tet av? Was iatbactve to touts? E Wpicherat her ihe acne et Howcast henge sed ute? Writing 1 Taking notes in English 12 Work with pariner and ieee these questions. + Only write the CONTENT words; omit others, especially grammatical words ‘Fhe train witheawenst 16.45, + You can also use your own invented abbreviations. For ‘example The average noon temperature in Singsporejs 31° C falling to 23° C at night all year round, Rain is frequeet, often in the form of short downpours, Humidity is between 7S and 80 per cent romero ‘. | Ais t2 pin camp = 1° 28° night Frag. rain, Humid 75-BO% 14 Look atthe way this paragraph has been put into note form. Rewrite it in complete sentences. + 20% ston — Hargrylstyear: Foran. = ns {in appre 28m on hog) prof $440" exon Pote ¥ tcsce atho'va turtete # they cay < night shan pen Listening 3 4 When string oat in your ow language how do you £915 Listen to Christopher Keoh aking about recent take notes? b Do you write down everything the speaker says? € How do you choose what to write down? 4 What advice would you give to someone about taking notes in Engish? 13 Here area few tips to help you make notes. + Use recognised abbreviations: developments in Singapore. Take notes under these headings: ORIGINS OF TOURISM IN SINGAPO! NUMBER OF TOURISTS AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY BREAKDOWN OF ARRWALSially For Speaking 2 Bs rn groups of our, Within your group you wll workin two teas of two people, Team A and Team Yeu ae going fo gv short talks on tous development in ateent courte Tear A ook at the information on and oan 5 oath lforaatin on Egypt on page 304 Ireland fact file © Trends in Tourism Team A Read the Ireland fact fle below. Discuss tourism in Ireland. Decide what you will ell Team ‘Make notes and plan your talk When you are ready, give your talk History beginnings of tourism unknown real expansion over ast 1848. horse-drawn coach service govt. help ‘operating round Irland (4,000 miles/day) 19: all vistors —— Britain golfing, hiking, fishing, 1895: 1st package tour —— America holidays 1920: 1st affcal toursm office 1941-45: food scarcity in the UK = US soldiers visit Ireland | to eat better | 1 1945; plentiful food supply in feeland —o British visitors Recent developments ‘promotion of special interest hols, ©. special purpose English language ‘The present situation £30 yrs become 3rd largest export earner employs 91,000 7 | |" Appeals to younger genetabon & independent travellers oouye! appeals to rch Amercans in Sarch of T0085 orn special attraction: the cultural holiday (ublin, larey, Kilkenny) Visitors: 55% <—Boitain 28.8% —e— Euiope av, stay: holiday 11.1 days VER 104 days Writing 2 ae ther it up fll desciption of one of the fact les, or fearch cite an accunt ofthe development of tour thr, ‘an area of your choice and