Tourism

Lead-in

  • How do you think tourism helps people from different countries to understand each other?
  • What are the 5 main tourist attractions in your country?
    • Which ones do you know? 
    • What do you think about each of them?
  • Look at the following tourist attractions. In which country are they?

Presentation

Pre

  • Besides the ones below, what are some other common travel problems?
    • How can you deal with each one of them?

Top Down

  • According to the text, what is the tourism industry? Read it and find out.
  1. It refers to all activity related to the short-term movement of people to locations away from where they usually reside. It includes sectors like the hotel industry and the transport industry but it does not cover activities related to travel where the person intends to stay in their destination for longer than one year. 
  1. It refers to all activity related to the short-term movement of people to locations away from where they usually reside. It includes sectors like the hotel industry and the transport industry but it also covers activities related to travel and working where the person intends to stay in their destination for longer than one year. 
  1. It refers to all activity related to the short-term movement of people to locations away from where they usually reside. It includes sectors like the hotel industry and the transport industry but it does not cover activities related to travel where the person intends to stay in their destination for longer than one year. 
  1. It refers to all activity related to the short-term movement of people to locations away from where they usually reside. It includes sectors like the hotel industry and the transport industry but it also covers activities related to travel and working where the person intends to stay in their destination for longer than one year. 

The tourism industry, also known as the travel industry, is linked to the idea of people travelling to other locations, either domestically or internationally, for leisure, social or business purposes. It is closely connected to the hotel industry, the hospitality industry and the transport industry, and much of it is based around keeping tourists happy, occupied and equipped with the things they need during their time away from home.

What is the Tourism Industry?
So, what is the tourism industry? First, it is important to define what is meant by the ‘tourism industry’. Essentially, it refers to all activity related to the short-term movement of people to locations away from where they usually reside. It is one of the world’s largest industries and the economies of many nations are driven, to a large extent, by their tourist trade.

It is also a wide-ranging industry, which includes the hotel industry, the transport industry, and a number of additional industries or sectors. It is vital to understand that the tourist industry is linked to movement to different locations, based not only on leisure, but also on business and some additional travel motivators.

With that being said, according to the most common definitions, the tourism industry does not cover activities related to travel where the person intends to stay in their destination for longer than one year. As an example, this means that expatriates and long-term international students are not technically classed as tourists.

The Tourist
In simple terms, a tourist is a person traveling to another location, away from their usual social environment, for business, pleasure, or social reasons. By most accepted definitions, to be classed as a tourist, a person needs to stay at that location for longer than 24 hours, but for no longer than one year.

Tourists may be motivated to travel by a range of different factors, such as refreshment of body and mind, or the pursuit of excitement, entertainment, or pleasure. Alternatively, travelers may be driven by cultural curiosity, self-improvement, business, or by a desire to visit friends and family, or to form new relationships.

While business travelers are usually classed as tourists, it is worth noting that many definitions of the word exclude those who travel with the intention of making an income in the place that they travel to.

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Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: The text explains what tourism is. True

  1. The tourism industry only includes traveling for leisure or business purposes.
  2. The industry is based, among other things, around keeping tourists happy, occupied, and equipped with things they need during their travel.
  3. Expatriates and long-term international students are usually seen as tourists.
  4. To be a tourist, a person needs to stay at that location for longer than 24 hours, but for no longer than one year.
  5. Business travelers are classed as tourists. Definitions of the word that exclude those who travel with the intention of making an income are outdated.
  1. The tourism industry only includes traveling for leisure or business purposes. False
  2. The industry is based, among other things, around keeping tourists happy, occupied, and equipped with things they need during their travel. True
  3. Expatriates and long-term international students are usually seen as tourists. False
  4. To be a tourist, a person needs to stay at that location for longer than 24 hours, but for no longer than one year. True
  5. Business travelers are classed as tourists. Definitions of the word that exclude those who travel with the intention of making an income are outdated. False

Post

  • According to the definition shown in the text, have you ever been classed as a tourist? 
    • If so, when?
    • If not, talk about a travel plan you have.

Target Language

Tourism

There are several different ways to travel around the world:

  • ecotourism
  • exchange program
  • luxury travel
  • gap year
  • weekend break
  • voluntourism
  • backpacking
  • package holidays

Expressing Preference

Useful expressions to indicate preference:

  • I (much) prefer traveling by plane to by car.
  • I’d rather travel by plane than take a bus.
  • I quite like the idea of an exchange program, but I much prefer taking a gap year.
  • I think backpacking is much more interesting than buying a package holiday.
  • I don’t think going to the touristic sites is as cool as getting to know the alternative routes.
  • I have a slight preference for tropical weather.

Controlled Practice

  • Match the expressions to their meaning.
  1. ecotourism
  2. exchange program
  3. luxury travel
  4. gap year
  5. weekend break
  6. voluntourism
  7. backpacking
  8. package holidays

(   ) A form of tourism in which travelers participate in voluntary work, typically for a charity.

(   ) An arrangement in which people from different countries visit each other’s country, perhaps to strengthen links between them or to improve foreign language skills.

(   ) A combination of travel elements – e.g. a flight and hotel stay – that is sold by a travel company together at one inclusive price.

(   ) Travel or hike carrying one’s belongings in a backpack.

(   ) Tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, is intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.

(   ) Traveling with a great deal of comfort and quality, without any stress or hassle whatsoever. 

(   ) A short holiday package of two or three days.

(   ) A period, typically an academic year, taken by a student as a break between secondary school and higher education.

  1. ecotourism
  2. exchange program
  3. luxury travel
  4. gap year
  5. weekend break
  6. voluntourism
  7. backpacking
  8. package holidays

(6) A form of tourism in which travelers participate in voluntary work, typically for a charity.

(2) An arrangement in which people from different countries visit each other’s country, perhaps to strengthen links between them or to improve foreign language skills.

(8) A combination of travel elements – e.g. a flight and hotel stay – that is sold by a travel company together at one inclusive price.

(7) Travel or hike carrying one’s belongings in a backpack.

(1) Tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, is intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.

(3) Traveling with a great deal of comfort and quality, without any stress or hassle whatsoever. 

(5) A short holiday package of two or three days.

(4) A period, typically an academic year, taken by a student as a break between secondary school and higher education.

Freer Practice

  • Complete the sentences according to your own ideas.
    • I much prefer… to…
    • Voluntourism is not…
    • I quite like the idea of… but not…
    • I’d rather…
    • If I take a gap year I…
    • I have a slight preference for… but once…

Production

  • Use the target language to describe your preferences as a tourist.

Example: I would never backpack because I prefer…

Homework

Connect the words from the first column with the words from the second

Example: Mean it > Mean it as

  1. Open to
  2. Put someone
  3. Take something
  4. Think someone
  5. Walk away
  • from the debate
  • to the heart
  • criticism
  • down
  • has a point
  1. Open to
  2. Put someone
  3. Take something
  4. Think someone
  5. Walk away
  1. criticism
  2.  down
  3. to heart
  4. has a point
  5. the debate

Match the collocations with their respective definitions.

  1. To be open to criticism
  2. To be under attack
  3. To mean it 
  4. To mean it as
  5. To put someone down
  6. To take something to heart
  7. To think someone has a point
  8. To walk away from (a debate)
  • To agree with a person’s specific argument
  • To avoid a situation because it’s difficult to deal with or does not give you any advantages
  • To feel upset about something someone said about you
  • To say something seriously
  • To criticize people in public to make them feel stupid or inferior
  • To be strongly criticized
  • To say or write something with a specific intention
  • To be prepared to listen to people’s negative opinions
  1. To be open to criticism
  2. To be under attack
  3. To mean it 
  4. To mean it as
  5. To put someone down
  6. To take something to heart
  7. To think someone has a point
  8. To walk away from (a debate)
  1. To be prepared to listen to people’s negative opinions
  2. To be strongly criticized
  3. To say something seriously
  4. To say or write something with a specific intention
  5. To criticize people in public to make them feel stupid or inferior
  6. To feel upset about something someone said about you
  7. To agree with a person’s specific argument
  8. To avoid a situation because it’s difficult to deal with or does not give you any advantages

Using the expressions from the previous exercise, complete the sentences.

Example: When I said I loved him I meant it as platonic love.

  1. She told me she was crazy to express her point, that’s why I couldn’t understand when she ______________.
  2. I’ll never understand why people insist on __________________. It is so embarrassing passing through this kind of situation.
  3. Marie needs therapy! Every little thing someone says to her she ___________________.
  4. Did you warn the employees about the feedback session today? They need to be ______________.
  5. Chris told Kevin yesterday he changed his mind. Maybe he _____________________.
  1. She told me she was crazy to express her point, that’s why I couldn’t understand when she walked away from the debate.
  2. I’ll never understand why people insist on put others down. It is so embarrassing passing through this kind of situation.
  3. Marie needs therapy! Every little thing someone says to her she takes it to heart.
  4. Did you warn the employees about the feedback session today? They need to be open for criticism.
  5. Chris told Kevin yesterday he changed his mind. Maybe he thinks someone has a point.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: very / Dave / to / criticism / doesn’t be / open / seem / to > Dave doesn’t seem to be very open to criticism.

  1. on / we / usually / each / don’t / other / Mondays / see
  2. might / In / you / try / future / to / the / more / little / a / polite / be
  3. shouldn’t / you / offended / be / mean / it / compliment / a / they / as
  4. feel / am / when / I / stand / honest / people / they / because / being / under / can’t / are / just / I / attack.
  5. down / their / It’s / put / not / to / because / people / nice / looks / of
  1. We don’t usually see each other on Mondays.
  2. In the future you might try to be a little more polite.
  3. You shouldn’t be offended. They mean it as a compliment.
  4. I can’t stand when people feel they are under attack just because I am being honest.
  5. It’s not nice to put people down because of their looks.

Which sentences are wrong?

  1. Why you always take what he says for heart?

  2. I mean what I say last night.

  3. Euclides mean that he said as a serious statement, not a joke.

  4. If things get loud, just walks away from the debate.

  5. It’s hard to admit this, but I think you have valid point.

  1. Why do you always take what he says to heart?

  2. I meant what I said last night.

  3. Euclides meant what he said as a serious statement, not a joke.

  4. If things get loud, just walk away from the debate.

  5. It’s hard to admit this, but I think you have a valid point.

Writing

Write a letter to a friend who needs the tips on taking criticism gracefully. Remember to use as much of the Target Language as possible.