ENGLISH FOR TOURSIM - THE ASSIGNMENT OF UNIT 4

Take Off

1.      Match the quotes with the pictures. Write quotes for the other two pictures.
    Answer:             1 - b
                              2 - e
                              3 - a
                              4 - d
                              5 - c
                              6 - b
                              7 - c

2.      Write down the last three trips you or members of your family made, and reason
    example: Paris - Weekend sightseeing trip
    Answer: Kebumen  -  Attend my brother graduation
                   Yogyakarta – Attend ceremony wedding
                   Jakarta - Holiday

3.      Work in groups show each other the trips you wrote down. Can you put the different reasons into categories?
Answer: Leisure, Business and Visiting friends and relatives

Listening

1.      Reasons for travel and money spent on travel

2.      Compare the two charts. Why do you think people traveling for leisure for business spend more money than people traveling for VFR?

Answer: because traveling for business will take a lot of money like we have to find where we are going to live and then we have to buy business needed or maybe we have to pay the fees if there is any.

3.      Use the information from the trips you listed in Take-off to make a pie chart. How is it different from the chart for British tourists.

Pronunciation

Asking questions! I Say the following words. Pay attention to the stress. Is it on the first or second syllable?

Reading 1

1.      Read the text. How many of the types of trip you listed in Take-off can you find?
Answer: 3 places

2.      Look again at the trips you listed and put them into the categories described in the text.
Answer:           Jakarta –  visiting friends and relatives
                        Yogyakarta – visiting friend and relatives
                        Kebumen - Leisure

Reading 2

            The changing face of tourism:

1.      Discuss these questions with a partner.

1. How do you think tourists' reason for travelling have changed in the last twenty or 30 years?

Answer:

2. What do you think is meant by 'old' and 'new' tourism?

Answer: new Multidimensional approaches in tourism have led people to desire more and more to 'LIVE' their holidays rather than just spending them. New Tourism is a term that comprehensively describes the new-aspects of social, cultural, economic changes and diversification of tourism. old

3. Do you think these words are related to 'old' or 'new' tourism? Use a dictionary to help you.

Answer: Yes, it is related but not really changed the whole meaning in tourism.

2.      Read the article to check your answer

3.      Use information from the text to complete these tables.

    In Africa                                                       Old Tourism                                 New Tourism

    1. What do tourists want to do?           hoped to see lion but

                                                                         to lie by the pool

    2. What do tourists want to eat?           eat from their own country

    3. Where do tourists stay?                                                                                they are looking   authentic experience

    4. Who are the tourism employees?

    In general

1.      Types of holiday

Interest in the traditional sun and sea package holiday       

2.      Length of holiday                                                                    

 two-week

3.      Types of activities on holiday

Adventure activity and authenticity, adventure travel, ecotourism, cultural tours ad sports vacations are taking people to more exotic destinations.

Vocabulary

1.      Match the words in A with the definitions in B
sightseeing -  j
trade fair - g
study tour - i
trek - a
conference - f
wedding - l
pilgrimage - k
day trip - b
festival - e
weekend break - d
familiarization trip - c
intensive tour – h

2.      What is the purpose of each the travel activities: leisure, business or VFR?
    Answer: Leisure travel is travel in which the primary motivation is to take a vacation from everyday life. Leisure travel is often characterized by staying in nice hotels or resorts, relaxing on beaches or in a room, or going on guided tours and experiencing local tourist attractions.
                   Business is a more limited and focused subset of regular tourism. During business tourism (traveling), individuals are still working and being paid, but are doing so away from both their workplace and home.
                   VFR One definition put forward has been "VFR travel is a form of travel involving a visit whereby either (or both) the purpose of the trip or the type of accommodation involves visiting friends and/or relatives.

3.      Have you ever traveled for one of these activities? tell your partner about it.
    Answer: Leisure activities with my family just for relaxing from the day full of busyness to take off the day.

Language Spot

Talking about reason

1. Match the questions in A with the answers in B

    1. Can I ask you a few questions? C. Certainly

    2. Where are you travelling to? F. Bangkok

    3. What is the purpose of your visit? e. For a study tour

    4. Why are you visiting London? D. Yes, we wan to go to Scotland

    5. How long are you planning to stay? A. For a week so

    6. What's the reason for your trip? G. It's my brother's wedding

    7. Why don't you check? B. Ok thanks

    8. Do you have any other reason to be here? h Business

2. Which of the questions are asking about reason?

     Answer: What is the purpose of your visit?

                     Why are you visiting London?

                     What's the reason for your trip?

                      Do you have any other reason to be here?

4. Which sentence refers to a reason that might happen?

     Answer: Why are you coming here?

                     Why are you visiting Makkah?

                      What the reason for you to come here?

5. Complete these sentences spoken by other travelers at the airport.

    1. We're going to Amsterdam to visit my sister who's just had a baby.

    2. We're just waiting for our connecting flight. It's been delayed because of technical difficulties.

    3. They say the flight may be delayed, so I think I'll phone the hotel because we're late.

    4. We're going to Rome in case we want to see the Coliseum.

    5. I'm going back to my old university for a special reunion. I've just bought a video camera for take a film of everyone

Where in the world?

1. What do you know about Kenya? What type of holiday activities does it provide?

    Answer: Kenya is a country in East Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean. It encompasses Savannah, Lakelands, the dramatic Great Rift Valley and mountain highlands. The main activities on a Kenyan holiday is; a wildlife tour at major national parks, a drive to a sub Saharan desert, relaxing on the white sandy beaches, mountain climbing and hiking in forests.

2. The reason would a tourist give for choosing Kenya as a holiday destination?

    Answer: Tourism protects Kenya's people and wildlife so communities have to turn to wildlife for food – and are forced to go into the cities to look for work. Tourism here really does protect traditional ways of life, and cultures, and wilderness.

3. What does he enjoy about his job?

    Answer: Kenya is a wonderful place for visitors to come. Kenyan people are very friendly people.

4. How much of his business comes from the internet?

    Answer: In 2018, Travel & Tourism grew 5.6% to contribute KSHS 790 billion and 1.1 million jobs to the Kenyan economy. This rate of growth is faster than the global average of 3.9% and the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 3.3%

4. Which of these holiday activities does he mention?

    Answer: beaches, safaris, hiking, culture, golf.