LICENCIATURA EN TURISMO

Inglés II - Clases de Apoyo

Unidad I | Viajes y turismo

Prof. Ay. M. Eugenia Valotta

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 Travel
1. Listen to three people talking about their favourite big cities. Match the cities to the
speakers. (Taken from New English File Upper Intermediate Workbook Unit 6. Oxford)

c) Buenos Aires b) Vancouver a) Prague

Speaker 1 …… Speaker 2 …… Speaker 3 ……

2. Listen again and match the cities above (A-C) to their main feature.
1. its history and culture _____
2. its natural beauty ______
3. its buildings _______
4. its music_______
5. its lifestyle______
6. its European “feel” _______
3. Now, imagine you are a travel agent and you have to help a tourist to choose one of the
destinations above. What questions can you ask to get information about these topics?
Write an email to this client asking some questions. Have in mind the following topics.

Kind of holiday, destination, accommodation, transport, activities

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4. Imagine you are this tourist and you finally decided to visit Buenos Aires. Based on the
information on exercise 3, write a post on Facebook telling your friends about what you are
expecting to see during your visit to Buenos Aires (up to 30 words).

……………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………
………………

On types of holidays
What is Ecotourism? Ecotourism is defined as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the
environment, sustains the well-being of the local people, and involves interpretation and education" (TIES,
2015). Education is meant to be inclusive of both staff and guests. (Retrieved from

http://www.ecotourism.org/what-is-ecotourism)

1) Read the texts and match a picture with each one. (Taken from Flash on English for Tourism Unit 10
ELI)

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2) You are a travel agent and you have received an email from a customer asking about one
of the ecotourism holidays above. Write a reply including the details below.

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 On travel motivations
1. Read the text about what motivates tourists to travel. (Taken from Tourism and
Hospitality Studies p.59. Retrieved from http://www.edb.gov.hk)

Pair work activity

1) Discuss which do you think are the most common travel motivations in Argentina.
2) Choose one of the motivations on the left and in the following page design a
“motivating brochure” for travelers. Indicate destination, attractions, possible
excursions and any other feature that you think may be appealing for tourists. Then,
show it to the class.

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On tours and attractions
1. You are on holiday spending five days in London. Match the attractions there with
their descriptions. Then, listen and check your answers. (Taken from Flash on English for
Tourism, Unit 7, ELI)

2. Work in pairs. Discuss which two attractions you would like to visit in London and
which two you wouldn’t. Explain why.

3. After an exhausting and cultural day, you are back at you hotel. Write an email to
your friends telling them about the attraction you liked most and explain why. You
may use the information on exercise 1.

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Video watching: an interview
A special tour in London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mlXwxbDa9I

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You are going to listen to an interview with John Bigos, the managing director of London
Duck Tours. This company use “Ducks” (renovated World War II amphibious vehicles)
which can travel in land and water.

1) Watch Part 1 and talk about these questions with a partner.

a) What are the advantages of London Duck tours compared with other tours?
b) Would you choose a London Duck tour instead of a normal tour in London?
2) Watch Part 2 and answer these questions.
What does he say about?
a) Nelson Mandela’s statue e) 1928
b) Trafalgar square f) 200 different cultures
c) MI6
d) The house of parliament

On festivals
Read about a festival in Scotland and answer the questions below. (Taken from High Spirit Digital
p. 17 Oxford University Press)

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1) What is Hogmanay?

2) Where are there big street parties in Scotland?

3) How many people are in the centre of Edinburgh on 31st December?

4) What is “auld Lang Syne”?

5) What is Special about 2nd January in Scotland?

Festivals in Argentina

1) You are interested in writing in your Blog about Festivals in Argentina. You have
chosen these three. Read about them and make notes of the most important features of
each festival to write in your blog.
(Retrieved from http://news.southamerica.travel/top-5-festivals-in-argentina/)

2) Now, write in your blog about these Festivals. Summarize the main ideas in you blog.
You cannot write more than 100 words.

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 On statistical information about travel and tourism
1) Look at the three graphs which show statistical information about travel and tourism.
Mention what type of graph is each one. (Taken and adapted from Going International, K. Harding, OUP)

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2) Analyze the graphs and answer the following questions

a) What was the total international expenditure on tourism in 1985?

b) Which decade saw the biggest increase in international arrivals?

c) Which is the most popular form of transport used by tourists in Britain?

d) Which is the hottest moth in Cyrus?

(Taken and adapted from Going International, K. Harding, OUP)

3) Here is some information about Tourism in Britain. At the moment, it is in the form of
series of tables. Analyze the information and write a brief report. Use phrases from
above to help you. Then, read the report to the class.

(Taken and adapted from Going International, K. Harding, OUP)

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This Tourism Magazine invited Jane Smith to write a report about her guest house.

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

Our guest house .......................... (open) in October last year. We

.......................... (call) it ‘Visitors’ Rest’. It .......................... (be) very near
the shopping centre and only a five minute walk from the beach. During
the first month we .......................... (have) fifteen guests. The following
month ten businessmen from China and eight Australian tourists
.......................... (come) to stay. The Christmas period ..........................
(be) good for business. In both December and January the guest house
.......................... (be) full to capacity with twenty eight guests each
month. Unfortunately February .......................... (not, be) as good, as
guest numbers .......................... (drop) by ten. However, March
.......................... (be) much better; we .......................... (have) three more
guests than in February. April and May .......................... (be) both quiet
months for visitors; in each of those months we .......................... (have)
half our maximum number of guests, mainly from Europe. In June we
.......................... (be) only a quarter full but in July there ..........................
(be) a conference in Dili, and so guest numbers .......................... (shoot
up) by fourteen to twenty one. In August we .......................... (have) nine
fewer guests than July and in September we .......................... (be) full
again with UN officials. That .......................... (be) a summary of the past
twelve months. Our average number of guests .......................... (be)
fifteen, so, overall last year .......................... (be) a good year.

2. Answer the following questions:

1. What was the best month(s) for the Guest House?
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2. What was the worst month(s)?

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3. Imagine you are journalist working for this magazine. After reading Jane Smith’s report,
you have to put the information onto the following graph.

4. You are working at your office. You want to start planning the report for your boss. Write
five sentences comparing the months.

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Work in pairs with the texts about Tibet, Malta and Greece below. Each pair will choose and
read only one text. After analyzing each extract the team will prepare different charts and
graphs to describe the tourism situation. Then, each pair of students will present the work
prepared to the whole class.

Tibet Tourism Increases

3.3 million tourist visit Tibet this year
http://www.eturbonews.com/17965/33-million-tourists-visit-tibet-year
Aug 18, 2016
LHASA - Tibet received 3.3 million domestic and overseas
tourists this year to July, 21.9 percent more than a year
earlier, a local tourism official said last Wednesday.
Wang Songping, deputy director of the Tibet regional
tourism bureau, said the southwestern autonomous region
earned 2.88 billion yuan (424 million U.S. dollars) from
tourism during the seven months, up 29.3 percent year on
year.
Wang attributed the tourism growth to promotional tours in
winter and that the peak tourism season began earlier this
summer.
The region has stepped up tourism marketing in emerging markets like East Europe and Australia as
well as traditional markets like the United States and European Union.
Foreign tourists totalled 116,904 in the Jan.-July period, an annual increase of 45.3 percent. Europe
ranked as the largest tourist source with 41,310 travelers.
Source: xinhuanet.com

Malta Tourism
Malta inbound tourist numbers up https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles
Apr 05, 2016
Malta's number of inbound tourist increased 3.6% on an annual basis to
53,074 in February from 51,244 a year ago, the National Statistics
Office said on Monday. At the same time, total nights spent amounted
to 424,478.
The number of tourists visited Malta for holiday purposes totaled
43,998 in February, smaller than the 48,375 in the previous month. The
number of people visited for business purposes dropped to 6,334 from
6,780 in the preceding month.
The first time visitors were the majority of the inbound tourists, which was 62% of the total tourists,
the statistical office said.

Greece
Greece's tourism drops by 11% https://www.eturbonews.com/9946/greeces-
tourism-drops-11
Jun 22, 2016
ATHENS - Greece, one of Europe's biggest tourist destinations,
expects visitor numbers to fall by between 7 and 11 percent this
year because of the global economic downturn, the country's
tourism minister said on Monday.

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'(The drop) may be 10 or 11 percent but it may also be 7 or 8 percent,' Tourism Minister Costas
Markopoulos said in an interview with radio station Alpha.
Greece, a country with about 11 million residents, attracts about 15 million visitors each year, most
from the UK and Germany.
A slump in tourism, which accounts for nearly a fifth of the country's GDP and about one in five
jobs, may drag the economy into its first recession after 15 years of robust growth, according to
European Commission and IMF forecasts.
Greek unemployment rose to a three-year high of 9.3 percent in the first quarter, partly on fewer
hirings in the hotels and restaurant business, according to figures released earlier on Monday by the
Greece's statistics agency.
Source: forbes.com

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