1. Tourists and tourism

2. Tourism tourists Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".

3. The terms tourist and tourism were first recognized in 1937 by the League of Nations

4. The word “travel” comes from the medieval English word ‘travail” which means suffering great hardship, and that is a very good description of travel in its earliest days.

5.  In 2010, there were 940 million international tourist arrivals, with a growth of 6.6% as compared to 2009.

6. What is tourism? Tourism – the practice of traveling for pleasure, especially on one’s holidays ● domestic tourism ● international tourism

7. RankCountry UNWTO UNWTO Regional Market International tourist arrivals (2010) Change 2010/2009 1FranceEurope76.8 million+0.0% 2United StatesNorth America59.7 million+8.7% 3ChinaAsia55.7 million+9.4% 4SpainEurope52.7 million+1.0% 5ItalyEurope43.6 million+0.9% 6United KingdomEurope28.1 million-0.2% 7TurkeyEurope27.0 million+5.9% 8GermanyEurope26.9 million+10.9% 9MalaysiaAsia24.6 million+3.9% 10MexicoNorth America22.4 million+4.4%

8. Paris (France) London (United Kingdom) New York (United States) Antalya (Turkey) Singapore (Singapore) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Bangkok (Thailand) Istanbul (Turkey) Top 10 most visited cities

9. 1.It has been going since 1980. 2.Raise awareness of the role of tourism. 3.A host country acts as a partner to the UNWTO. 4.There is a different theme each year. 5.Tourism as a force for the world peace. 6.One of the biggest industries in the world. 7.Many developing countries rely on tourist dollars. 8.This increase in tourism does create problems. 9.There is a strain on the environment. 10.The reason for sites being so popular. TASK

10. Tourism is vital for many countries, due to the large intake of money for businesses with their goods and services and the opportunity for employment in the service industries associated with tourism. goods and servicesservice industries

11. These service industries include transportation services, such as airlines, cruise ships and taxicabs, hospitality services, such as accommodations, including hotels and resorts, and entertainment venues, such as amusement parks, casinos, shopping malls, music venues and theatres.transportation servicesairlinescruise shipstaxicabshospitality servicesaccommodationshotelsresortsamusement parkscasinos shopping mallsmusic venuestheatres

12. Hotels looking for something new ● A tree-house hotel, India ● Ice hotel, Sweden ● Under the sea hotel, Miami ● Wigwam hotel, the USA

13. Tourist attractions Natural Man-made Event attractions attractions attractions Mount Fuji Football World Cup Kremlin, Moscow

14. Activity Holidays sports and other exciting things Mountain-biking Skiing Surfing Climbing

15. Examples of the more common niche tourism markets include:  Agritourism Agritourism  Culinary tourism Culinary tourism  Cultural tourism Cultural tourism  Ecotourism Ecotourism  Extreme tourism Extreme tourism  Geotourism Geotourism  Heritage tourism Heritage tourism  Medical tourism Medical tourism  Nautical tourism Nautical tourism  Pop-culture tourism Pop-culture tourism  Religious tourism Religious tourism  Slum tourism Slum tourism  Space tourism Space tourism  War tourism end etc. War tourism task

16.  Educational tourism  Educational tourism developed, because of the growing popularity of teaching and learning of knowledge. In educational tourism, the main focus of the tour or leisure activity includes visiting another country to learn about the culture, such as in Student Exchange Programs and Study Tours, or to work and apply skills learned inside the classroom in a different environment.Student Exchange Programs

17.  Ecotourism Ecotourism, also known as ecological tourism, is responsible travel to fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas. It helps educate the traveler; provides funds for conservation; directly benefits the economic development; and fosters respect for different cultures and for human rights.

18.  Cultural tourism (or culture tourism)  is the subset of tourism concerned with a country or region's culture, specifically the lifestyle of the people in those geographical areas, the history of those peoples, their art, architecture, religion(s), and other elements that helped shape their way of life. Cultural tourism includes tourism in urban areas, particularly historic or large cities and their cultural facilities such as museums and theatres and etc.tourismculturemuseums theatres

19. Sports tourism Since the late 1980s, sports tourism has become increasingly popular. Events such as rugby, Olympics, Commonwealth games, Asian Games and football World Cups have enabled specialist travel companies to gain official ticket allocation and then sell them in packages that include flights, hotels and excursions.sports tourism

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21. Tourism in the future  In 2001 Dennis Tito had the first holiday in space for 20 million dollars

22. Virtual holidays With virtual reality, you can “visit” different holiday resorts before you decide on holiday

23. Advantages of tourism MONEyMONEy NEWJOBSNEWJOBS N E W F A C I L I T I E S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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