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Supplementary Reading Useful Expressions 1. on average 平均起来 2. contribute to 捐献，捐赠 (尤 指款或物) 3. in brief 简言之 4. result in 导致 5. dedicate to 致力于 6. have an impact on 对?有影响 Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world. The World Travel Tourism Council (WTTC)2 estimates that this industry represents around 11% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP)3. In 2008 the World Tourism Organization (WTO) reported 924 million international arrivals and anticipates that the numbers will grow up to 1.6 billion in the next ten years. Nowadays, within the tourism industry, cultural heritage is the most rapidly growing sector4. According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) , “cultural heritage tourism means traveling to experience the places and activities that authentically5 represent the stories and people of the past and present. It includes irreplaceable6, historic, cultural and natural resources”. In other words, it is the kind of tourism where heritage is the most important reason for the travel and it becomes a central part of the travel experience. Accordingly, tourism is becoming a tool to preserve cultural heritage in three ways: designing sustainable7 tourism policies, creating economic benefits to communities and developing virtual8 traveler communities interested in sharing and preserving heritage. Tourism: The Protector of Cultural Heritage1 1. heritage n. 遗产 2. WTTC 世界旅游理事会 3. GDP 国民生产总值 4. sector n. 部分 Due to the increasing number of cultural heritage travelers, many countries have designed cultural tourism policies in order to attract more tourists. The aim of these policies is to create, design, foment9 and promote cultural heritage sustainable products, preserve heritage and at the same time benefit poor communities. In addition, the policies look for the active participation of local populations and the preservation and maintenance of cultural and natural expressions. Through these policies, tou