Tourism English旅游英语.pptVIP

Tourism EnglishPractical Unit 1 Planning Your Tourism Career The Definition of Tourism Tourism can be regarded as just one form of recreation, along with sports activities, hobbies and pastimes, which usually involves the spending of money, although not necessarily so. Tourism is often defined as the movement of people to the place other than that he actually or normally resides. This definition was to cover two classes of visitors: A: Tourists, who were classed as temporary visitors staying at least 24 hours, whose purpose could be classified as leisure (whether for recreation, health, sport, holiday, study or religion), or business, family, mission or meeting. B: Excursionists, who were classed as temporary visitors staying less than 24 hours, including cruise travelers but excluding travelers in transit. The definition becomes overly restrictive in failing to take domestic tourism into account. Tourism One can explore tourism in the context of geography, sociology, economics, marketing and many other disciplines, each offering scope for study at all academic levels. Tourism can also be studies as a business in which a service, rather than a product, is offered to the customer. It is a part of hospitality field, which include: 1) accommodation, catering and entertainment; 2) transportation; 3) tourist sites and attractions; 4) and the organizers and distributors of tourism, the tour operators and travel agencies. Skill in dealing with people is particularly important throughout the travel industry. What are you going to do after graduation? Hotel: --Front office --Housekeeping --FB Department --Marketing Travel agency: --tour guide --overseas escort (tour leader) … Scenic spot (sightseeing district) Hotels Travel Agency/Service Sightseeing district/scenic spot Sightseeing district/scenic spot Sightse