Tourist Vocab chap 1

Meaning of "Mass tourism"

• The movement of a large number of organized tourists to popular holiday destinations for recreational purposes.

• A visit to a place such as a museum with a guide who explains facts about the place

• A short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people

• The place where someone is going or where something is being sent or taken

Meaning of "Excursion"

• The movement of a large number of organized tourists to popular holiday destinations for recreational purposes.

• A visit to a place such as a museum with a guide who explains facts about the place

• A short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people

• The place where someone is going or where something is being sent or taken

Meaning of "Brochure"

• a type of small magazine that contains pictures and information on a product or a company

• a formal statement of the rights of a country's people, or of an organization or a particular social group, that is agreed by or demanded from a ruler or government

• a detailed plan or route of a journey

• a holiday organized by a travel company for which you pay a fixed price that includes the cost of the hotel and travel, and sometimes food

Match the following

• The place at a port, airport, or border where travellers' passports (= official documents proving wh

• Itinerary (n)

• Money that someone has left to spend after paying taxes

• Deposit (n)

• A payment, especially into a bank account

• Departure lounge (n)

• The area in an airport where passengers wait before getting onto an aircraft

• Passport control (n)

• A detailed plan or route of a journey

• Disposable income (n)

Meaning of "self-catering"

• Having cooking facilities available so that you can cook meals for yourself rather than having them provided for you

• The activity of visiting interesting places, especially by people on holiday

• The serving of food and drink to customers in their rooms, or the people who do this work

• A person who makes a journey, often a long and difficult one, to a special place for religious reasons

Meaning of "pilgrim/pilgrimage"

• A person who makes a journey, often a long and difficult one, to a special place for religious reasons

• A tall modern building with many floors

• Features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, that were created in the past and still have historical importance

• A situation in which available goods and services, or social and cultural influences, gradually become similar in all parts of the world