Unit 3 - Tour Operators

1. Watch the video above and describe the role of tour operators. 

2. What was your favorite holiday? How did you arrange it - independently (by yourself), through a company, online?

3. Write a brief description of how tour operation works in your country or in a country you know well. (Check page 27)

Remember to include:
1. The biggest tour operators.
2. The most popular destinations.
3. The new destinations.
4. Travel agents or direct selling?
5. Specialist tour operators? 
6. What kind of specialist holidays?

Unit 2 - World destinations

1. Watch the video above. Which of these destinations would you like to visit? What can you find there?

2.What is the best destination you have visited? What did you see there?

3. Describe the resources and features of a city in Peru (climate, natural features, built attractions, food and drinks, accommodation and transport)

Unit 1 - What is tourism?

1. Why do you study tourism?

2. Watch the video and write about the advantages of studying tourism.


3. What job would you like to have in tourism? What  skills and qualities do you need for the job?

4.Describe the routine of your favorite job in tourism.

Unit 9 - Hotel entertainment

1. What kind of entertainment would you expect to have at a city centre hotel? a luxury beach resort? a small rural hotel?

2. What kind of entertainment can you offer for a group of young children? Young couples? retired people?

3. What are the qualities and skills of a perfect worker? Which of these qualities and skills do you have?

4. Can you make arts and crafts objects for children? What can you make? How can you make it?

5. Watch the video of this 7-star hotel. What is unique about it? What kind of entertainment does it offer?

Unit 8 - On tour

1. Have you ever been on a coach tour or guided tour that you have really enjoyed? Where was it? What did you see? What made the tour successful?

2. Read the interview to Lucy Tovchikh on page 70. What does she do? Where does she work? What does she like the most about her job? What does she dislike about it? WOuld you like to have the same job as Lucy? Why?

3. Read the Standards of Performance on page 71. Which of the standards do you think are REALLY IMPORTANT for a tour guide in Peru? Which do you think are not very important? Why?

4. Imagine you on a coach with a group of 20 tourist and the coach breaks down. What would you do? What would you tell the tourists?

5. Watch the video of a guided tour of Paris. What information do you find interesting? What attactions are shown?

 

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Unit 7 - Attractions and events

1. What is the most interesting tourist attraction you have visited? Why was it interesting?

2. What do you think are the best tourist attractions / festivals in your country? Why? Describe at least ONE attraction and ONE festival.

3. How can the people who work at tourist attractions adapt to meet the cultural differences of certain nationalities?

4. Have you ever met a curator / lifeguard / ranger / interpreter? What does this person do? What is the purpose of having activity sheets / animatronics / waxworks at an attraction? Do you think it gets the attention of tourists?

5. Watch the video of the The World's Top 10 Most Beautiful Cities. Choose one destination. What attractions can you find there? Which of these cities would you like to visit?

UNIT 6 - RURAL TOURISM

1. What is rural tourism? How would you define it? What are some features of rural tourism?

2. Watch this video about a tour operator that offers rural tourism services in Peru. What services does the tour operator offer to the tourists? How would you grade the rural accommodation shown in the video? What activities can the tourists do?

 

3. Have you ever gone camping? If so, did you stay at a campsite? What features did the campsite have? (Look at page 47)

4. Which of  the resources on page 48 have you had any experience of? Which ones would you like to experience / see? Which of these can you find in Peru?

UNIT 5 - EATING OUT

1. Watch this short documentary on Peruvian Food. What can you see in the video? What Peruvian dishes are shown? What does Gastón Acurio say about Peruvian food? What is something interesting you learned from the video?

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2. When you are on holiday, do you to try the local food? What's the nicest meal you've had as a tourist? What's the strangest food you've eaten on holiday?


3. Choose a city in Peru and write about its most representative dish. What are the ingredients? How can you describe it to a a customer in a restaurant?


4. What do you say to guests at a dinner table before they start eating? (There are three possibilities) What do you say in English before you drink something?

UNIT 4 - Holiday Rep

1. Watch the video of TUI Travel. These people describe their job as travel/holiday reps. What do you find interesting aboiut their daily activities? What kind of things do they have to do daily? Would you like to have this job? Why or why not?


2. What are the most common health problems that tourist have when they are on holiday? (Mention at least two)What can the holiday rep do to help?


3. Look at the Customer Care advice on PAGE 33. In your opinion, what is the most important thing you should ALWAYS do? Why? What is something you should NEVER do? Explain your answer.


4. Make a list of people who you might give a tip to in Peru. Check on the Internet to see if there is any advice on "How to tip in Peru." How much should one tip in Peru? Who should we not tip?

UNIT 3 - Tourist Information Services

1. Watch the video of Manchester's New Tourist Information Centre. What did you learn about this information centre? Is there anything that you find interesting? Compare this TIC to the ones you have visited here in Peru.

2. As Tourist Service Manager you will have to deal with different types of clients. According to the description on Page 21 (Assessing customer types). Which type of custemer is the easiest to work with? Which one is the most difficult?

3. Have you ever had to find information on tourist attractions and services? Where can you obtain this information?

4. Read the text about Liverpool on pages 24 -25 in your textbook. Mention two things you learned about Liverpool. Would you like to visit this destination? Why or why not?

Unit 2 - A place to stay

1. What can you remember about the first time you stayed at a hotel?

2. Do you like staying in hotel? Why or why not?

3. Which of the following choices bests describes a hotel for you? Explain.

• A bed for the night
• A place to hide away
• Home from home
• The office away from the office
• A bit of luxury once in a while
• A place where you can let your hair down

4. Give examples of two hotels in Trujillo that can fall under the descriptions in 3.

5. What hotel services (Page 17) are th most important to you when you choose a hotel? 

6. If you had the chance to work at a hotel, in which area (P. 18) would you like to work? Why?

Unit 1 - Cultural Differences in Greetings

Watch this video. And answer the following questions.

 1. Have you ever been in a situation when you didn't know how to greet?
 2. Do you know how to say hello and welcome in another language? Mention at least one
 3. Choose one of the countries they mention and describe the greetings there.

 Extra question:

4. What are some of arrival points in Trujillo? Have you ever had to pick up someone from there? DEscribe your experience.

Welcome to English for Tourism 2

Dear students,

It is my pleasure to be your teacher this semester. This blog will serve as a way to discuss some topics related to tourism and to further our class discussions too.

Your first task is to introduce yourself. Write a short paragraph answering the following questions:

-What's your name?
-How old are you?
-Where are you from?
-What do you like to do in your free time?
-Why are you studying Management and Tourist Services?
-What do you plan to do when you graduate?
-What are some places you have visited in Peru or abroad? What did you do there?
-What are some tourist destinations that you would love to visit? Why?

Evaluating a Hotel in Trujillo

Lists of hotels in Trujillo

Check the link above and then write an introduction to one of these hotels in Trujillo. You will need to include information about:

- type: details of type + natural or made structure
- location
- serviced or self-catering?
- price: luxury or budget?
- large or small? Number of rooms (number of doubles, singles, etc)
- Details of the rooms, facilities, services.

Post your answer to the task above in a paragraph.

Accommodation and Facilities

In your opinion, which are the most important hotel services and facilities in...

1. a hotel for business people and conference delegates?

2. a holiday hotel complex on the coast?

3. a small hotel in the countryside?

Make sure to explain your choices and give examples if possible.

TRANSPORT IN TOURISM

Anwer the following questions:

1. How do you prefer to travel - by car, by coach, by train, by boat, ...? Why?

2. What was the most uncomfortable journey you have ever made? Where did you go? Why was it so bad?

3. If you could travel around the world, but you couldn't fly, how would you go?

DESCRIBING TOUR OPERATIONS

Write a brief description of how tour operation works in your country or in a country you know well.
Remember to include:

1. The biggest tour operators.
2. The most popular destinations
3. The new destinations
4. Travel agents or direct selling?
5. Specialist tour operators?
6. What kind of specialist holidays?

PACKAGE HOLIDAYS

This is a picture of me on my last Beach Holiday

Write a blog post including the answers to the following questions:


1. What different types of holidays have you had in the past? (adventure holidays, beach holidays, winter-sport holidays, etc)


2. What was your favorite holiday? Why?


3. How did you arrange the holiday - independently, through a company, online, or some other way? Explain.

Tourist Destinations

Here you are a picture of me in NYC.  This is the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.  New York City is one of the best World Destinations I have ever visited. 


Now it's your turn. Write a blog post about the tourists destinations you have been to. Remember to mention the location and the type of attraction it is. You might as well as add some pics or videos to make your descriptions more vivid. 

1. Which countries have you visited as a tourist? Which countries would you like to visit? Why?

2. What famous attractions have you seen?

3. Which was your favorite? Why?

Answer the questions above in a blog post (8-10 lines). 

Don't forget to Reply to at least 2 classmates' posts. Write your opinions about their favorite attraction. 

WELCOME TO TOURISM 1

Dear all, 


As time goes by, education changes too. Therefore, I felt it was necessary for us to keep updated with the new trends in learning. This BLOG was created for you to share your opinions, submit homework and practice your English. We will develop the topics from the coursebook we use: TOURISM 1, but we will also discuss some interest topics for you.


First of all, I would like to know how familiar you are with BLOGGER. 


Do you have a google account? If not, create an account here --> Create a new account

Have you ever used a blog before?


What time do you usually use the Internet at home? How often do you do it?


What kind of topics would you like to discuss in the blogg?


Please post your answers to the questions above.


Enjoy blogging!!


Mr. Enrique Liñan