Domestic Tourism and Leisure: Understanding the Concepts and Advantages, Esercizi di Lingua Inglese

Scarica Domestic Tourism and Leisure: Understanding the Concepts and Advantages e più Esercizi in PDF di Lingua Inglese solo su Docsity! 27 Unit 2 Technology and Tourism 2.2 Domestic Tourism Picture source: https://pixabay.com/it/photos/tram-treno-viaggio-lisbona-4379656/ Reading comprehension and vocabulary. Use the following terms to complete the text below: downside, practise, assessed, spared, where, employees, fair, former. Individuals travelling within the country in which they are residents _______ domestic tourism. A day trip is related to this type of tourism since it is the act of going to a tourist destination in the morning with the aim of returning in the evening, and thus avoiding an overnight stay. Examples of destinations of a day trip in medieval times would have been a nearby shrine or a seasonal _______, and therefore motivated by either religious or commercial reasons. The act of spending a vacation in the country _______ one is a resident is another form of domestic tourism, and it is referred to as a domestic holiday, or more informally as a staycation. Although domestic tourism may sound less interesting than international travel, the _______ has been more important for a longer period of time. In larger countries, it is generally more significant than international tourism, especially if foreign languages are not promoted. Moreover, it has some advantages since it is not as expensive as travelling abroad, expenses connected with accommodation may be avoided, and tourists are _______ the stress caused by jet lag, packing or standing in long queues at the airport. The _______ of this type of tourism, though, may be that those practising it spend some time working because they are close to their workplace, or because their employers feel that they can ask their _______ to work just because they are not travelling abroad. Domestic tourism is more difficult to be 28 _______ statistically and it mostly relies on the services provided by local enterprises. Writing and speaking. Write questions with the following words and then answer the questions. 1. Domestic tourism/what/is? 2. What/a/example/an/of/is/shrine? 3. What/tourism/large countries/of/is/more important/type/in? 4. Are/what/domestic tourism/advantages? 5. Downside/is/of/what/domestic tourism? Defining Leisure Reading comprehension and use of English. Fill in the blanks with the missing words (one word per space). Leisure is not a modern concept as Aristotle and Plato both discussed the benefits ____ leisure. However, it turns ____ that distinguishing leisure from nonleisure is not as easy as it may seem. The problem mostly lies in the fact ____ it is hard to classify leisure in cases such as when people enjoy doing obligatory activities, like working or cleaning the house, or when leisure activities include obligatory tasks. Leisure may be more properly conceived of as time spent away ____ work, education and domestic chores. Moreover, freedom and choice have been recognized as ____ important aspects of leisure. Another thing that has been pointed ____ is that leisure differs from recreation since the latter is more precisely the experience of leisure whilst practising an activity. In the past, leisure seems to ____ been a privilege of the upper class and then of those who could work less time and earn more money. Yet, hunter-gatherers have been observed to have much more leisure time ____ individuals living in more complex societies.