Takeaway What Do We Travel for? E S P > Tourism > Level A1.

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CONTENT
•  Let’s Start! •  Let’s Explore! •  Let’s Practice! •  Extension Activity•  Target Words •  Learning Points

Let’s Start!

Why do people travel?

Learning Outcome: Can Do Statements:

Talk about the different types of tourism
in a simple social situation. Interpret the
proper conceptualization to identify the
important elements of the tourism
industry.
•  I can talk about some reasons why
people travel.
•  I can talk about the leisure/holiday
and business tourism.
•  I can express what cultural tourism is.

Ask your partner:

•  What makes your country so attractive
to tourists?
•  What are the most common tourist
destinations in your country?

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Let’s Explore!

What's your reason to travel?

Instructions: Read the text below.

One of the human dreams is to go out and see the world. People can have different
reasons for traveling. One of the most popular reasons is leisure. It can be divided into
relaxation and sightseeing. People can travel for relaxation to a beach, to enjoy the sun
and the sand. When people travel for sightseeing, they usually enjoy visiting different
places, such as urban centers, famous museums, or attractions. They frequently take
lots of photographs.

Not all people travel for pleasure. Business people usually travel to large cities, which
are not usually tourist destinations, for important meetings and conferences. Travelers in
business tourism always expect a high standard in service. Cultural tourism is when
tourists want to learn the culture of a destination. These tourists love visiting museums
or historical attractions. Eco-tourism occurs when the main purpose of the traveler is to
be in contact with nature while promoting the conservation and protection of the natural
environment.

Finally, there are three specific but common reasons for people to travel. Those are
studying, religious pilgrimage and health tourism. Study tourism could be for short or
long vacation courses, sometimes in training centers or universities. Religious
pilgrimages have a long tradition; examples of these trips are when Muslims travel to
Mecca, or Christians to Jerusalem. Health tourism could vary from trips to spas in exotic
places or complex medical treatments people don't always find in their own countries. All
these purposes explain why tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world.

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Let’s Practice!

Do you like traveling for business?

Instructions: Read the clues. Complete the crossword.
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CLUES 1
Across
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1. Nowadays people travel to large cities for
b_ _ _ _ _ _ s.
2. Most people travel for r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _n.
5. T_ _ _ _ _ _ _s are people who leave their
hometowns to visit new places.
Down
3. Tourists can go s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _g to visit 5
famous places.
4. If you like shopping, you can visit an urban
c_ _ _ _r.
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Let’s Practice!

What kind of tourism do people usually practice?

Instructions: Select the correct answer.

1. What characterizes cultural travelers?
a. They like visiting the business centers.
b. They love going to historical places.
2. What's true about business tourism?
a.  Sometimes people don't have time to
see the city.
b.  People have fun, visiting historical
places.
3.  Which of these ideas are part of cultural
tourism?
a.  Most of the time people enjoy to visit
historical attractions.
b.  People can observe the rituals of locals.
4.  What's true about tourism for
relaxation?
a. People travel to buy new nice
things.
b. People go to the beach to relax
and enjoy the sun.
5.  Which of these attractions are part
of leisure tourism?
a.  Most of the time people go visiting
historical attractions.
b.  People frequently visit places like
beaches.
6.  Which of these ideas is part of
business tourism?
a.  People have to attend meetings.
b.  People relax by the seaside.

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Extension Activity
Make a conversation where two people say what they feel about holidays
Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.
a)  Read about some cultural
destinations and reasons for
traveling.
b) Make a conversation with a partner.
c)  Create sentences that express your
reasons for traveling.
d)  Read the conversation in front the
class.
Target Words
•  pilgrimage (noun): a trip for religious
reasons to a holy place
e.g. Religious pilgrimages usually have
a long tradition.
•  spa (noun):a special place people go to
relax and improve their health
e.g. Health tourism could vary from
trips to spas in exotic places to
complex medical treatments that
people don't always find in their own
countries.
•  muslim (noun): a follower of the Islam
e.g. Examples of these trips are when
Muslims travel to Mecca, or Christians
to Jerusalem.
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Yes No
Self-Assessment
1. I read about cultural
destinations.
2. I create a conversation.
3. I express reasons for
traveling to a cultural
destination.
4. I share the
conversation with the
rest of the class.
•  pleasure (noun): a feeling of
enjoyment from an activity
e.g. Not all people travel for pleasure.
•  sightseeing (noun): visiting
interesting places while traveling
e.g. It can be divided into relaxation
and sightseeing.
•  high standard (noun): much better
than the average level
e.g. Travelers in business tourism
always expect a high standard in
service.
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Learning Points

Can or Could to Show Possibility.

Can and could are modal verbs we use to talk about abilities and probability.

Use the modal verbs can and could plus a verb in the base form without to express that
something is possible in the present or future. Use could when the probability is vague.
Use can when the probability is certain.

Examples:
Tourists can visit the zoo in Cali.
If you are lucky, You could see the whales of the pacific ocean in May.

Examples

•  People can have different reasons for traveling.

•  People can travel for relaxation to a beach.
•  Study tourism could be for short or vacation courses.
•  Health tourism could range from trips to spas in exotic places, to complex medical
treatments.

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Learning Points

Expressions of Frequency.
Use adverbs of frequency to say the number of times something happens.

Adverbs of frequency say how repeatedly something happens. Let's take a look at some
of them:

Always means 100% of frequency; at all times.

Frequently about 80% of frequency; many times.
Sometimes about 60% of frequency; at times, but not all the time.
Usually about 50% of frequency.
Seldom about 30% of frequency.
Rarely about 10% of frequency.
Never 0% of frequency.

These words usually come before the main verb, or after the verb to be:

Subject + adverb + verb + complement.

Example:
I always jog in the morning.

Subject + to be + adverb + complement.

Example:
They are never pleased to travel.

Examples

•  Travelers in business tourism always expect a high standard in service.

•  They frequently take lots of photographs.
•  Study tourism could be for short or vacation courses, sometimes in training centers
or universities.