Takeaway Identifying the Tourist 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!

Tourist or Excursionist?

Learning Outcome: Can Do Statements:

Identify information about tourism in
•  I can identify some important concepts
simple spoken and written situations.
and the vocabulary related to tourists.
Interpret the proper conceptualization to
identify the important elements of the •  I can talk about the types of travelers.
tourism industry. •  I can talk about tourists with special
needs.
Ask your partner:
•  What are the most famous places to
visit in your country?
•  What are your favorite activities when
you visit other places?

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Let’s Explore!

Matt reviews* the topics for his exam.

*To “review” is to check on something you did before.

Instructions: Read the text below.

Matt: Victor, I really appreciate that you help me review the topics for the exam.
Victor: No problem, Matt. What is the topic you need to study?
Matt: I need to know the definition of tourists and types of travelers.
Victor: OK! Pay attention to this summary I have. Tourists are people who travel and
stay in different places for a period of time and for different purposes, for
example, leisure or business.
Matt: I understand. And, what are the types of travelers?
Victor: There are two groups of travelers: the first group is for tourists. Here are
tourists who stay one night or more; and excursionists, who don't sleep in the
place they visit. The second group is for other travelers as commuters, cruise
crews, migrants, and temporary workers.
Matt: What are the differences?
Victor: The nights they spend in their destination. International and domestic travelers
spend more than one night in the visited country. An example of these is a
business traveler whose purposes are business, visiting friends, or pleasure.
Matt: What about other travelers?
Victor: They travel because they need to study or work in another city as students or
temporary workers, or maybe they are moving to another city to live as
migrants.
Matt: It's clear now. I only have one more question. What are tourists with special
needs?
Victor: OK. Let me give you an example. For an airline, tourists with special needs
include VIPs, senior travelers, children, disabled, or pregnant travelers. VIPs
have benefits in departure and arrival procedures. For the senior travelers,
airlines give them special care with food or assistance; besides, children obtain
toys or special meals. Disabled get wheelchairs, or they can bring their guide
dogs. Finally, pregnant travelers and infant travelers are accepted without any
problem.
Matt: Thanks, Victor. I am ready for the exam.

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Let’s Practice!

What type of traveler are you?

Instructions: Classify the sentences by writing the number of the sentence in the
correct category.
1. They are commuters.
2. They do not sleep in their destinations.
3. They are the cruise ship crew.
4. They spend more than one night in their destination.
5. They prefer other activities like dining-out and recreation.
6. They are in a city less than twenty-four hoyrs.
7. They are travelers that move to another city for pleasure.
8. They go to a concert and go back to their home city.

Excursionist Tourist Other Travelers

Let’s Practice!

What are the tourist's special needs*?

*”special needs" are the particular requirements people with any physical, mental or
emotional difficulties have.

Instructions: Select the best options in the table.

Pregnant women Senior VIP Children Disabled

1.  VIP travelers get benefits in departure and arrival processes.

2.  Airlines get special food and assistance for senior travelers.
3.  Pregnant women are accepted at the airport without any problem.
4.  Disabled travelers can have their guide dogs.
5.  Airlines get toys and foods for children.

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Extension Activity

Let’s research about the traveler’s needs!

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a)  Find information about travel agents Yes No

to help tourists.
Self-Assessment
b) Write 6 sentences to describe the
1.  I find information about
types of travelers with the needs
travel agents.
they have. E.g.: Senior travelers are
2. I describe different
people that travel for leisure or
types of travelers.
health purposes. They are tourists
3. I write sentences with
that need a guide dog and a
verb to be in affirmative
wheelchair to travel.
and interrogative.
c) Use verb to be affirmative and
4. I share the information
interrogative sentences.
with the rest of the
d) Share the information with your
class.
partner and your instructor.

Target Words

•  leisure (noun): free time activities
e.g. Tourists are people that travel and
stay in different places for a period of
time and for different purposes, for
example leisure or business.
•  business (noun): trade or commerce
of goods or services
e.g. Business is one of the purposes to
travel.
•  cruise (noun): a vacation trip on a
boat
e.g. I enjoy going on a cruise to the
Bahamas.
•  crew (noun): a group of people that
work as a team
e.g. A cruise crew is part of the second
group of travelers.
•  VIP (noun): very important people
e.g. VIPs have benefits in departure
and arrival procedures.
•  commuter (noun): a person who
travels from home to work and
viceversa
e.g. The second group is for other
travelers as commuters, cruise crews,
migrants, and temporary workers.

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Learning Points

Simple Present of Verb to Be in Affirmative and Interrogative Forms.

You use the verb to be in present (am, is or are) to talk about events from the present
that are usually true.

To create an affirmative statement you use am, is or are after the pronoun.

Structure:
Subject + am / is / are + complement
Example:
Excursionists are same-day visitors.

To create an interrogative statement, you use am, is or are at the beginning of the
statement and finish with a question mark ?.

Structure:
Am / Is / Are + subject + complement + ?

Example:
Are you a tourist or a refugee?

You can also include a wh- question to ask for more information. In some cases, the
complement is not necessary.

Structure:
Wh + am / is / are + subject + complement + ?

Example:
What are the different types of travelers?

Verb to Be in Present: Affirmative Statements

Subject Verb to be Complement
Excursionists are same-day visitors.

It is clear now.

Verb to Be in Present: Wh- Questions - Interrogative Statements

Wh Question Verb to be Subject Complement+?

What are excursionists ?

What are the types of travelers?

What is the topic you need to study?

Example

•  What are tourists' special needs?

•  What are excursionists?

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Learning Points

Types of Tourists.
There are three main groups of travelers.

The first group is the tourist group. They are the ones who stay either more than 24
hours or more than one night in the visited country. While they travel, they can do other
types of activities, for example dining out, recreation, sight-seeing, and shopping. The
second group is excursionists; they spend less than 24 hours in their destination. The
third group consists of commuters, local travelers, students, migrants, and
temporary workers. Their purpose of traveling is to study or work in a town near their
residence or to move to a new city.

Examples

•  There are two groups of travelers: the first group is for tourists. Here are tourists
who stay one night or more; and excursionists, who don't sleep in the place they
visit.
•  The second group is for other travelers as commuters, cruise crews, migrants, and
temporary workers.