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Sociology of tourism:

- heritage /ˈher.ɪ.tɪdʒ/ 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
- income /ˈɪnkʌm/ : the money that a person, a region, a country, etc.
earns from work, from investing money, from business, etc.
- handicapped /ˈhændikæpt/: suffering from a mental or physical
handicap.
- disabilities /ˌdɪsəˈbɪləti/ : physical or mental condition that means you
cannot use a part of your body completely or easily, or that you cannot
learn easily
- incentive /ɪnˈsentɪv/: incentive (for/to somebody/something) (to do
something) something that encourages you to do something.
- Sustenance /ˈsʌstənəns/: the food and drink that people, animals and
plants need to live and stay healthy.
- Resentment /rɪˈzentmənt/: a feeling of anger or unhappiness about
something that you think is unfair.
- Circumstances /ˈsɜːkəmstəns/: the conditions and facts that are
connected with and affect a situation, an event or an action.
- Inferiority /ɪnˌfɪəriˈɒrəti/: the state of not being as good
somebody/something else.
- Superiority /suːˌpɪəriˈɒrəti/ : the state or quality of being better, more
powerful, greater, etc. than others.
- Indigenous /ɪnˈdɪdʒənəs/ : belonging to a particular place rather than
coming to it from somewhere else.
- Diseasesan /dɪˈziːz/ an illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused
by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident
- archaeology /ˌɑːkiˈɒlədʒi/: the study of cultures of the past, and of
periods of history by examining the parts of buildings and objects found
in the ground.
- recuperation /rɪˌkuːpəˈreɪʃn/: the act or process of getting back your
health, strength or energy after being ill, tired, injured, etc.
- restoration /ˌrestəˈreɪʃn/: the work of repairing and cleaning an old
building, a painting, etc. so that its condition is as good as it originally
was.
- relocation /ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃn/: the act of moving, or of moving
somebody/something, to a new place to work or operate.
- commodification /kəˌmɒd.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ the fact that something is
treated or considered as a commodity
- inequality /ˌɪnɪˈkwɒləti/: the unfair difference between groups of
people in society, when some have more wealth, status or opportunities
than others.
- Infrastructure /ˈɪnfrəstrʌktʃə(r)/: the basic systems and services that are
necessary for a country or an organization to run smoothly, for example
buildings, transport and water and power supplies.
- Revenue /ˈrevənjuː/: the money that a government receives from taxes
or that an organization, etc. receives from its business.
- Layoffs /ˈleɪ ɒf/: an act of making people unemployed because there is
no more work left for them to do.

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