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The economy Travel and tourism

Managing the economy Holidays/vacations


• handle/run/manage the economy • have/take a holiday/ a vacation/a break/a
• boost investment/spending/employment/ day off/ a gap year
growth • go on/be on holiday/vacation/leave/
• stimulate demand/the economy/industry honeymoon/safari/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a
• cut/reduce investment/spending/ pilgrimage
borrowing • go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/
• reduce/curb/control/keep sightseeing
down inflation • plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation/your
• create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/ itinerary
• encourage/foster/promote/stimulate • book accommodation/a hotel room/a
innovation/competition flight/tickets
• encourage/work with/compete with the • have/make/cancel a reservation/booking
private sector • rent a villa/a holiday home/a holiday
• increase/boost/promote agricultural cottage
exports • hire/rent a car/bicycle/moped
• ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports • stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a
• the economy grows/expands/shrinks/ youth hostel/a villa/a holiday home/a
contracts/slows (down)/recovers/ caravan
improves/is booming • cost/charge $100 a/per night for a
• enjoy an economic/housing/property single/double/twin/standard/en suite room
boom • check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your
Economic problems room
• push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation • pack/unpack your suitcase/bags
• damage/hurt/destroy industry/the • call/order room service
economy • cancel/cut short a trip/holiday/vacation
• cause/lead to/go into/avoid/ Foreign travel
escape recession • apply for/get/renew a/your passport
• experience/suffer a recession/downturn • take out/buy/get travel insurance
• fight/combat inflation/deflation/ • catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/
unemployment connecting flight
• cause/create inflation/poverty/ • fly (in)/travel in business/economy class
unemployment • make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour
• create/burst a housing/stock market stopover/layover in Hong Kong
bubble • experience/cause/lead to delays
• cause/trigger a stock market crash/the • check (in)/collect/get/
collapse of the banking system lose (your) luggage/baggage
• face/be plunged into a financial/ • be charged for/pay excess baggage
economic crisis • board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/
• be caught in/experience cycles of boom plane/ship/ferry
and bust • taxi down/leave/approach/hit/
Public finance overshoot the runway
• cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the • experience/hit/encounter severe
defense/education/aid budget turbulence
• increase/boost/slash/cut public spending • suffer from/recover from/get over
• increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/ your jet lag/travel sickness
reduce taxes The tourist industry
• raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates • attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors
• ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy • encourage/promote/hurt tourism
• balance the (state/federal) budget • promote/develop ecotourism
• achieve/maintain a balanced budget • build/develop/visit a tourist/
• run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus holiday/seaside/beach/ski resort
• impose taxes/austerity measures • work for/be operated by a major hotel
chain
• be served by/compete with low-
cost/low-fare/budget airlines
• book something through/make a
booking through/use a travel agent
• contact/check with your travel agent/
tour operator
• book/be on/go on a package deal/
holiday/tour
• buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced)
souvenirs

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