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9 Commerce Term 3 2021 – Topic 3: Travel

Lesson 1: Introduction to travel

ACTIVITY ONE: Holiday Reflection


Think about the last holiday your family has gone on. Consider the following:
 Where was it?
 For how long?
 What was the best activity you did whole on the trip? Why was that the best activity?
Address each of these questions in the space below.
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READ THROUGH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

What is Tourism?
 The United Nations World Tourism
Organization defines tourism as the
temporary movement of people away
from the places where they normally
work and live.
 This movement can be for business,
leisure or cultural purposes for a stay
of more than 24 hours but less than
one year.

ACTIVITY TWO: Comprehension questions


1. What are the two most common reasons for people’s travel? _______________________________
2. Describe the key characteristics of ONE type of tourist.
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ACTIVITY THREE: Location and image research.


For each of the following type of traveller above, list of two locations that this type of traveller would like
to visit, along with an image of each location.

Type of traveller Location Image

Organised mass
tourist

Individual mass
tourist

The explorer

The drifter

ACTIVITY FOUR: What kind of tourist are you?


Make a sketch of yourself, as a cartoon and annotate it to describe yourself as a tourist. Include
information about your ideal holiday and explain why you appear as you do in your cartoon.

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