Tourism

and
Travel Attractions
Objectives:
1. Travel, Tourism and Tourist
– Vocabulary and Expression Related to Tourism
– Language and Expression to Learn
2. Giving Information about Tourism and Tourist Attractions
– Tourist Attractions Information
– Simple Guidance of Tourism and Tourist Attractions
– Language Focus in Delivering Information
Travel, Tourism and Tourist
• Travel may be defined simply as 'the
movement of people from one place to
another, using a variety of modes of
transport.' (Youell, 2003).
• Tourism is defined by the World Tourism
Organization as 'the activities of persons
travelling to and staying in places outside
their usual environment for not more
than one consecutive year for leisure,
business and other purposes.'
• Tourism and hospitality go hand in hand, the hospitality
industry offer services like accommodation, transportation,
food and beverage, recreation and leisure.
• Tourism is the activity by the tourists where they engage in
travelling to destinations where they want to experience
recreational and leisure activities and most of the time avails
of accommodation, food and beverage.
• The hospitality industry is the supplier of the services for
tourism.
Vocabularies and Expression Related
to Tourism
Vocabularies
• Tourism: The business of providing services for
people who are travelling for their holiday
• Tourist: Someone who is visiting a place on holiday
• Tourist board: An official organization in a country or
area that encourages tourists to visit that country
area
• Travel agency: A business that helps people plan
holidays and make travel arrangements.
Vocabularies
• Travel agent: Someone whose job is to help people plan
holidays and make travel arrangements. The place they
work is in also called a travel agent.
• Ecotourism: The business of creating and selling holidays
that give people the chance to learn about natural
environment, and cause as little damage to the
environment as possible.
• Heritage centre: A building where tourists and other
visitors get information about a place and its people,
including information about the natural features of the
area.
Vocabularies
• High season: A part of the year when many tourists visit
a place and travel costs are therefore higher.
• Low season: The time of year when a place or business as
least busy, for example because there are not many
tourists.
• Art gallery: Place to look at professional paintings and
drawings.
• Attractions: Places for tourists to see.
• Bearings: Feeling for understanding one’s location /
surrounding in an unknown area.
Vocabularies
• Business district: Area in a city that has many offices.
• Conveniences: Things that make life easier.
• Custom: Something that people of a region do often.
• Exhibition: Object (i.e.art) displayed for a short time for
the public to view
• Highlight: The best part
• Locals: People who live in an area.
• Monument: A statue / structure that honors an event or
person.
Vocabularies
• Museum: A place where historical items are displayed.
• Questions or concerns: Things that tourists may want to
say or ask.
• Restaurant district: Part of a town / city with many
places to eat.
• Ritual: Tradition, custom, action (religious or cultural)
that people do often.
• Street people: People who live on the street, often
begging for money.
Vocabularies
• Show someone around: Take people to see an area.
• Ancient: very old
• Breathtaking: When a view is very impressive
• Beautiful/gorgeous: Very nice looking.
• Customary: Traditional
• Dangerous: not safe
• Devastating: Very sad, unfortunate
• Enormous: very large
Vocabularies

• Fascinating: very interesting to learn about / see

• Haunted: believed to have ghosts living there
• Heritage: historical importance
• Reconstructed: built again
• Prevalent: very noticeable
Language and Expressions to Learn
• Here are some expressions that can be useful when
you give some information about tourist attractions
to the guest.
• ­There are a lot of tourist attractions here
– It is not far
– About ten minutes’ walk / on foot
– Go down to the traffic lights
– Go straight on the crossroad
– … along on your right
– Take the bus to the location
– It will be easier to ride pedicab rather than walk
– Go pass the …
– Turn left / right
– Please check the map before going out from hotel
– There is a subway to reach the museum
Giving Information about Tourism
and Tourist Attractions
• The hotel in which you
are working is the first
port of call for tourist
information.
• The receptionists and
concierge should be
able to give information
to the guest.
Tourist Attraction Information

• As a receptionist or a tourist information officer, you

must be able to give any information about tourism
place and tourism attraction.
• The information including the name of the place,
location, description of the place, facilities provided
by the place, transportation, and budget.
 Language Focus in Delivering Information
Offering Help  May I help you?
 Can I help you?

Asking for more detail  What type of place are you looking for?
 Did you have anything in particular in mind?

Making suggestion  Why don’t you go there?

 I can recommend it.

Offering more help?  Is there anything else I can help you with?
 Would you like any more information?

Ending conversation  Have I good day.

 I hope you enjoy (the trip)
Some more expressions that you may use!

• It’s open from 09.00 am to 05.00 pm

• A ticket costs about IDR 25,000
• You can book online at www.tickets.com
• I could make a reservation for you
• It’s cheaper to go by public transportation
• It’ll take you about twenty minutes on foot.
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