CHAPTER 4 TOURIST MOTIVATION

Take off

1. Match the quotes with the pictures. Write quotes for the other two pictures.

    Answer: 1-b

                   2-e

                   3-a

                   4-d

                   5-c

                   6-b

                   7-c

2. Write down the last three trips you or members of your family made, and reason

    example: Paris - Weekend sightseeing trip

    Answer: Jakarta – Study tour to Ancol

                   Yogyakarta -  Study tour to Borobudur

                   Cilacap – Weekend sightseeing trip

3. Work in groups show each other the trips you wrote down. Can you put the different reasons into categories?

    Answer: Leisure, Business and Visiting friends and relatives.

Reading

Why do people travel?

1.      Types of trip:

a.      Recreational tourism

    b.      Environmental tourism

c.      Cultural tourism

d.      Adventure tourism

e.      Religious tourism

    f.       Culinary tourism

    g.      Wild life tourism

    h.      Industrial tourism

    i.       Medical tourism

j.       Wedding/ birthday occasions

2.      3 main categories of trip:

       a.       Leisure tourism: Recreational tourism, Environmental tourism, Cultural tourism,    Adventure tourism, Religious tourism, Culinary tourism, Wild life tourism.

       b.      Business tourism: Industrial tourism, Medical Tourism.

       c.       Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR): Wedding/ birthday occasions.

Listening

Reasons for travel and money spent on travel

1.      a. Reasons for travel; Leisure tourism 53% , VFR tourism 32% , Business tourism 11%.

b. Money spent on travel; Leisure tourism 70% , Business travel 16% , VFR 11%.

Vocabulary

Reasons for travel

1. Match the words in A with the definitions in B

    sightseeing             =      J

    trade fair               =      G

    study tour              =      I

    trek                       =      A

    conference             =      F

    wedding                 =      L

    pilgrimage              =      K

    day trip                  =      B

    festival                  =      E

    weekend break       =      D

    familiarization trip    =      C

    intensive tour          =      H

2. What is the purpose of each the travel activities: leisure, business or VFR?

Answer: Leisure travel is travel in which the primary motivation is to take a vacation from everyday life. Leisure travel is often characterized by staying in nice hotels or resorts, relaxing on beaches or in a room, or going on guided tours and experiencing local tourist attractions.

     Business is a more limited and focused subset of regular tourism. During business tourism (traveling), individuals are still working and being paid, but are doing so away from both their workplace and home.

     VFR One definition put forward has been "VFR travel is a form of travel involving a visit whereby either (or both) the purpose of the trip or the type of accommodation involves visiting friends and/or relatives.

3. Have you ever traveled for one of these activities? tell your partner about it.

    Answer: Leisure activities with my family just for relaxing from the day full of busyness to take off the day.

Vocabulary

Reasons for travel

1.      Match;

1 with C

2 with G

3 with I

4 with A

5 with F

6 with L

7 with K

8 with B

9 with E

10 with D

11 with H

12 with J

2. The purposes:

1 with c – Leisure

2 with g – Business

3 with i – Leisure

4 with a – Leisure

5 with f – Business

6 with l – VFR

7 with k – VFR

8 with b – Leisure

9 with e – Business

10 with d – Leisure

11 with h – Leisure

12 with j – Business

Listening

Passenger survey

1.  A man from Pakistan will go to Mecca with his family for pilgrimage to visit the Holy Shrine of the Prophet Muhammad.

2.  A woman as tour operator that will go to Bangkok, Thailand from Italy.

3.       

No.	Where from?	Destination	Purpose	Length of stay
1	Pakistan	Mecca	Pilgrimage	A week or so
2	Italy	Bangkok, Thailand	Familiarization trip	5 days
3	London	New York	Wedding (he is business man)	4 days (or stay longer)
4	Argentina	London	Study tour, day trip to famous places, and to know about the culture there	4 weeks

4. Conversation

    1) To help

    2) To visit

    3) Because we want

    4) In case

    5) For business

Where in the world?

1. What do you know about Kenya? What type of holiday activities does it provide?

    Answer: Kenya is a country in East Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean. It encompasses Savannah, Lakelands, the dramatic Great Rift Valley and mountain highlands. The main activities on a Kenyan holiday is; a wildlife tour at major national parks, a drive to a sub Saharan desert, relaxing on the white sandy beaches, mountain climbing and hiking in forests.

2. The reason would a tourist give for choosing Kenya as a holiday destination?

    Answer: Tourism protects Kenya's people and wildlife so communities have to turn to wildlife for food – and are forced to go into the cities to look for work. Tourism here really does protect traditional ways of life, and cultures, and wilderness.

3. What does he enjoy about his job?

    Answer: Kenya is a wonderful place for visitors to come. Kenyan people are very friendly people.

4. How much of his business comes from the internet?

    Answer: In 2018, Travel & Tourism grew 5.6% to contribute KSHS   790 billion and 1.1 million jobs to the Kenyan economy. This rate of growth is faster than the global average of 3.9% and the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 3.3%

4. Which of these holiday activities does he mention?

    Answer: beaches, safaris, hiking, culture, golf.