Unit5

TravelandTourism

Contents2006LearningObjectivesStarterPassageassageBReadingSkillsSupplementaryReading

LearningObjectivesAfterstudyingthisunit,you’llbeableto:1.learnhowtoreadcritically;2.appreciatetheargumentativewritingstyleemployedinthetexts;3.increaseyourknowledgeoftravelandtourism.

StarterTheWorldTourismOrganizationBuildinginMadridTheWorldTourismOrganization(WTO),headquarteredinMadrid,Spain,isaUnitedNationsagencydealingwithquestionsrelatingtotourism.Itservesasa?globalforumfortourismpolicyissuesandapracticalsourceoftourismknow-how.?

StarterWorldTourismDaySince1980,September27iscelebratedbytheWorldTourismOrganizationasWorldTourismDay.Thepurposeofthisdayistodisplayawarenessthattourismisvitaltotheinternationalcommunityandtoshowhowitaffectsthesocial,cultural,politicalandeconomicvaluesworldwide.

StarterDiscussionDoyouknowhowtosavemoneywhileyou’retraveling?2.Nowadays,moreandmorepeopleareinterestedintraveling.Canyoufindoutthereasonsforitspopularity?

PassageADoyouknow?TourismTourismhasbecomeapopulargloballeisureactivity.Tourismindustryhasexertedmuchinfluenceonpeople’slife.

PassageADoyouknow?Thetop10mostvisitedcountriesin2007:RankCountryRegionalMarketInternationalTouristArrivals1?FranceEurope81.9million2?SpainEurope59.2million3?UnitedStatesNorthAmerica56.0million4?ChinaAsia54.7million5?ItalyEurope43.7million6?UnitedKingdomEurope30.7million7?GermanyEurope24.4million8?UkraineEurope23.1million9?TurkeyEurope22.2million10?MexicoNorthAmerica21.4million

PassageADoyouknow?TouristAttractionsinChina:

TheTravelingSongPassageADoyouknow?Will.I.AmWillIAm-TheTravelingSongIvebeenaroundtheworldinthepouringrain,Feelingoutofplace,reallyfeelingstrange,Takemetoaplacewheretheykn