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Сербиновская А.М.
Одной из интересных новинок летнего сезона обещает стать десятидневный тур «Англия — Шотландия — Уэльс». Туристы увидят Йорк, Эдинбург, замки Шотландии, посетят завод по производству виски, озеро Лох-Несс, а также города Карлайл (здесь находится резиденция династии Стюартов), Карнарфон (древняя столица Уэльса), Стратфорд-на-Эйвоне, Оксфорд и Лондон. В столице Великобритании туристов ждет обзорная экскурсия по городу, во время которой демонстрируются Трафальгарская площадь, Даунинг Стрит, Вестминстерское Аббатство, здание Парламента и Букингемский дворец (516 знаков).
(Сербиновская, А.М. Английский язык для турбизнеса и сервиса - Учебник для ВУЗов – М., 2006. – 482с.)
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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT (PART II)
Shopping has been made a tourist magnet by government policy in some countries. Handicrafts appeal to touring shoppers in many places, where the souvenir shop that sells this kind of merchandise is as much a feature of most tourist areas as the hotel. Most people who visit these countries take home at least one sample of the local handicraft.
A cruise ship is a floating hotel, one which the passengers cannot leave outside a port. Most cruises therefore try to keep up a party atmosphere throughout the voyage, with games, dancing, costume parties, gambling and whatever other activities can be devised within a rather limited space. Entertainers are often hired for the entire trip, and they are often hit-name performers.
A recent development is the theme park, an amusement park that is designed around a unifying concept. The two huge Disney enterprises, Disneyland in California and Disney world in Florida, are the most successful examples of this kind of created tourist attraction. From a commercial point of view, they have the enormous advantage as they are designed to appeal to entire family groups rather than to any particular age level.
Many tourists don't want to be identified as tourists. These independent travellers try to visit the attractions they want to see on their own rather than a member of a tour group.
The majority of tourists, however, travel in groups, with their entertainment and sightseeing included in the package. Many tour groups are formed around some kind of special purpose, such as eating a series of meals at the leading gourmet restaurants in France.
The tours that are put together for resort holidays rather than special groups often offer some entertainment or sightseeing in the package.
The sightseeing business is another part of the tourist industry that has grown rapidly in recent years. It includes selecting the sights that would appeal to tourists and then providing transportation, meals, opportunities for shopping.
Some of the tours are part of the total travel service that is offered by such companies as Thomas Cook and American Express. A good deal of the excursion business involves local enterprises whose services are sold through representatives in the tourist hotels or travel agents in the area. A large number of sightseeing trips are part-day or one-day excursions to local points of interest. A guide has a prepared talk during which he gives information about the sights that will be visited, but he must also be able to answer questions and to deal with the human problems that may arise.
Familiarity and boredom are the enemies of tourism. Surveys show that people who spend two weeks at a resort are generally more satisfied with their holiday than those who remain three weeks or more. This means that the entire range of amusement and entertainment available is an important factor in keeping the customers are satisfied (2467 знаков).
(Английский язык: туризм и гостиничный сервис: учебное пособие для подготовки студентов по специальности 100103 šСоциально-культурный сервис и туризмŸ / И. В. Граборская. – Кемерово: КузГТУ, 2009)
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