VIDEO: At the concierge desk. Booking a tour.

VIDEO: Shopping & sight seeing

READING: Online guided tours

This website is a great source for students where they can see examples and learn how to give a tour. All the continents are represented.

http://www.virtourist.com/

READING: 48 hours in a city

What would you recommend tourists to go and see if they only have 48 hours in a city?

Here's a collection of recommendations from The Independent to read:

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/48-hours-in/

WRITING A LEAFLET: City break holidays

Very often tourists take what we call city break holidays in which they spend a couple of days in a well-known city. To be able to make the most of such a short visit, it is a must for the traveller to have a leaflet with tourist information for a city break visit. This is typically known as a 48 hour-in-a-city report. As a Tourism student you should know how to write this type of leaflet. It has to follow a certain pattern. Let´s see in the following document the parts a 48 hours-in-a-city report must have. This is just a basic example whose structure can be modified:

http://issuu.com/maochoa35/docs/48-hours-in?mode=embed&viewMode=presentation&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true

TOURIST INFORMATION

LISTENING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY

Listen to a tourist asking for information in a tourist information office.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-specialisms-tourism-6.htm

TRAVEL TOURISM

If you work (or would like to work) in the tourism industry (as a travel agent, tour guide, flight attendant, etc.), and want to learn the most useful English terms and expressions used in your field, these exercises are for you! They will help you to speak better English, to use proper words, and to communicate better with anyone you deal with. All of the exercises are free.

http://www.englishformyjob.com/ell_traveltourism.html

English through pictures for travel/tourism industry workers 1
English through pictures for travel/tourism industry workers 2
English through pictures for travel/tourism industry workers 3
English through pictures for travel/tourism industry workers 4
English through pictures for travel/tourism industry workers 5


English for travel agents | Travel-related vocabulary 1 (General vocabulary)
English for travel agents | Travel-related vocabulary 2 (General vocabulary)
English for travel agents | Travel-related vocabulary 3 (General vocabulary)
English for travel agents | Practice conversations 1 (Q & A)
English for travel agents | Practice conversations 2 (Q & A)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 1 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 2 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 3 (Vocabulary matching)
ELL: Talking to tourists in English 1 (General vocabulary)
ELL: Talking to tourists in English 2 (General vocabulary)
Talking about specific travel destinations 1 (General vocabulary)
Talking about specific travel destinations 2 (General vocabulary)
English for flight attendants/cabin crew 1 (Vocabulary matching)
English for flight attendants/cabin crew 2 (Vocabulary matching)
English for flight attendants/cabin crew 3 (Vocabulary matching)
English for flight attendants/cabin crew 4 (Q & A)
English for airport/airline check-in workers 1 (General vocabulary)
English for airport/airline check-in workers 2 (General vocabulary)
English for airport/airline check-in workers 3 (General vocabulary)