Vocabulary of the text

Exercise 1. Give the Ukrainian equivalents to the following words and word-combinations:

travel agencies; tour operators; retail tourist companies; tour packages; charter inclusive tours; coaching tours and cruising tours; ready-made prepaid tours; boat or ferry tickets; car rentals; sightseeing tours; guide-interpreter; offer travel insurances; big department stores; outlet; up-to-date information; in bulk; charter aircrafts or coaches; overlap; carriers; to plan itineraries; a skilled psychologist.

Exercise 2. Match the terms with their definitions:

high season	people who package or put together tours
tourist attraction	people selling all kinds of tourist products to the general public
familiarization trip	the period of heavy travel and higher fares
retail travel agents	a percentage of the price of a sale that is paid to the seller
visa	transportation to and from airports, a regular feature of packaged tour
tourism destination	a special kind of insured check issued by companies or banks
commission	a tour, often for sightseeing purposes, that is accompanied by a guide
guided tour	a travel document that gives permission for a foreigner to enter another country
brochure	a place or area to which people travel
transfer	anything that can cause a tourist to visit an area
traveler’s check	a pamphlet usually put out for promotional purposes
tour operators	free trips to tourist destinations provided for travel agents so that they can push those areas

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of companies are travel agencies?

2. What tours do they sell?

3. What separate tourist services do they offer?

4. How does a typical travel agency look like?

5. Where are travel agency outlets situated?

6. What work is a travel clerk in an outlet engaged in?

7. What is the purpose of a familiarization trip?

8. Do you agree that a travel agent should be a skilled psychologist?

Lesson 3. The Importance of the Transportation System Development. Air Transport

Pre-reading

B efore you read the texts of this unit work in pairs.

Tell your partner about your favourite form of transport for short journeys (car, bus, etc.) and for long journeys (plane, ship, train) and say why you prefer them.

Reading

Transport and tourism is the third item of consumer expenditure of households in the developed countries.

This industry is the largest employer in a number of countries; one out of every 16 workers in the world is employed in this trade.

It’s a system with mutually interdependent component. This concept can be best underdstood by considering the spring break trip to Miami you may have taken last year.

Before you started travelling, you first went to Campus Travel to purchase an airline ticket and make a car rental reservation, then you flew American Airlines to Miami and picked up a Budget rental car at the airport. You then drove to the beachfront Holiday Inn and checked into your hotel room. In the evening, you met your friends and had dinner at China Coast (a chain of Chinese restaurants developed by General Mills). After dinner you strolled along the beach and bought several small souvenirs at a retail shop called Little Havana.

This description of your first day in Miami vividly demonstrates that your travel needs could not be met without the services of travel agents, airlines, car rental companies, lodging accommodations, food services, and other retail services.

transportation systems has had a tremendous impact on the changing landscape of the travel and tourism industry.