1. Примерные варианты экзаменационных тем

1. Tourism as an industry.

2. Careers in tourism.

3. My future job.

4. Kinds of holidays.

5. My favourite kind(s) of holidays.

6. Tour operation.

7. Travel agencies.

8. Tourist destinations.

9. My favourite destination.

10. Transport in tourism.

11. Travelling by plane.

12. Travelling by train.

13. Travels and safety.

14. Cruises.

15. City bus tours.

16. Tourist accommodation.

17. Hotel description.

18. Staying at a hotel.

19. Hotel services.

20. Eating out.

21. Food around the world.

22. The history of Russia.

23. Russia. Sightseeing.

24. Moscow, the capital of Russia.

25. The sights of Krasnoyarsk.

Tourism as an industry

Tourism is the business of providing and arranging holidays and services for people who are visiting a place.

Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world. It is a huge part of the economy of many countries.

Tourism is a fast-growing business. When Thomas Cook organized his first excursion in 1841, he probably didn’t know what he was starting. Key developments in the last 150 years or so have led to the rise of mass tourism. There have been technological developments in transport, in particular the appearance of air travel and charter flights. There have been changes in working practices, with workers getting paid holiday time and working shorter and more flexible hours. In recent years we have seen the growth of the Internet and globalization, making the world seem a smaller but very fascinating place.

The tourism industry is affected by many different things: international events, economical change, changes in fashion. New concerns and worries appear every year, for example as people become more worried about security and international terrorism, or as the value of their currency changes. But tourism survives and new destinations and new sources of tourists emerge every year.

The tourism industry has different sectors such as tourist attractions, transport, accommodation and catering, tour operators, travel agents, public sector tourism.

Careers in tourism

The tourism industry gives rise to many jobs that involve a wide range of personal qualities, skills and knowledge.

In most tourism jobs you have to enjoy working with people. You have to be able to work as part of a team. You need to be good at understanding people with different languages and cultures. You have to know how to use computers. It’s important to be flexible, and you often have to work long hours.

It’s nearly impossible to list all tourism jobs but I’d like to mention some of them.

A tour operator is a person that organizes and sells package tours.

A travel agent is a person whose business is to make arrangements for people, for example buying tickets, arranging hotel rooms, or selling package holidays.

A representative is a person whose job is to look after people who are on a package holiday.

A tour guide is a person whose job is to show tourists around places.

A tourist information officer is a person whose job is to give advice and help to tourists who are visiting a city, town and so on.

A receptionist is a person whose job is to deal with people arriving or telephoning a hotel.

A chef is a person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant, hotel and so on.