3. Speak about the biggest tourist earners and spenders.

Tourism is not only arguably the world's largest industry, it also involves the greatest flows of people on the surface of the earth. It is, therefore, a major agent of change in today's world.For many developing countries tourism is one of fundamental pillars of their development process because it is one of the dominant activities in the economy. One countries earn by means of tourism, and others spend for it money. The United States remains the unchallenged leader among the world earners. Spain, France and Italy are follows the lead respectively. Among the top earners, Hong Kong (China), China and Australia performed strongest, all recording double digit growth in 2008. The ranking of the world’s top spenders on international tourism remained virtually unchanged, except for the entry of the Russian Federation in the tenth position to the detriment of Canada. Expenditure by the regional leaders United States, Germany and Japan stagnated or only grew marginally in 2008. Research by Bank Dresdner is found out, that Germans and Europeans, in general, continue to be the main spenders, because of force of Euro against dollar of the United States, with the strong requirement of the USA in favor of other mission.

4. Describe a tourist destination located in your country.

Our country has great tourism potential. It includes : Architecture and nature, and cities and people. Niasvizh Castle - the residence of princes Radziwill . The whole complex introduced in UNESCO World Heritage. The castle was built as a fortification. The castle was destroyed by the Swedes, architects, rebuilt the castle again, gave it the features of the Baroque style. The palace is also interesting for its numerous cellars. Now the palace reconstructed. Bialowieza Forest - a unique natural site. Age forests is over 100 years, some forest areas have age of 250-350 years. City Zaslavl currently known as one of the historic centers. Here you can see well-preserved castles, Holy Transfiguration Church (Спасо-Преображенская церковь XVI-XVII cc.) Church of St. Mary(1774) and other. Minsk - the cultural center of the country, there are many museums and other facilities. Around Minsk also many interesting places - Lake Naroch, ethnographic complex Dudutki, sport complex "Raubichy, and other Complex «Xatyn» - a sacred place for every Belarusian. The Nazis burned this small village with all its inhabitants. Not far from Polotsk is one of the oldest cities in Belarus - Braslau. There are such wonderful historical monuments as the Castle Hill, the city church, Church of the Transfiguration. But most importantly - the famous Braslav Lake. These and many other attractions to this day attracts tourists from around the world.

5. Speak about the role of tour operators in tourism industry.

Packaged holidays include all of the components necessary for a complete vacation: transportation,transfers,accomondation and other services such as a guide or holiday “rep”. The professionals who bring these elements together to create a holiday are called tour operators. They buy in advance and in bulk from the principles:airlines,shipping lines,hoteliers and so on.Because they buy 100s of seats or rooms from the principle,they pay a much lower price than an ordinary member of the public. The tour operator then converts this bulk into individual packages known technically as inclusive tours. Not all tour operators sell the same type of holiday.The really big operators,the mass market operators,produce low-cost holidays to traditional sea,sun,and sand destinations like Spain,Greece or turkey.Other operators limit their product to customers who want a very specific type of holiday.They sell advanture holidays,holidays for single people and so on.Domestic operators specialize in tours for people who want to holiday in their own country.Whilst incoming tour operators are specialists in providing holiday package to visitors coming from abroad.