ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ Ανώτατο Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Πειραιά Τεχνολογικού Τομέα Αγγλική Τουριστική Ορολογία Ενότητα 7: Exercises Κουτσογιάννη Ευαγγελία Τμήμα Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων
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In this section you will Σκοποί Ενότητας Learn some economics terminology in the English language; Familiarize yourself with texts that refer to the economic impacts-positive and negativeassociated with the tourism industry; Get an understanding of the methods used to measure the significance and the impacts of tourism. 4
Περιεχόμενα Ενότητας Exercise 1 5
The economics of tourism 1 6
Exercise 1 (1) Less developed or developing counties are characterised by low per capita, high levels of unemployment, dependence upon a declining agricultural sector, few or no manufacturing industries, a high level of imports and, consequently, high levels of foreign debt. a. revenues b. income c. wealth 7
Exercise 1 (2) The development and growth of tourism, in particular mass tourism, can result in a variety of negative for destination environments and societies. a.consequences b.effects c.reasons 8
Exercise 1 (3) The direct income for an area is the amount of tourist expenditure that remains within its borders. Very often, this is a relatively small amount due to, the amount of money that is drained out of an area due to profits and wages paid outside the area and expenditure for imports. a. flows b. inflows c. leakage 9
Exercise 1 (4) If the local economy is not and imports a large number of goods, services and labour to satisfy the tourists demands for equipment, food and other products, leakage will be high, which means that there is not much opportunity left for the local people to profit from tourism. a. self-sufficient b. independent c. reliable 10
Exercise 1 (5) Tourist businesses may want governments to improve airports, roads and other investments. Public resources spent on such projects may reduce government investment in other critical areas such as education and health. a. amenities b. infrastructure c. installation 11
Exercise 1 (6) The character of the tourism industry adds economic problems for destinations that are heavily dependent on it, such as income insecurity for the workers and limited returns on investments. a. seasonal b. temporary c. multi-faceted 12
Exercise 1 (7) International tourism activity is easier to measure than domestic tourism activity because it involves custom and immigration procedures and currency. a. balance b. devaluation c. exchange 13
Exercise 1 (8) Tourism expenditure is as real as any other form of consumption and international tourist expenditure can be seen as an invisible from the host country, whereas domestic tourism can be seen as an from the host region to the other local regions. a. import.export b. export. import c. export export 14
Exercise 1 (9) Many countries have embraced tourism as the single most important way to boost their economy. This has made them very to anything that negatively affects the local tourism industry (e.g. terrorist attacks, military conflicts, impacts of natural disasters). a. reserved b. flexible c. vulnerable 15
Exercise 1 (10) The income derived from tourists expenditure is used by enterprises to pay for services, taxes and employees, which then recirculates in the country s economy. In other words, tourists expenditure a country s economic process. a. assimilates b. stimulates c. simulates 16
Exercise 1 (11) The multiplier analysis is an economic technique for the impact of tourism on the local economy. a. estimating b. appreciating c. evaluating 17
Exercise 1 (12) Tourism multipliers are particularly suitable for studying the impact of tourist expenditure on business, income, employment, public sector revenue and the balance of payments. a. goodwill b. overheads c. turnover 18
Exercise 1 (13) The concept of the multiplier is based upon the recognition that sales for one firm require purchases from other firms within the local economy, that is the industrial sectors of an economy are. a. interchangable b. interconnected c. interdependent 19
Exercise 1 (14) Where tourism development substitutes one form of expenditure and economic activity for another, this is known as the. a. displacement effect b. demonstration effect c. sustainable development 20
Exercise 1 (15) Displacement can take place when tourism development is undertaken another industry and is generally referred to as the opportunity cost of the development. a. in relation to b. at the expense of c. with reference to 21
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