Travel Exploration: Understanding the Context, Meaning and Scale of Tourism

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- Travel has been a part of human existence since ancient times, serving various purposes such as trade, religious beliefs, and leisure.
- The development of mass tourism began in England during the industrial revolution, with the rise of the middle class and affordable transportation.
- Tourism is the largest industry in the world, contributing significantly to the economy and employment.
- The diversity and fragmentation of the travel industry make it difficult to measure its economic impact accurately.
- Tourism has become a major source of income for many countries, with some relying heavily on it for economic stability.
- The largest employment figures in the world are found in the travel and tourism industry.
- Tourism contributes significantly to the global economy and society, but its economic impact is challenging to measure accurately.
- In Greece, tourism is the most important source of income.
- The travel and tourism industry in Jamaica is the major employer.
- The problems associated with measuring international tourism are often reflected in the measurement of internal tourism.

Travel has been a part of human existence since ancient times, when early humans ventured out, often covering vast distances in search of game, which provided essential food and clothing for survival. Throughout history, people have traveled for purposes such as trade, religious beliefs, economic opportunities, warfare, migration, and other equally compelling reasons. In the Roman period, affluent aristocrats and high-ranking officials also traveled for leisure. Coastal resorts like those in Pompeii and Herculaneum allowed citizens to retreat to their holiday villas to escape the summer heat of Rome. Except for the Dark Ages, travel has continued to expand and has consistently played a crucial role in the development of civilizations and their economies.

B Tourism in the mass form as we know it today is a distinctly twentieth-century phenomenon. Historians suggest that the advent of mass tourism began in England during the industrial revolution with the rise of the middle class and the availability of relatively inexpensive transportation. The creation of the commercial airline industry following the Second World War and the subsequent development of the jet aircraft in the 1950s signalled the rapid growth and expansion of international travel. This growth led to the development of a major new industry: tourism. In turn, international tourism became the concern of a number of world governments since it not only provided new employment opportunities but also produced a means of earning foreign exchange.

C Tourism today has grown significantly in both economic and social importance. In most industrialised countries over the past few years the fastest growth has been seen in the area of services. One of the largest segments of the service industry, although largely unrecognised as an entity in some of these countries, is travel and tourism. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (1992), Travel and tourism is the largest industry in the world on virtually any economic measure including value-added capital investment, employment and tax contributions. In 1992’ the industry’s gross output was estimated to be $3.5 trillion, over 12 per cent of all consumer spending. The travel and tourism industry is the world’s largest employer the almost 130 million jobs, or almost 7 per cent of all employees. This industry is the world’s leading industrial contributor, producing over 6 per cent of the world’s national product and accounting for capital investment in excess of $422 billion m direct indirect and personal taxes each year. Thus, tourism has a profound impact both on the world economy and, because of the educative effect of travel and the effects on employment, on society itself.

D However, the major problems of the travel and tourism industry that have hidden, or obscured, its economic impact are the diversity and fragmentation of the industry itself. The travel industry includes: hotels, motels and other types of accommodation; restaurants and other food services; transportation services and facilities; amusements, attractions and other leisure facilities; gift shops and a large number of other enterprises. Since many of these businesses also serve local residents, the impact of spending by visitors can easily be overlooked or underestimated. In addition, Meis (1992) points out that the tourism industry involves concepts that have remained amorphous to both analysts and decision makers. Moreover, in all nations this problem has made it difficult for the industry to develop any type of reliable or credible tourism information base in order to estimate the contribution it makes to regional, national and global economies. However, the nature of this very diversity makes travel and tourism ideal vehicles for economic development in a wide variety of countries, regions or communities.

E Once the exclusive province of the wealthy, travel and tourism have become an institutionalised way of life for most of the population. In fact, McIntosh and Goeldner (1990) suggest that tourism has become the largest commodity in international trade for many nations and, for a significant number of other countries, it ranks second or third. For example, tourism is the major source of income in Bermuda, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and most Caribbean countries. In addition, Hawkins and Ritchie, quoting from data published by the American Express Company, suggest that the travel and tourism industry is the number one ranked employer in the Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, France, (the former) West Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. However, because of problems of definition, which directly affect statistical measurement, it is not possible with any degree of certainty to provide precise, valid or reliable data about the extent of world-wide tourism participation or its economic impact. In many cases, similar difficulties arise when attempts are made to measure domestic tourism.

Questions 1-4

Reading Passage 203 has five paragraphs, A-E. Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-E from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-vii, in boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet.

Heading List

i. Economic and social significance of tourism

ii. The development of mass tourism

iii. Travel for the wealthy

iv. Earning foreign exchange through tourism

v. Difficulty in recognising the economic effects of tourism

vi. The contribution of air travel to tourism

vii. The world impact of tourism

viii. The history of travel

1. Paragraph B

2. Paragraph C

3. Paragraph D

4. Paragraph E

Questions 5-10

Do the statements provided align with the information presented in Reading Passage 203?

On your answer sheet, in boxes 5-10, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

5. The largest employment figures in the world are found in the travel and tourism industry.

6. Tourism contributes over six per cent of the Australian gross national product.

7. Tourism has a social impact because it promotes recreation.

8. Two main features of the travel and tourism industry make its economic significance difficult to ascertain.

9. Visitor spending is always greater than the spending of residents in tourist areas.

10. It is easy to show statistically how tourism affects individual economies.

Questions 11-13

Fill in the blanks below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 11-13 on your answer sheet.

11. In Greece, tourism the most important………………….. .

12. The travel and tourism industry in Jamaica is the major………………….. .

13. The problems associated with measuring international tourism are often reflected in the measurement of………………….. .

Answer:

1. ii (Đoạn B nói về sự phát triển của ngành thương mại hàng không, rồi dẫn đến phát triển du lịch)

2. i (Đoạn C, “Tourism today… importance → tầm quan trọng của du lịch)

3. v (Đoạn D, “However,…industry” → Khó nhận ra những tác động của ngành du lịch đến nền kinh tế)

4. vii (Đoạn E, “tourism has become the largest commodity …, it ranks second or third.” -> tầm ảnh hưởng của du lịch đối với toàn cầu).

5. TRUE (Đoạn C, “The travel and tourism….employees” → Những con số cho thấy ngành du lịch có nguồn nhân lực dồi dào)

6. NOT GIVEN (Không có thông tin về “gross products” của Úc)

7. NOT GIVEN (Không đề cập đến việc ngành du lịch có sức ảnh hưởng vì nó tạo ra của cải vật chất “creation”)

8. TRUE (Đoạn D, “However …industry itself” → Rất khó để nhìn ra ảnh hưởng kinh tế)

9. NOT GIVEN (Không có sự so sánh giữa mức tiêu thụ của khách du lịch với người bản địa)

10. FALSE (Đoạn E, “However,… economic impact” → khó để nhận ra giá trị ngành du lịch dựa trên số liệu)

11. source of income/ industry (Đoạn E, “For example, tourism is the major source of income in Bermuda,…”)

12. employer (Đoạn E, “suggest that the travel and tourism industry is the number one ranked employer in the Bahamas,…”

13. internal tourism (Paragraph E, “In many instances, similar challenges arise when efforts are made to quantify internal tourism.”)Mytour hopes that the solution above will help you improve your IELTS Reading skills and how to deal with this topic. If you have any questions about the above article, please leave a comment below for clarification!

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