Exercise About Tourism: By Teacher Andi.
20 Words to describe tourists:
Cheerful, fully equipped, picky (about food), simply dressed, smiley, flexible, loud, curious, open-minded, active, tanned, tall, experienced, happy, fun-loving, easygoing, good listeners, courageous, punctual, prepared.
200 words about tourists in my town and suggestions to improve their experience and avoid problems that tourism creates:
My country depends on tourism as one of its important resources; Jordan is full of historical sites & we are used to seeing tourists & travelers all the time. I remember since my early childhood, that me & my cousins & I used to love tourists when meeting them at our historical sites. But all my life I’ve noticed the same things about them no matter where they’re comeing from & in the following here I’ll try to summarize my experience in a few points:
1. Tourists are usually dressed in a way that doesn’t show much respect to our culture & religion. I don’t deny their rights in being comfortable, yet my suggestion is that they give a little consideration to the country they’re visiting and I’m sure they’ll be able to compromise & wear clothes that are suitable to both.
2. Tourists sometimes think that the locals come in the same package with the historical sites; meaning: they like to take photos for of us here without taking asking/requesting a permission first, thinking that this will make us happy, when in fact this doesn’t show much respect to us as human beings. I suggest that they show more respect by asking people first if they like to be photographed.
3. Tourists “males and females”, especially those that who are in relationships, often forget that they’re in an oriental Islamic country! Their behaviors & gestures hurt offend the public taste. I suggest that every tourist reads carefully about the country they intend to visit before going time & then decide whether it’s suitable for them or not.
4. Tourists tend to deal with the locals as second class citizens. At historical sites they behave as if they own the place & their body language shows that they’re not comfy to be near locals or surrounded by them. I’m not sure why! Of course I don’t generalize in any of the points that I mentioned earlier. So I suggest that they always remind themselves that the locals have all the more rights to visit those sites because it’s their country.
To be continued in the first comment...