Vocab tourism Flashcards
to stay in a tent, usually in the countryside or the forest
to go camping
travel or hike while carrying one’s belngings in a rucksack
to go backpacking
to walk in a leisurely manner (2)
to go for a walk / stroll
to decide not to go on a trip
to cancel a trip
to reschedule a trip
to postpone a trip
to retun home later than planned from a trip
to extend a trip
to explore in a leisurely manner (eg in a city)
to wander around
to relax (2, syn)
to unwind / to chill
to absorb smth
to soak up
to involve onself deeply in a certain activity
to immerse
to try (syn)
to sample
to go shopping
to hit the shops
holiday in a place you can really relax
to get away from it all
to rest and relax to feel better afterwards (expr)
to recharge your batteries
with a better reputation than it actually deserves
overrated
boring (syn)
dull
appealing to / visited by tourists
touristy
changed for the worst
spoilt
noit spoiled
unspoilt
full of life and energy
lively
away from where people normally go
off the beaten track
with too many people
overcrowded
astonishing (syn)
breathtaking
bisually attractive, charming
picturesque
cheap, badly made and/or lacking in taste
tacky
distant, situated far from the main centre of population
remote
a place to stay
accomodation
desirable or useful feature of facility of a building or place
amenities
a counter where you can help yourself to food
buffet
something that is free
complimentary
a breakfast that is typical for europe
contintal breakfast
breakfast that is typical for brittain
english breakfast
double room
room with one double bed for two peopl
single room
room with one bed for one person
twin room
room with two beds for two people
something to bring you up and down a building
lift (=elevator)
entrance to a building with three/four doors that turn aorund an axis
revolving door
reception desk (syn)
front desk
fully booked
no vancanies
the people who keep the hotel clean
the housekeeping
keeping the hotel clean
housekeeping (verb)
place with cheap food and lodging for large groups of people (eg students)
hostel
small hotel, often found in the country
inn
cheap roadside hotel for motorists
motel
suitscases and other bags with one’s personal stuff
luggage
make available for use and supply
to provide
grote markt
grand place
reitjes
canals of bruges
flanders fields
battlefields of flanders
belfort
belfrey
gravensteen
ghen’ts gravensteen and old town
kathedraal vh heilig bloed
basilica of the holy blood (bruges)
manneken pis
same duh
semois vallei
semois valley
waterloo
battle fo waterloo
vlaamse primitieven
flemish primitives
frietjes
french fries
uninhabited, giving the impression of emptiness
desolate area
too long/slow/dull, tiresome, monotonous journey
tedious journey
with a wide view, sweeping
panoramic view
extremely comfortable, elegant place to stay for example
luxurious accomodation
customer service fails to meet client’s requirements
poor service
somwehre far away
far-flung location/destination
attractively unusual or old-fashioned village
a quaint village
situation in which smne recieves unfair or harsh treatment
a raw deal
faultless service, meeting the highest standards
impeccable service
traveller who is not on their guard for possible dangers
unwary traveller
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tropic like it’s hot
local cultures and tradition (which might be holy / sacred) are turned into tourist attractions and their value is being used, capitalised
cultural modification
a group of people who share a common identity, eg geographic location, class, enthic background etc
host community
an imagined state/ societey in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically post-apocalyptic
dystopian
critisism on society, politics, economics etx but in a humrous way
satire
transformation into carefully controlled and safe entertainment / environment with similar qualitites
disneyfication
when eg tourism is doing very well
booming (tourism)
to use carelessly, to no purpose
waste
to accept a challenge (syn)
to take up a challenge
to be with more than …
to outnumber
when one’s main source of income is tourism
to live off tourism
locand and toruists feel the destination is too busy
unbalanced tourism
max amount of people who can visit the destination
destination capacity
tourism in which tourists stay with local people in rural areas abroad
agrotourism
