A) Complete the gaps with the words from the box.

Imagine the scene. You're sitting in the hot sunshine beside the swimming a) ___________ of your international luxury b) ___________, drinking your imported gin and tonic. In front of you is the c) ___________, reserved for hotel guests with motor boats for hire. Behind you is an 18-hole d) ___________, which was cleared from the native forest and is kept green by hundreds of water sprinklers. Around the hotel are familiar international e) ____________ chains and the same shops that you have at home. You've seen some local f) ___________ – some of them sell local g) ___________outside the hotel. You bought a small wooden statue and after arguing for half an hour you only paid a quarter of what the man was asking. Really cheap!

Is this your idea of heaven or would you prefer something different?

B) Listen and check your answers.

Listen to the second part of the recording and say whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

a) People have become less environmentally concerned. T/F

b) Ecotourism must respect local culture and conserve the wildlife and natural recourses. T/F

c) Tourists stay in specially built hotels and campsites. T/F

d) Local people work as shop assistants and waiters. T/F

e) Tourists travel on foot or by bicycle because it is very convenient. T/F

f) Tourists have a unique experience while communicating with local population. T/F

You are going to fill in the gaps with the missing information in the third part of the recording. First, read the text before you listen. Underline key words and think what sort of information is missing. Then listen the recording and complete the gaps.

This type of tourism can only involve small numbers of people so it can be expensive. But you can apply the principles of ecotourism wherever you go for your holiday. Just remember these basic rules.

• Be prepared. Learn about the 1) ___________ that you're going to visit. Find out about its culture and history. Learn a little of the native 2) ___________, at least basics like 'Please', 'Thank you', and 'Good Morning'. Think of your holiday as an opportunity to learn something.

• Have3) ___________for local culture. Wear clothes that will not offend people. Always ask 4) ___________before you take a photograph. Remember that you are a visitor.

• Don't waste resources. If the area doesn't have much water, don't take two showers every day.

• Remember the phrase "Leave nothing behind you except 5) ___________ and take nothing away except photographs". Take as much care of the places that you visit as you take of your own home. Don't buy 6) ___________made from endangered animals or plants.

• Walk or use other non-polluting forms of 7) ___________ whenever you can.

Be flexible and keep a 8) _______________ when things go wrong.

Stay in local hotels and eat in local restaurants. Buy local products whenever possible and pay a fair price for what you buy.

Choose your holiday carefully. Don't be afraid to ask the holiday company about what they do that is 'eco'. Remember that 'eco' is very fashionable today and a lot of holidays that are advertised as ecotourism are not much better than 9) _____________.

But before you get too enthusiastic, think about how you are going to get to your dream 'eco' paradise. Flying is one of the biggest man-made sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Friends of the Earth say that one return flight from London to Miami puts as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as the average British car driver produces in a year. So don't forget that you don't have to fly to 10) _____________ for your 'eco' holiday. There are probably places of natural beauty and interest in your own country that you've never visited.

22. Read this extract from a talk about tourism. Are there similar problems in your country?

Well, in this country we are facing two main problems: firstly the fact that our tourism industry is based on just one main product, that is to say ‘sun and sand’ type holidays, and secondly the fact that the tourists, who come here don’t spend very much money. It’s true that our economy has benefited from tourism, but on the other hand I’m sure you’ll agree that we’ve had too much poor quality construction and too little attention to planning. We must learn from these mistakes, otherwise we will destroy our few remaining natural areas.

As regards the problem of low spending by our visitors, the only solution is to improve the product we offer. Unless we do this, we won’t survive in the future. Other countries now offer beach holidays at cheaper prices than ours. So we have to look for new markets, both in terms of the type of customer we attract and the geographical regions they visit. As far as developing new regions is concerned, we need to support tourism in the interior of the country, particularly ‘cultural tourism’. To start with, we urgently need to restore many old churches, castles and other historic buildings, and then we also need to market the attractions of these rural areas more actively. On the whole I’m reasonably optimistic about the future of our industry, but it’s going to become more and more important to pay attention to customer service. In particular we must give more training to employees in the hotel and restaurant sectors.

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