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Here are some of the lexical resources related to the Topic: Tourism and Travel. Go through it thoroughly and then try to practice Cue Cards and Essays regarding the same topic which will be shared below soon. This will help you to understand the subject better and will help you score more. Best of Luck.
- Affordable destinations – Places within a reasonable price range
- Affordable travel – Travel which is within your price range
- Around the world – In all corners of the globe
- Arts and culture – The art, music and other cultural aspects of an area
- Craft markets – Stalls where goods made by the local people are sold
- Do as the locals do – Enjoy the activities as the local people do
- Efficient public transport – A functioning transport system intended for the use of residents and visitors
- Exotic destinations – Unusual or strange holiday destinations
- Get around – Get from place to place
- Guided tours – Walking, hiking or driving visits led by a guide who knows the area
- Holiday brochures – Pamphlets advertising holiday destinations
- Holiday destination – Place to which you leave on holiday
- Long haul flights – Long-distance flights
- Lush rainforests – Luxuriant equatorial forests
- Magnificent landscapes – Impressive scenery
- Make advance reservations – Booking ahead of time
- Memorable experiences – Activities that you will remember for years
- Off the beaten track – A place that is not on the main thoroughfare
- Out of season – Outside the most popular holiday period
- Packaged deals – Travel deals that are put together by an agency and sold as a package
- Quaint villages – Old-fashioned or charming small towns
- Scenic views – Lovely scenes
- Self-catering accommodation – A Place to stay where you see your own food
- Spectacular beaches – Impressive sandy shorelines
- Stunning architecture – Magnificent buildings
- Swarming with tourists – Full of holidaymakers
- Time on their hands – Available time to do as you choose
- To get away from it all – To get away from everyday routines
- To go sightseeing – Take a trip around an area to see what it has to offer
- Travel abroad – Travel to overseas destinations
- Travelling light – Travelling with little luggage
- Value for money – A good return on investment
- Visa regulations – Laws that relate to entry into a country
- Wildlife safari – A guided tour through a game park
- Sightseeing
- Worth-visiting places
- Tourist attraction spots
- Hop on and hop off the bus service
- Customized itinerary
- Travel plan
- Tour guide
- Holiday destination
- Holiday of a lifetime (a special holiday)
- Hordes of tourists (crowds of tourists)
- In the middle of nowhere (far away from where most people live)
- Picturesque village (a beautiful village)
- Places of interest
- Tourist traps (place with many tourists)
- Breathtaking view
- Check-in desk
- Far-off destination
- Getting away from it all (escaping to rest from a daily routine)
- Go off the beaten track (to visit an uncommon place)
- Wildlife safari
- Do as the locals do
- Exotic destinations
- Long haul flights
- Lush rainforests
- Inexplicable, untouched natural beauty
- In the nature’s lap (close to nature)
- Panoramic view of mist clad hills (hills covered with the fog)
- Peaceful and serene atmosphere
- Natural landscape
- Tranquility of the nature (peacefulness of nature)
- Memorable experience
- Make reservations
- Get around (get from place to place)
- Quaint village (old-fashioned or charming small towns)
- Spectacular beaches
- Stunning architecture
- Time on their hands (available time to do as you choose)
- Scenic views
- Self-catering accommodation
- A thirst for adventure
- To find a gem
- Arduous journey
- Adventurous explorer
- Intrepid explorer
- Unexplored wilderness
- Greenery
- Lush green land
- Hilly paradise
- A real sense of adventure
- To take the road less travelled
- To have wanderlust
- Tourist products
- Globetrotter (a person travelling all over the world)
- Sea sickness (sickness while travelling by sea)
- Motion sickness (sickness while travelling)
- Peak season or high season (the most popular time of a year to visit a particular destination)
- Off-peak season or low season (the time of a year when tourists and visitors are lowest)
- Shoulder season (travel period between the peak and off-peak season, usually spring and fall)
- Bed and breakfast (accommodation comprises a room for the night and breakfast the following morning)
- All-inclusive resort (including accommodation, entertainment, three meals per day and beverages)
Ecotourism – travelling to places of remote nature
Mass tourism – too many people visiting the same place at the same time
Excursion, picnic, outing, expedition, exploration – to travel for a particular purpose or to research something
Voyage, tour, odyssey – a long exciting journey
Cultural tourism – travelling for being aware of the rich cultural heritage of a place
Business tourism – involves travelling for professional purposes to a destination away from home or a normal workplace
Dark tourism – involves travelling to historical places with tragedy and death
Agritourism – occurs on farms for experiencing rural life
Sports tourism – for attending some sports events such as World Cup, FIFA, or Cricket matches
Culinary or food tourism – for food enthusiasts who love to explore new food destinations
Disaster tourism – travelling to a disaster scene not primarily for helping but because it is interesting to see
Escorted tourism – a type of tourism where travellers are guided in groups by a guide
Sustainable tourism – a type of tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social, and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities
- It brings in money (generates foreign revenue)
- Provides numerous jobs (from souvenir shops – keepsake; a thing bought as a memory of that place)
- Stimulate growth of a country
- Infrastructural development of area
- An incentive to preserve the natural environment
- It promotes international connection
- Helps to put nations on a global map
- Global culture (single culture developed all over the world)
- Boost economy
- Ecotourism might promote environmental awareness and activism
- Helps subsidiary industries like food and handicraft
- Can cause environmental damage (littering places with wrappers and rubbish)
- Commercialization
- Can cause cultures to clash
- Mainly provides low-level jobs
- Seasonal nature of tourism
- Small businesses are unable to pick up (foreign poaching)
- Other important issues of the nation could be overlooked, like wars, natural disasters, and pandemics
- Graffiti (writing and drawing on public walls)
- Disappearing diversity of culture
- Negative effects of human interaction with wildlife
- Depletion of natural resources
- Tourism should have a low impact on wildlife
- Renewable resources like solar or water should be used
- Waste should be recycled
- Local businesses such as farms should be supported more
- Political authorities should introduce laws to protect natural environments and local cultures
More lexical related to Travel and Tourism
Foothill (base of the hill)
Hilltop (peak or top of the hill)
Snow-clad mountains, snow-capped peaks (snow-covered mountains)
Sunset and sunrise points
Tea and coffee plantations
Spice gardens
Ascending and descending of the hill (climbing and coming down of the hill)
Boulder (a large rock)
Sheer (something that rises or falls sheer and has a very steep slope)
Highland (relating to mountains and hills)
Upland (relating to or living in an area of high land)
Bonfire
Camel ride
Desert camp
Luxurious desert tent
Desert safari
Dune bashing on sand dunes
Folk dance
Local tribal dance
Sand ski
Oasis (a fertile spot in the desert or where water is found)
- Conveyor belt
- Carousel
- Baggage claim counter
- Duty-free shops
- Security check
- Stopover, halt
- Airport transfer (pre-arranged pick up and drop off service to and from the airport)
- Currency exchange (an office where you can change your currency into the local one)
- Charter flight
- International currency
- Long-haul flight
- Domestic flight
- International flight
- Connecting flight
- Private jet
- Business jet
- Private charter
- In-flight entertainment (entertainment like movies provided inside the flight)
- On board facilities
- Flight attendants
- Crew members
- Steward and stewardess (air hostess)
- Business and economy class
- Jet lag (change in time zones)
- Airfare, air tariff (price to be paid for air journey)
- Boarding pass (pass to enter the plane)
- Deport (expel foreigners from a country on the grounds of illegal status)
- Disembark and embark (leave and board aircraft)
- Fasten the seat belt
- Take-off and landing
- Detour (alternative route)
- En route (on the way)
- Winding road (road having sharp turns and bends)
- Steep slopes (almost vertical slopes or heighten slopes)
- Toll road (road with toll booth)
- Undulating road, wavy road (road with curves)
- Uneven road, coarse road (rough road)
- Hilly road (road on hilly areas)
- Hair-pin bends and turns (bends and turns in the shape of U pins)
- High-elevation Road (road on heights)
- Scenic road trip (trip with scenic beauty while on road)
- Coast, beach, shore
- Drown, sink
- Ebb and flow of tides (decrease and increase in the levels of tide)
- High tide and low tide
- Shoreline, coastline
- Waves of the sea
- Collect seashells
- Cruise (luxury ship)
- Ferry, canoe (boat)
- Water rides, water sports
- Observe marine creatures (watch sea animals)
- Make sandcastles (homes of sand)
- Splash water on each other
- Beach shack, beach house
- Lifeguard
- White sand, golden sand
- Rocky shore
- Artificial reef and coral reef
- A treat for the eyes
- Breathtaking, mesmerizing view
- Isolate, remote, secluded beach
- Romantic escapade
- Unbelievable, beautiful, gorgeous view
- Unexplored beach
- Vast stretches of coconut trees
- The sight of sunset, sun sinking in the water
- Riverbank (land alongside the river)
- The confluence of rivers (intersection of rivers)
- Currents of water (motion of water in river)
- Backwater (a part of the river in which there is little or no current)
- Cascade (small waterfall)
- Rapids in flowing water (rough section of water)
- Stones and pebbles on the riverbed
- Sediments of silt, alluvium (deposits of sand particles carried by flowing water)
- Stream of water (small flowing body of water)
- Spring (source of water coming from the ground)
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