Tourism/History/Country Flashcards
(112 cards)
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Provides employment locally
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Boosts local economy through valuable foreign exchange
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Touristic attraction
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provides entertainment for all ages/ reflect the local culture and history/ become a long-term investment for the whole country
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Amenities
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Useful amenities within their hotel complex
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Ecotourism
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Tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.
In order to conserve biodiversity, ecotourism is advocated to link with agriculture in rural areas.
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Recreational activity
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Recreational fishing is allowed on the river.
Scuba diving is a popular recreational activity.
فعالیت تفریحی
6
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Peak season
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High season
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Package holiday
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Guided tours
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Advanture tourism
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like mountaineering, hiking and kayaking
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Stunning landscape
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sightseeing
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Holiday brochures
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Travel agency
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Superb system of communication
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By air, sea and land make it possible for us to visit each other at a moderate cost
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State of affair
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A situation
Many tourist organizations are responsible for this state of affair that tourists can not convers with locals
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The modern tourist
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leads a cosseted and sheltered life
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Gaze
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a long steady look
Modern tourists gaze at the local ppl from distance
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Conducted tours
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guided tours
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To wander off
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go around
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Strict schedule
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well planned
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Hideous
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Extremely ugly
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Stereotypes
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We dont see the pp of other nations as they are but as we have been brought up to believe they are
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Preconceptions
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You come away with the highly unoriginal and inaccurate impression
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National stereotypes
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are absurd and harmful
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Wild generalization
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stir up(grow)racial hatred and blind us to basic facts
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To embark
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To get on airplain
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To disembark
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To get off
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Package tours
Vs. independent traveller/ backpacker
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Mass tourism
Negative affect on environment
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Trip
Short trip
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Journey
Travel w car
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Voyage
Long journey
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Excursion
Short trip by a group of ppl / To go on excursion
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Short-haul flight
Long-haul flight
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Immigration
Is encouraged in canada because of the shortage of workers in the country
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High-powered job
High salary
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Expatriates/ mohaajer
Repatriates/ deported
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Persona non grata
a person who is not wanted or welcome in a particular country, because they are unacceptable to its government:
He was declared persona non grata and asked to leave the country within 48 hours.
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Full swing
At a stage when an activity is at its high
| Mass tourism is in full swing
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Lush Amazon rain forest
spectacular forest
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Internally displaces
ppl who are MOVED to one part of their country to another by their uncaring government
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Economic migrants
FORCED to find a job and seek living wherever they can
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Palm-fringed beach
With palm trees along the beach
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Hard-up student
students in financial difficulties
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Sophisticated
comfort-loving
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Brackish coffee
ghahve monde
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Corned beef
preserved
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Suffocate
Deprive of oxygen
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Hump gargantuan weights on your back
to carry huge bags
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Pursuit
Camping has become the great pursuit of motorists
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Discomfort associated with it
has been miraculously whisked away
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Outlay
expense
| a modest-outlay traveler
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Insulated tent
waterproof
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Not-so-modest
a bit luxury
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Resembles
looks like
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Elaborate
containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts:
They're making the most elaborate preparations for the wedding.
He came out with such an elaborate excuse that I didn't quite believe him.
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Bungalow
small house
| Cottage
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Driving round and round
to wander around
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Hot and cold running water
modern camping sites are well equipped
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Attractive proposition
Attractive offer
| Low-cost holidays make camping an attractive proposition
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Tremendous mobility
تحرک فوقالعاده
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Always close to nature
besides some clear stream with mountains in the background
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Develop hearty appetite
sincere appetite
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Strained world of hotels
full of stress
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Essence of true recreation
real enjoyment
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Cosmopolitan
melting pot of all nationality
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A modern metropolis
Requires a good integrated transport system
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Traffic congestion
rush hour
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Inner-city areas
population explosion
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Cultural event
entertainment complexes
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Pressure of modern city life
Stress-related illnesses
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Cost of living
Prices are exorbitant
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Anonymity
Many people appreciate the anonymity of living in large cities
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Central business district
peak periods
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Urban sprawl
the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas.
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Productive land
Arable land
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Depopulation
the action of causing a country or area to have fewer people living in it:
rural depopulation/depopulation of the rural areas
Closure of rural schools will accelerate depopulation.
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Swift and efficient bus service
remarkable transport system/ excellent roads
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Whisk
to take away or remove something or someone quickly:
| A limo whisked us off to dinner.
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Predictable regularity of rush-hour
ghabele pish bini
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Procession
a line of people, vehicles, or objects moving forward in an organized manner, esp. as part of a ceremony:
a funeral procession
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Staggering proportion
The queues for buses reach staggering proportion
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Standstill
a condition in which all movement or activity has stopped:
Bad weather brought construction to a standstill.
The truck came to a standstill in the muddy field.
The traffic on the road has virtually come to a standstill
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utmost
greatest or most or farthest:
| Speed was of the utmost importance.
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Utter chaos
The smallest unforeseen event can bring about conditions of utter chaos
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Power cut
an interruption in the supply of electricity:
| Storms caused power cuts in hundreds of homes last night.
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Derailment
the fact of a train coming off the railway tracks:
There's been a derailment just outside the city, and many people are feared dead.
The number of train derailments has risen.
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precarious
پر مخاطره
| I climbed onto a precarious platform to get a better view.
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Obliged
to be forced to do something or feel that you must do something:
Doctors are legally obliged to take certain precautions.
City-dwellers are obliged by their environment
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To adopt a wholly unnatural way of life
Urban life
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To adopt a wholly unnatural way of life
| To lose touch with the land and rhythm of natures
Urban life
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Traffic fumes
Pollute the atmosphere
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Unceasingly
in a way that is continuing and unlikely to stop:
He worked unceasingly for international childrens' charities.
The flow of traffic goes on unceasingly and the noise never stops
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Exorbitant rent
high
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Disdain
the feeling of not liking someone or something and thinking that they do not deserve your interest or respect:
He regards the political process with disdain.
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Burgle
to enter a building illegally and steal things:
| When they got back from their holiday they found that their home had been burgled.
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White water rafting
Exciting acts
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Volatile country
Countries in which there is no stability and there is a possibility of war
Iran is a volatile country thats why you are not able to have your life planned.
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Ravage
ویران کردن
to cause great damage to something or someone:
Hurricane Mitch ravaged the tiny Central American country.
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Lowest living standards
Congo is amongst the lowest living standards in the world
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Amazing scenery
Despite Congo's troubled history is has amazing scenery and rich mineral resources
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Flocking
Gather
| Ppl are apparently flocking to see the volcano.
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Erupting volcano
آتشفشان فوران
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To pose a threat to tourists
The volcano doesn't pose a threat to tourists
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Ranger
a person whose job is to protect a forest or natural park:
| a forest ranger
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Lawless country
no rule
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Hair-raising
s.th so scarry your hair stands up
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A great boon
very helpful
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Deceptive
make you believe sth that is not true
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A bargain
A great offer
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Hyper vigilant
Extremely watchful of what is going on around you
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Insular
interested only in your own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign ideas or people
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Claustrophobic
Not having enough space to feel comfortable
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Quotient
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the degree, rate, or amount of something:
Intelligence Quotient (zaribe hooshi)
Success Quotient( zaribe movafaghiat)
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To hustle in big cities
To work aggressively to make money
