Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. When we think of tourism, we think primarily of people who are visiting a particular place for sightseeing, visiting friends and relatives, taking a vacation, and having a good time. They may spend their leisure time engaging in various sports, sunbathing, talking, singing, taking rides, touring, reading or simply enjoying further. We may include in our definition of tourism people who are participating in a convention, a business conference, or some other kind of business or professional activity. Those who are taking a study tour under an expert guide or doing some kind of scientific research or study are also doing tourism. These visitors use all forms of transportation from hiking in a wilderness park to flying in a jet to an exciting city. Transportation can include taking a chairlift up a Colorado mountainside or standing at the rail of a cruise ship looking across the blue Caribbean. Whether people travel by one of these means or by car, motor coach camper, train, motorbike or bicycle, they are taking a trip and thus are engaging in tourism. (Adapted from Tourism: Principles, Practices, Philosophies by Charles R. Goeldner and J.R. Brent Ritchie, p. 4) 1. Tourism is about taking a tour (a) to a place under an expert guide (b) for hiking in remote places (c) for visiting a place for sightseeing (d) All of the above 2. By ‘hiking in wilderness’ the author means (a) taking a long distance walk in abandoned areas (b) walk in the forest areas (c) marathon in uninhabited areas (d) sprinting in abandoned, uninhabited areas 3. A cruise ship is (a) a large ship that carries people on voyages of pleasure. (b) a big ship that carries people and goods on special mission. (c) a large watercraft for carrying passengers from one point to another. (d) a large ship that carries mail, goods and first aid facilities. 4. What all activities do tourists engage in? 5. What are the forms of transportation tourists use for visiting places?
Answers
Reading the passage and answering the questions that follow :
1. Tourism is about taking a tour to a place under an expert guide, for hiking in remote places, and for visiting a place for sightseeing.
Therefore, all the options are correct and the correct answer is (d) All of the above.
2. By ‘hiking in wilderness,' the author means taking a long distance walk in abandoned areas. Hence, option (a) is correct.
3. A cruise ship is a large ship that carries people on voyages of pleasure.
Therefore, option (a) is correct.
4. Tourists engage themselves in a variety of activities.
• Some tourists visit places for spending quality time with their close ones while some visit places for academic, professional, or business purposes.
• Tourists enjoy sightseeing, playing sports, having conversations with families and friends, sunbathing, going on rides and tours, reading, singing and having a good vacation time with their near and dear ones.
• Some tourists also visit places for research purposes, or attending a business conference, or taking part in a convention.
5. Tourists travel by all means of transportation, namely, land, air, and water to visit places of their choice.
• They either walk long distances in abandoned areas or take no effort at all to walk, and fly in a jet to a pompous location.
• Tourists also use a chairlift to climb up a mountain or travel by a cruise to enjoy the sight of a magnificent sea.
• Modes of transportation for a tourist also include car, motor coach camper, train, motorbike or a bicycle.
Answer:
hiking in wilderness means walking in jungle for a long period of time