The world tourist Organization

Tourism is global nowadays. Tourist boom started in the 1960s.

In 1963 the United Nations conference on international travel and tourism took place in Rome.

The General Assembly of the UN proclaimed 1967 as the Year of International Tourism.

In 1975 the United Nations established the World Tourist Organization (WTO). It emerged on the basis of the International Union of Official Tourist Organizations.

The WTO is the international intergovernmental organization. Actually, it is a worldwide group of government travel organizations. It deals with promoting tourism throughout the world. It assists countries in the development of national tourism.

The supreme body of the WTO is the General Assembly. It holds its sessions every two years. The General Assembly elects the General Secretary for the period of four years.

The World Tourist Organization cooperates with the United Nations and many government and non-government organizations.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. When did tourist boom start?

2. When and where did the United Nations conference on
international travel and tourism take place?

3. What was the year 1967 noted for?

4. When did the UN establish the World Tourist Organization?

5. What kind of organization is the WTO?

6. What does the WTO deal with?

7. What is the General Assembly of the WTO?

8. What kind of organizations does the WTO cooperate with?

THE OUTSET OF TOURISM IN RUSSIA

In the 18th century (1777) the first organized group of young men from noble families of Russia made the first trip abroad. They toured around Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France. The purpose of the tour was to get familiar with local universities and art galleries.

In the same 18th century the first guide books for leisure travellers on Moscow and St.Petersburg were published. Those manuals gave details of sights and art collections in the old and the new capital of Russia.

Thomas Cook Company was very well-known in Russia. But the country’s first national travel agency emerged in St.Petersburg in 1885. It was founded by L. Lipson. The travel agency got the name of the “Enterprise for Public Travel to All Parts of the World”.

In 1901 the Russian Tourist Society came into being. However, only well-off noble people were its members.

After the October Revolution tourism in Russia involved common people, too. In 1929 the Society of Proletarian Tourism was created.

As a matter of fact, our reputable the “Intourist” Joint-Stock Company, which used to deal with international tourism during the Soviet period, was organized as long ago as 1929, too.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. When did the first organized group in Russia make the first trip
abroad?

2. What kind of group was it?

3. Where did they travel?

4. What was the purpose of their tour?

5. What sort of guide books were published in the 18th century?

6. When did the first national travel agency of Russia emerge?
What was its name?

7. When did tourism in Russia start involving common people too?

8. How old is the “Intourist” Joint-Stock Company?

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

adventurer		искатель приключений
age		период, век, эпоха
to appear		появляться
to assist		содействовать
available		доступный, имеющийся в наличии
capital		столица
common		простой
to cooperate		сотрудничать
crucially		решающим образом
desert		пустыня
distance		расстояние
domestic		внутренний
to elect		выбирать
to emerge		возникать
enterprise		предприятие
to expand		расширять, расширяться
explorer		исследователь
General Assembly		Генеральная Ассамблея
General Secretary		Генеральный Секретарь
to get familiar (got, got)		знакомиться
government		правительство, правительственный
health resort		оздоровительный курорт
inland waterways		внутренние водные пути
intergovernmental		межправительственный
joint-stock company		акционерное общество
journey		путешествие
jet, jet plane		реактивный самолет
meals		питание
noble		знатный, титулованный
outset		начало, зарождение
overseas trip		зарубежная поездка
to own		владеть, иметь в собственности
paid holidays		оплачиваемый отпуск
purpose		цель
races		скачки, бега
recreation		отдых
reputable		признанный
society		общество
spa		курорт на минеральных водах
to stick to (stuck, stuck)		придерживаться чего-либо
supreme body		высший орган
to take place (took, taken)		иметь место, происходить
to tour		совершать путешествие
treatment		лечение
the United Nations (UN)		Организация Объединенных Наций (ООН)
well-off		состоятельный, зажиточный
well-to-do		обеспеченный, состоятельный
the World Tourist Organization (WTO)		Всемирная Туристская Организация (ВТО)

VOCABULARY DRILL

Fill in the blanks:

explorers		camels		airplanes
jet planes		mode		spas
treatment		the rich		resorts
steamships		races		development
inland waterways		railway		overseas trip

1. The WTO assists countries in the...... of their national tourism.

2. The only means of travelling in the early 19th century were trains and.......

3. Thomas Cook arranged the first trip by...... in 1841.

4. When the first...... appeared, they changed travel crucially.

5. When...... emerged, they made air travel available to most people.

6. In the first half of the 19th century steamships carried passengers within.......

7. Marco Polo, Chistopher Columbus and James Cook were
world-famous.......

8. Thomas Cook arranged the first...... in 1855 to Paris.

9. Well-to-do Europeans used to go to health resorts and...... of Germany for recreation and.......

10. The first travellers used simple boats on the water and...... in the desert.

11. During the first group tour Thomas Cook provided his tourists with meals on the train and tickets for the.......

12. The 19th century tourism was first and foremost for.......

13. Well-to-do tourists used to travel to the...... in the mountains of Austria and Switzerland.

14. Air travel is the fastest...... of travelling.

GRAMMAR DRILLS

THE PAST INDEFINITE TENSE

TO BE (сильный)

+ I (he, she, it) was at the resort last summer.

You (we, they) were at the resort last summer.

? Was I (he, she, it) at the resort last summer?

Were you (we, they) at the resort last summer?

- I was not (wasn’t) at the resort last summer.

You (we, they) were not (weren’t) at the resort last summer.

TO WORK (слабый правильный)

+ I (you, he, she, it, we, they) worked a year ago.

? Did I (you, he, she, it, we, they) work a year ago?

- I (you, he, she, it, we, they) did not (didn’t) work a year ago.

TO GET (слабый неправильный)

+ I (you, he, she, it, we, they) got a job yesterday.

? Did I (you, he, she, it. we, they) get a job yesterday?

- I (you,he,she,it,we,they) did not (didn’t) get a job yesterday.

I. Make up interrogative and negative sentences:

MODELS:

+ He was away on business last week.

? Was he away on business last week?

- He was not away on business last week.

+ He studied tourism last year.

? Did he study tourism last year?

- He did not study tourism last year.

+ He came to the office at 9 o’clock.

? Did he come to the office at 9 o’clock?

- He did not come to the office at 9 o’clock.

1. The travel agent offered a travel insurance.

2. The travellers chose our new tour yesterday.

3. They were happy with the travel arrangements.

4. It was late to change the dates of the tour.

5. Columbus discovered America in the 15th century.

6. Well-to-do Russians travelled to European health resorts in the 19th century.

7. You went to France by train.

8. You took a ferry to reach England.

9. Our tourism manager made a journey to Turkey.

10. He was pleased with the journey by air.

11. He enjoyed the journey by train.

12. The students got familiar with the sights of Greece last August.

13. It was high season when they arrived.

14. The first travellers were merchants and traders.

 

II. Make up alternative questions:

 

MODELS: