Culture NI 3 Your Holidaytheir Home

NEW INSPIRATION 3

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Your holiday, their home
1 Reading
Work in groups and discuss these questions.

1 What is ecotourism?
2 Why is ecotourism important?
Now read the text and check your ideas.

Ecotourism
1 (1) (3) (5)
Tourism will always have It’s great to talk about But, of course, things
an impact on the places protecting the environment, aren’t so black and white.
visited. Sometimes the 25 but how do you actually 50 Living in a place of natural
impact is good, but often do this? There are a beauty doesn’t mean that
5 it’s negative. For example, number of key points. you shouldn’t benefit from
if lots of people visit one Tourists shouldn’t drop things like better roads. As
place, then this can damage litter, they should stay on long as the improvements
the environment. The 30 the paths, they shouldn’t 55 benefit the local people
question is – how can we interfere with wildlife and and not just the tourists,
10 minimize the problems they should respect local and the local communities
without preventing customs and traditions. are consulted on plans and
people from travelling and changes, then is there really
visiting places? (4) 60 a problem?
35 Some people see
(2) ecotourism as a (6)
The main aim of ecotourism contradiction. They say In 2002 the United
15 is to reduce the negative that any tourism needs Nations celebrated the
impact that tourism has infrastructure – roads, ‘International Year of
on the environment and 40 airports and hotels. The 65 Ecotourism’. Over the past
local people. The idea is to more tourists that visit twenty years, more and
encourage tourists to think a place, the more of more people have started
20 about what they do when these are needed and, by taking eco-holidays. In
they visit a place. building more of these, countries such as Ecuador,
45 you can’t avoid damaging 70 Nepal, Costa Rica and Kenya,
the environment. ecotourism represents a
significant proportion of the
tourist industry.
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2 Comprehension
Put the headings a–f in the correct place 1–6 in the text.
a Is more infrastructure always bad?

b What is ecotourism?
c Is tourism always good?
d How popular is ecotourism?
e What exactly does ecotourism mean?
f Is ecotourism really possible?
Read the sentences and write T (True) or F (False).
1 The writer thinks that tourism should be stopped.

2 Ecotourism is about making more money from tourists.
3 Tourists should think about their behaviour.
4 It doesn’t matter where people walk.
5 More roads and buildings are built because of tourism.
6 It’s good when local people are asked for their opinions.
7 Ecotourism is becoming less popular.
8 For some countries ecotourism is very important.
3 Vocabulary
Find these words in the text and choose the correct meaning, a or b, for each one.
1 impact (l. 3) 5 reduce (l. 15)
a to have an effect or influence a to do something again
b to make something less good b to make something smaller
2 damage (l. 7) 6 interfere (l. 30)
a to improve a to handle or change something although you have no right to do this
b to have a negative effect b to worry about something
3 minimize (l. 10) 7 contradiction (l. 37)
a to ignore something bad a two ideas that can’t both be true
b to make as small as possible b something that helps people
4 prevent (l. 11) 8 benefit (l. 52)
a to stop a be paid for
b to exist at a particular time b have the advantage
4 Speaking
Work in groups. Look at the two eco-holiday adverts and discuss the questions.
Take a ten-day holiday Spend two weeks

in Antarctica! in the Simpson Desert in Australia
earch base and help • Work with archaeologists on the
• Stay at a science res site of an
ife in its natural old settlement.
scientists studying wildl
environment. • Help with digging and sorting
the things
and see penguins. you find.
• Go whale-watching
rm clothes as it gets • Remember it gets very hot and
• Remember to take wa there’s not a
lot of water!
very cold.
1 Which of the two eco-holidays do you think is more eco-friendly?

2 Which eco-holiday would your group choose to go on? Why?
3 Are there any eco-holidays in your country?
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NEW INSPIRATION 3

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a Is more infrastructure always bad?

Read the sentences and write T (True) or F (False).

1 The writer thinks that tourism should be stopped.

Take a ten-day holiday Spend two weeks

1 Which of the two eco-holidays do you think is more eco-friendly?

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