Topic: Tourism

Target group

2nd‑grade students of high school or technical school, extended programme

Core curriculum

XII. The role of traditional and modern services in socio‑economic development: transport, communication, educational, research and development, financial and tourist services.

Student:

5). distinguishes types of tourist services and explains the socio‑cultural causes and effects of their rapid development in the world;

6) using statistical data analyzes the role of tourist services in the development of world regions.

General aim of education

The student discusses the role of tourist services in the development of world regions.

Key competences

• communication in the mother tongue;

• communication in foreign languages;

• digital competence;

• learning to learn.

Criteria for success
The student will learn:

• to explain what tourism is;

• to explain what tourism development is;

• to list types of tourism;

• to discuss the causes and effects of tourism development.

Methods/techniques

• expository

  • talk.

• activating

  • discussion.

• exposing

  • film.

• programmed

  • with computer;

  • with e‑textbook.

• practical

  • exercices concerned.

Forms of work

• individual activity;

• activity in pairs;

• activity in groups;

• collective activity.

Teaching aids

• e‑textbook;

• interactive whiteboard, tablets/computers;

• geographical atlases.

Lesson plan overview

Before classes

• Students get acquainted with the content of the abstract. They prepare to work on the lesson in such a way to be able to summarize the material read in their own words and solve the tasks themselves.

Introduction

• The teacher explains the aim of the lesson and together with students determines the success criteria to be achieved.

• The teacher asks students to explain what tourism is. Discussion.

Realization

• The teacher explains that the dynamic development of tourism meant that it is called the economic and social phenomenon of the modern world. According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the profits from tourism together with the transport services that accompany it, determines 1/3 of all revenues from services.

• The teacher displays on the interactive whiteboard the diagram „Number of tourists in the world” given in the e‑textbook. Discussion and identification of the reasons for the rapid increase in the number of tourists in the world.

• The teacher displays on the interactive whiteboard the diagram „The structure of the international tourism according to its purposes” included in the e‑textbook. All students analyze the scheme.

• Work in pairs. Using the textbook and the internet resources, students find out the kind of tourism taking into account the final destination (leisure, sightseeing, health, religious, business, conference, trade, sports, family). The indicated pair discusses the selected type of tourism.

• The teacher displays on the interactive whiteboard the diagram „The structure of the international tourism according to its purposes” included in the e‑textbook. Students draw conclusions and give reasons.

• The teacher displays films from the e‑textbook „Ship cruise along the Norwegian costal line” and „Hotel in Sharm el Sheikh”. He asks students whether such messages encourage people to come. Discussion.

• Work in groups. The teacher divides the class into 4 teams. Two teams work on the topic „The reasons for tourism development”, and the next two teams - „The effects of tourism development”. Students use source materials, such as the textbook and the internet sources. The effects of their work are presented on the interactive board in the e‑textbook.

• The teacher asks the question: „What contributed to the rapid change in the number of Poles travelling abroad?”. Discussion.

• The teacher displays on the interactive whiteboard the diagram „Travels abroad from Poland” . Students analyze the diagram and name the countries most often chosen by Poles as their travel destination over the years. On the basis of available source materials (such as textbook or internet resources) they indicate the reasons for this. Discussion.

Summary

• The teacher evaluates the work of the selected group. He asks for self‑esteem of students regarding team cooperation and the task performed.

• At the end of the class, the teacher displays on the interactive whiteboard exercises that are performed by the whole class team.

Homework

• Listen to the abstract recording at home. Pay attention to pronunciation, accent and intonation. Learn to pronounce the words learned during the lesson.

The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson

Terms

Texts and recordings

Tourism

Tourism is not only a short vacation on a beach in Turkey or visiting an art museum. The definition published by the World Tourism Organization is very broad. According to this, tourism is the movement of people from their usual place of residence to other places for personal or professional reasons.

The international mass tourism is a rather modern phenomenon. In 1950, barely 25 mln people worldwide travelled for turistic purposes from their countries. In 2013 there were already over 40 times more people travelling – almost 1,1 mld.
Tourism became the largest and fastest growing sector of the economy, offering employment for about 9% of people and creating about 9% of the world GDP.

The reasons for such development of tourism were countless and they influenced each other. In highly developed countries legislation guaranteed increasingly long paid leave. The weekly working hours became shorter. The expansion of the automotive industry and the development of passenger aviation allowed for faster movement.

Information and communication technologies make it easy to gather information that is necessary or useful for people to travel. The knowledge of foreign languages became popular, particularly the knowledge of English. Political changes have led to increased freedom of movement and reduced border crossing procedures. International trade and economic cooperation and business travel have increased.

The chart below shows the structure of international tourism according to its purpose.

There are two main groups of factors, which influence the decision to visit the given place: the advantages and the development. Advantages are the attractions both natural (e.g. mountains, climate), and human‑made (e.g. castles, music festivals). Tourist facilities allows the use of the attractions thanks to access roads, tourist accommodation, tourist offices, etc. The ditinction between them is fluid, e.g. in case when a hotel with its amenities becomes an attraction.

Larger‑scale foreign trips of Poles began after the changes in 1989. Passports could be kept at home, the Polish zloty became convertible – the value of foreign currencies was made realistic. The income increased. The requirement for entry visas for Poles was gradually abolished. Poland’s accession to the European Union and the Schengen Agreement was a great change. Important role played also the low‑cost airlines.

The travelling purposes in Poland are similar to the world's average. Half of them are tourist and leisure trips. The Poles go abroad more often for occupational reasons and, on the other hand, they visit their families and friends less often. About 15% of people, who travel for tourist purposes, choose to travel abroad.