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- 1. Rising _______ especially among the high-income earners in China and India has led to more able to afford to travel to improve quality of life.
- 3. Government authorities may issue travel ____ to discourage their citizens from travelling to a particular country due to political conflicts or areas where there are contagious disease outbreak.
- 5. More healthy ________ are able to travel with increased life expectancy due to healthier lifestyles.
- 9. Recession may lead more people to render jobless and them cut back on ____ including travelling overseas , resulting to decrease in international tourists.
- 10. Domestic tourism becomes the more affordable option for those who want to travel during a recession as it encourages people to contribute to their own country’s ___.
- 12. Singapore has a very few domestic tourists rent accommodations overnight because most local ____________ can be reached within an hour or two.
- 14. Most international tourists originate from the world’s most developed countries in ________ and North America.
- 15. ____ outbreak in 2003 discourage tourists to travel to 25 affected countries as tourists do not want to risk getting infected with a contagious disease.
- 16. Regional ___________ to tourist growth are caused by events such as outbreaks of diseases that affect tourist destinations within and outside the country they occurred in .
- 18. Increasingly there are more international tourists from rapidly developing countries in B______ in South America and Asia Pacific such as China and India and .
- 20. Fewer tourists would visit a place if its airport cannot manage the growth in air passenger traffic. Likewise, countries will need to develop road and railway links to places in nearby countries.
- 21. A disaster can discourage tourists from visiting a destination as it poses greater risks to their safety and may disrupt essential tourist _____.
- 22. Sufficient _______, ranges from five-star hotels to backpacker hostels and homestays must be built to receive the rising number of tourists.
- 24. Ecotourism allows tourists to visit relatively u___________ natural areas such as national parks, nature reserves and marine parks with regulations that limit camping, walking, waste disposal and disturbance of vegetation and wildlife.
- 25. Tourists are more likely to visit a destination when travel-related ___ is easy to obtain, both outside and within a destination.
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- 2. Budget airlines cost _______ than mainstream airlines because of their smaller aircraft, usually they typically fly only to short-haul destinations and the air tickets are sold online rather than through travel agents.
- 4. Tourist sites need good _____ to cater to the needs of tourists such as food outlets, entertainments and telecommunication links to other places in the world and trained personnel.
- 6. The ease of access to information to do online booking and research has given tourists better access to info to find out more about their destinations and to view _________ and recommendations from other travellers.
- 7. With more income and increased in the availability of _________ time especially among the middle to high income groups, more people can travel.
- 8. Grey _____ in Australia spend much time travelling in mobile homes to explore remote parts of the country.
- 11. _________ tourism in China is at its peak during the Lunar New Year where many employees take a 2-week break from work to visit relatives and friends and also use it to do sightseeing in other parts of the country.
- 13. Signs in many tourist destinations are displayed in different languages to provide security and a_____ that there are ways to communicate with them for help in the destination place.
- 17. Package holidays involve a tour arranged by a travel agent, with __________________, accommodation with most meals included in the package and service of guides who speak local language of the destination.
- 19. Political conflicts pose d_____ to tourists as well as residents as they disrupt services and damage to infrastructure, leading to tourists to postpone or cancel their travel plans.
- 23. While places of scenic beauty are natural place that attract tourists to visit, tourists are less likely to visit a place if there are no ____ attractions such as medical services, or educational facilities or theme parks.