Tourism (A2 - B1)
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Tourism is travelling for pleasure or to enjoy yourself away from the place you live. People do this for many different reasons – to have fun, visit other countries and learn about other cultures, or just relax from stressful working life. Tourists go to various destinations - countries with great landmarks, places with lovely beaches or simply areas of wilderness and untouched nature.
In the last few decades, tourism has grown very much, mostly because people’s lifestyles have changed. They don't want to stay at home any more. They spend more money on travelling than previous generations did. Travelling has also become cheaper and more affordable. The rise of budget airlines has made it possible to afford trips to faraway countries.
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- affordable = to have enough money to buy something that you want
- budget airline = an airline that sells cheaper tickets because it cuts costs and doesn't offer some services that other airlines do
- decade = a period of ten years
- destination = place that you are going to
- landmark = a place or object that is famous and well-known
- lifestyle = the way you live and lead your life
- pleasure = happiness, delight; fun
- previous = earlier; people before them
- relax = rest
- stressful = tense, hectic; something that makes you worry a lot
- untouched = not changed in any way
- various = different
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