Part 3: Tourism research project
Questions 21–26
Questions 21–26
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Tourism research
21. Mike suggests they use the word area to mean
A. geographical location.
B. tourist site.
C. research field.
22. According to Eva, most people believe that culture
A. refers to long-established events and places.
B. includes modern forms of art and entertainment.
C. is becoming less linked to particular regions.
23. Why should they carry out about 200 surveys?
A. To provide information about a range of events
B. To be able to meet the deadline
C. To get valid results
24. Which groups of people do they decide to interview?
A. domestic tourists and local residents
B. local residents and international tourists
C. international and domestic tourists
25. Mike expresses concern at having to ask about
A. the amount of money a person has spent
B. a person’s age
C. a person’s occupation
26. Which form will their results be presented in?
A. a table
B. a pie chart
C. a graph
Questions 27–30
Questions 27–30
Which tourist attraction will be highlighted in each of the following countries?
Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–G, next to questions 27–30.
Tourist Attractions:
A: ancient buildings
B: contemporary art gallery
C: food festival
D: museums displaying traditional objects
E: national parks
F: theatre performances
G: traditional dances
Countries
27. Mexico
28. Greece
29. Britain
30. India
Keys
- A
- A
- C
- C
- B
- B
- D
- A
- F
- G
Transcript
Section 3: You will hear two students, called Eva and Mike, discussing their research project on tourism.
Mike: Hi Eva. Is this a good time for us to look at our research project? Our tutor told us to keep the focus narrow. So what about we go for why people choose to go to certain places and attractions and leave the rest out?
Eva: You’re right. Otherwise, we’ll have far too much information to cope with.
Mike: Okay, so what about the survey?
Eva: Well, I’ve looked through the ideas we had for questions for it, and I think it’s not clear how we use the word area. Sometimes it seems to mean a place, other times the field of our research, and even tourist attraction in some cases.
Mike: Oh, I think that’s my fault. I typed out our notes.
Eva
: Oh, it’s probably best to use it for
place in the sense of province or whatever.
Mike: Yes, I think so. You know, we decided to concentrate on culture and tourism. I wonder if we’re really saying culture in the same way as most people do, because on our list of places to carry out our surveys, I see you’ve put the Round Music Festival, which is contemporary music. I thought we were going to be looking at more traditional forms of culture.
Eva: That would be confirming these old-fashioned ideas that culture has to be something that’s at least 100 years old.
Mike: But that is what most people think.
Eva: Well, let’s not get into an argument about that right now. Let’s think about the number of completed questionnaires we need. In total, how many questionnaires do you think we have to get? 100, 200, and over how many different events?
Mike: Hmm, our tutor said we should have at least 200, otherwise the information won’t actually mean that much. And I think it’s not practical to try to go to more than about five events. We’ve got to get the first draft in by the end of February.
Eva: And you think we should interview everybody or just tourists?
Mike: Hmm, because presumably there’d be local people, domestic tourists, and international tourists at some events. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think we should just go for the tourist, but from overseas as well as national. I’m sure we’d be able to provide more interesting results if we did that.
Eva: Right. There’s one thing that worries me though.
Mike: What’s that?
Eva: We said it’s important to get some background on the people who answer our questions, like what’s their job, what they thought about the event. But the idea of asking people how old they are?
Mike: Hmm, we can’t just ask them to tick a box with an age in it, and tell them they don’t have to do it if they don’t want to. We could write in our own estimate when we finished.
Eva: Are you sure that would be okay?
Mike: Yes, it’s not the most crucial piece of information they’re giving. We’re going to have a lot of facts and figures to present. Have you any preference for putting them into a pie chart, a table, or a graph?
Eva: Tables are easy to do, but I read that most people find pie charts visually stimulating. I hate reading graphs because unless they’re quite big, you don’t get exact figures.
Mike: Pie chart sounds good. How are we going to divide up the work?
Eva: If it’s okay with you, I’d like us to meet as often as possible to look at what we’ve each written up, but we should do the actual writing on our own.
Mike: Okay, would this be a good time to discuss our introduction? An overview of tourism around the world, looking at different tourist attractions in different countries.
Eva: But there are so many to choose from though, so let’s narrow it down.
Mike: Absolutely! I found out that Mexico celebrates the fact that it produces a huge number of varieties of chilies and people flock to this special event to taste dishes using them.
Eva: A lot of people think of Mexico as being the best place to see fantastic museums.
Mike: That’s true, but let’s take a different tact. What about Greece? One of the world’s most famous countries for tourists.
Eva: Yes, and I think we should go for the ruins in this case—the temples and theaters and so on, rather than the food.
Mike: And for Britain, instead of focusing on the countryside and parks, I’d like to find out more about why people go to see plays and musicals. Is it because there’s such a good choice?
Eva: Hmm, interesting point. And for India, instead of concentrating on the temples or the game parks, we could mention all the different folk dances. Every region has its own and they don’t just perform them at festivals—they’re part of everyday life.
Mike: Okay, we’ve got more than enough. Let’s draft the introduction.
