Listening Comprehension

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LISTENING TOURISM AND TRAVEL

TRUE OR FALSE?

Fill in all the gaps saying if the sentence is true or false , then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

1 According to the teacher, tourism damages the things that tourists come to see.


2 Most people who visited Goa before 1986 were poor.



3 Before 1986, about 250,000 foreign tourists visited Goa per year.


4 From 1986, there was an increase in package holidays to Goa.



5 Local people welcomed the increase in tourism.



6 Local people benefit from all-inclusive holiday packages.



7 The removal of mangrove swamps increases the risk of coastal flooding.



8.Since 1987, the region started to see action groups protesting against the growth of tourism.



9.There is also a loss of traditional values, as young Indians are influenced by Eastern ways.




10. Tourism has led to an increase in crime.

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION: TOURISM AND TRAVEL

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

1. The annual total reached about …er ... , about half of those from overseas.


2.Since 1986, there’s been a huge boom in tourism in , principally with the arrival of package holidays.


3. There were protests at the airport - people with banners saying ‘’, and throwing cow dung.


4. Communication routes improved - , , , and these opened up areas to the north and south, invading further into the natural environment.


5. Raising wages and standards of living, and then local people open up small businesses of their own, shops, bars, restaurants, boutiques, and so on.


6.The traditional industries of and fell into decline.


7.Obviously, where the natural environment has been , this means there are huge pressures on natural resources.


8.Do you know what are? They are trees with long, twisting roots that grow in the salty coastal waters, partly underwater.


9.There is also a loss of traditional values, as young Indians are influenced by ways.


10. There is no stopping the inevitable tide of tourism that is through more and more corners of the world.

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