INGLÉS II
HOMEWORK
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READING
B
1y2. Define each type of tourism and find a picture for each type.
- Adventure tourism it is a type of tourism that involves explorations, trips with
risks and the practice of extreme sports. Specials skills or contains physical
conditions are required.
- Agrotourism Tourist activity developed in the rural environment/ Tourism
carried out in rural areas.
- Backpacking A person who travels with his backpack, practice hiking and travels
the road. He/She solves the problems of his trips independently without the help
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of tours or agencies.
- Cultural tourism Type of tourism base on cultural aspects. Type of tourism
based on cultural aspects. It requires a high amount of historical resources for its
development. It is more demanding and less seasonal.
- Disaster tourism Tourism made to areas where some catastrophe has occurred
- EcotourismAll forms of tourism based on nature in which the main motivation
of tourists is the observation and appreciation of that nature or traditional
dominant cultures in natural areas. It tries to reduce as much as possible the
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negative impacts on the natural and sociocultural environment.
- Events tourismType of tourism that consists in traveling with the objective of
attending congresses, meetings, conventions, etc.
- Educational tourism Type of tourism where the main motivation of the tourist is
to learn. It is one of the newest currents in Europe.