1 . Ответьте на вопросы:

1. How many types of travel agencies are there in the world?

2. What are they?

3.What is a single Network?

4. In what cases do tour operators pay a large commission to agencies?

5. How do authorized companies work?

6. What advantages have independent travel agencies?

7. In what type of travel agencies do the most qualified and skillful tourism managers work?

8. What type of travel agencies is the most suitable for tourists?

9. What types of travel agencies are there in Russia (in Khabarovsk)?

10. What company was the first to organize travel agencies all over the world?

2.Ключевые слова: to advise, clerk, coach tour, the Custom, folder, free of charge, information office, leisure, orientation, passport, rent, rack, to supply with, timetable, visa.

3.Составьте словосочетания с ключевыми словами.

4.Подберите к ключевому слову пару, подходящую по смыслу:

1.information office ________________________

2.to supply with ____________________________

3.to advise _________________________________

4.clerk _____________________________________

5.free of charge ______________________________

5. Объедините пять слов из упр. №3 в одно предложение.

6. Прочтите и переведите текст:

TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICES

Sometimes when a tourist comes to a foreign country he needs some help on different points. So he can address to any tourist information office to get the necessary information.

Tourist information offices are also called tourist information centers or visitor information centers.

There are tourist information offices at major airports, railway stations, hotels, holiday and leisure centers, and many tourist attractions.

Abroad they are very popular but in Russia there are not so many of them. They are mainly in Moscow, St. Petersburg and some other very big cities.

Tourist information offices have got office clerks who give advice to customers on car rent, sightseeing, coach tours, accommodations, flights, and so on. The clerks also give city orientations to guests.

Tourist information offices clerks answer a lot of phone calls and give information on passports and visas, the Customs, luggage, weather, climate, city public transport and food service.

Tourist information offices clerks speak foreign languages fluently because they deal with many international travelers.

There are usually racks full of city maps and guide books, booklets and folders, travelogues and timetables in tourist information offices.

Travelers get most of them free of charge because they are supplied by the government or the local authorities to develop tourism and to get profit from it.

7 . Ответьте на вопросы:

1.What is the international symbol of tourist information centers?

2. In what cases do tourists usually address a tourist information center?

3. What kind of information can they get there?

4. Where can tourists find any tourist information center?

5. Are there many tourist information centers in Russia?

6.What kind of informational material can tourists find in a tourist information center and be supplied with?

7. Must the tourists pay for services which they got in tourist information centers?

8. What professional skills must the managers of tourist information centers have?