Lesson 4 Working For Tourism

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Key Questions Who works in Thailand's tourist industry and what do they do?

Transcript of Lesson 4 Working For Tourism

Page 1: Lesson 4 Working For Tourism

Key QuestionsWho works in Thailand's

tourist industry and what do they do?

Page 2: Lesson 4 Working For Tourism

Key QuestionsWho works in Thailand's

tourist industry and what do they do?

Vladamir and Alena decide to go do down

to Phuket (a resort island in the south

west) and meet some Russian friends who are holidaying there,

like many other Russians.

In 2006, the number of Russian visitors to

Phuket was four times greater than 2005!

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Key QuestionsWho works in Thailand's

tourist industry and what do they do?

Tourism employs 4.1 million people in Thailand, more than 10% of the population.

What sort of jobs do they do?

Can you put them into categories?

Who do you think makes the big money from tourism?

Tourism makes so much money that it earns 6% of Thailand's GDP. But much of the money spent by tourists - about 70% - leaves Thailand in the pockets and bank accounts of foreign tour operators, airlines, hotels and food & drink distributors.

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Key QuestionsWho works in Thailand's

tourist industry and what do they do?

"Why has Ao bought 30 mobile phone top-up

cards?" Ao (pictured in the blue

shirt) works on Phuket. He is from Myanmar (Burma), a country which borders

Thailand.

In pairs or in groups, work out why he works there, and sort the information to find out why mobile

phone top-up cards are so important to him?

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Key QuestionsWho works in Thailand's

tourist industry and what do they do?

"Why has Ao bought 30 mobile phone top-up

cards?"

Afterwards, ask yourself:

Why did does Ao work on Phuket?

What is right and wrong about his situation?

In the future, what might Ao want and need to

improve his life?

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Key QuestionsWho works in Thailand's

tourist industry and what do they do?

After the Tsunami Winners and Losers

The 26 December 2004 tsunami killed more than 8,000 people in Thailand,

including foreign holidaymakers and local

people. Among the places badly hit was Phuket - but it has made an amazing

recovery.

Read after the tsunami - winners and losers

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Key QuestionsWho works in Thailand's

tourist industry and what do they do?

Caroline is visiting Thailand for a very different reason than the other

passengers in row 15.

She wants a new nose. Caroline is one of a new breed of tourists known as "medical tourists".

Read Body Beautiful to find out more about ‘medical tourism' in

Thailand.

Use this and other information from the internet to produce an advert for one of Bangkok's hospitals to attract more medical tourists like Caroline.