听一分钟英文：Tourism-旅游业

Tourism has changed a lot over the past few decades. It is actually quite a new thing. It probably didnt exist fifty years ago. The only people who travelled then were rich, and they were called travelers. I guess tourism started in the late 60s and

英语课程计划-World Tourism Day

World Tourism Day is on September the 27th. It has been going since 1980 and was started by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The purpose of this day is to raise awareness of the role of tourism internationally. The UNWTO hopes t

国家地理:Sierra Madre Tourism

I can't believe I am looking for Fuji in the middle of a typhoon. I have three more days to go before I have to leave back for the States, and hopefully between now and then I will be able to see the mountain. The mountain dominates everything and yo

'Experience' Tourism Brings New Travelers to Africa

Travel industry leaders say African tourism is moving away from traditional safaris and group tours and closer to the idea of experiences. Internet-based home-sharing service Airbnb is just one of several businesses competing for the African tourism

VOA标准英语2008年-Kenyan Tourism Hit Hard by Political Unrest, Vi

By Cathy Majtenyi Masaai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 23 January 2008 Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is in Kenya trying to negotiate an end to that country's violent political crisis. The violence began last month during Kenya's disputed pr

VOA标准英语2008年-Kenyan Tourism in Turmoil After Disputed Electi

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 22 January 2008 The chief of Kenya's leading tourism body says post-election chaos has sparked the worst crisis the country's travel industry has ever seen, and that hotels and suppliers are at risk of collapse unless the poli

2007年VOA标准英语-Momentum Growing for Responsible Tourism

By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 10 July 2007 A worldwide poll of more than 100 million people has selected what it calls the new seven wonders of the world. The on-line poll picked: - the Roman Coliseum - the Taj Mahal - the Great Wall of China - Mach

2007年VOA标准英语-Greenland Hopes Tourism Will Raise Global Warmi

By Kane Farabaugh Kangerlussuak, Greenland 12 July 2007 The former Danish colony of Greenland attained home rule in 1979. Since it began governing itself, with support from the Danish government, in 1981, Greenland has made an effort to modernize its

英语作文-考研 On Developing Tourism

英语作文 Directions: In this part, you are to write an essay of about 200 words within 40 minutes. Your essay should be based on the OUTLINE below. 1. 目前的状况 2. 发展旅游业的好处 3. 由此而产生的问题 4. 我的看法 旅游业----无烟的工业----正在中国迅

Chinese farmers net 150 bln yuan a year from rural tourism

CHENGDU, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Rural tourism in China benefited 15 million farmers who earn at least 150 billion yuan (23.81 billion U.S. dollars) a year, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said Sunday. By the end of 2011, China has at least 1.5 millio

VOA标准英语2008年-Tourism Studies Expanding Rapidly

By George Dwyer Washington 08 January 2008 Last year Afghanistan's Ministry of Information and Culture announced the government's decision to establish a new teaching center for the promotion of tourism. As part of that effort, students will receive

Women lead the way in tourism

BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Well-educated and well-paid single Chinese women were at the forefront of a boom in travel by the country's women in 2010. According to the 2010 Trend Report of Women's Travel, the amount of travel by Chinese women inc

Tourism boost for Russia and China

BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The Kremlin in Moscow has witnessed the launch of Tourism Year of China 2013, which will look to help boost the travel industry for both China and Russia. Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart

Beijing tourism revenue up 15 pct during holiday

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Beijing reaped 3.88 billion yuan (617.8 million U.S. dollars) in tourism revenue during this year's seven-day Spring Festival holiday, up 15 percent year on year, local authorities said Friday. China's capital city receiv

China and Russia seek to expand tourism ties

BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- China hopes to strengthen tourism cooperation with Russia to bring the total number of mutual tourists to 5 million by 2015, Vice Premier Wang Qishan said while meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladislav Surkov on Fr

China, Russia starts tourism year to boost exchanges

BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia on Friday started the Tourism Year of Russia, a move designated to foster exchanges and friendship between the two countries and their peoples. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and his Russian counterpar

VOA标准英语2008年-Ivory Coast Tourism Declines Because of Drawn O

A drawn out six-year civil war has emptied beachside villages in divided Ivory Coast, like in one area called Assinie, where groups of European tourists used to come in busloads. And now beach erosion is adding to the problem, destroying the beach h

英文原版对话1000个:837 Tourism

Todd: So, Anita, we were talking about your city, Prague. Now, your city now is really popular for tourists. How do you feel? Do you think that maybe your city has too many tourists? Or do you think, it's good and this brings a lot of money into your

新西兰英语 191 Adventure tourism

NZ is well known for adventure tourism. These are the kinds of activities that young backpackers enjoy doing in our country. One of the first commercial adventures was bungy jumping but now there are many other activities. These include sky diving, p

2016年CRI China-US Tourism Year to Kick off

The two countries will officially kick off the Tourism Year with an opening ceremony in Beijing in the coming week. Later on next month, a group of 1,000 American tourists will experience first-hand what China has to offer, by climbing the Great Wall