English in Hospitality Industry

59 which is often applied to this phenomenon, is misleading. Such holidays were experienced in a variety of ways because tourists had choices, and the destination resorts varied widely in history, culture, architecture, and visitor mix. From the 1990s the growth of flexible international travel through the rise of budget airlines, notably easy Jet and Ryan air in Europe, opened a new mix of destinations. Some of these were former Soviet-bloc locales such as Prague and Riga, which appealed to weekend and short-break European tourists who constructed their own itineraries in negotiation with local service providers, mediated through the airlines’ special deals. In international tour-ism, globalization has not been a one-way process; it has entailed negotiation between hosts and guests. (Based on: John K. Walton. International Tourism) II. Read and translate the following text and be ready for its discussion on the basis of active vocabulary, key terms quiz, review and discussion questions. TOURISM DESTINATIONS AND PLACES OF INTEREST As postindustrial society has become more complex, life has become more stressed. The term "burnout" in this connection has become a part of our everyday vocabulary only in recent years. Recreation is all about creating a balance, a harmony in life that will maintain wellness and wholeness. Recreation allows people to have fun together and to form lasting relationships built on the experi-ences they have enjoyed together. This recreational process is called bonding. Bonding is hard to describe, yet the experience of in-creased interpersonal feeling for friends or business associates as a result of a recreational pursuit is common. Recreation is synony-mous with lifestyle and the development of a positive attitude. Recreation is a process that seeks to establish a milieu conducive to the discovery and development of characteristics that can lead to...