BON VOYAGE! What is tourism? Tourism is a growing industry in many countries around the world. It is one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. The definition of tourism is when tourism is associated with international travel, but may also refer to travel to another place within the same country. In each country there are many agencies who are dedicated to travelling and they are a privite retailer or a public scervice business.
EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT!
EXPLORE THE TREASURES OF GERMANY AND ICELAND!
Editors: Guðrún Ósk Jóhannsdóttir and Mareike Thomas
Germany is the seventh most visited country in the world
The majority of foreign tourists coming from Netherlands, USA, Switzerland, UK and Italy
More than 30% of Germans spend their holidays in their own country
Germany is rated is rated as one of the
TRAVEL TOURISM IN GERMANY There are a lot of reasons why everybody should come and visit Germany. First of all the interesting culture, history, and the important landmarks. The unique landscape is so different in the south as in the north and Germany has at least 14 national parks and many spas and seaside resorts. Every season you can come and enjoy the nature, the weather, a lot of festivals and events, and do some sports – if you are interested: try some extreme sports. Especially Berlin is a place that you should visit, if you are coming to Europe. -M -M -
safest travel destinations worldwide*
History of tourism in Germany goes back to trips for education and recreation
SUBJECT WORDS tourist guides: Are people who show visitors around interesting places and inform them about the history seasonal: relating to or happening during a particular period in the year self-employed: not working for an employer but finding work for yourself or having your own business
JOB: TOURIST GUIDE Job profile: Tourist guides show visitors around places of interest, such as towns and cities, historic buildings, gardens, religious sites or museums and art galleries. You will need excellent communication skills in this job. You will also need to have a good memory for facts, figures and events. If you are good at public speaking, and are interested in history and the arts, this could be the ideal job for you. There are not any specific entry requirements to get into this work but many employers would ask for GCSE passes (UK), particularly in English and maths. There are courses available in tourist guiding that could help you develop the skills you would need. -M Career options: Work in one place, do touristic tours or work in a whole country at different places. But be prepared that tourist guiding is often a seasonal work so you are kind of independent and you have to organize a lot by yourself. Many tourist guides are self-employed. If you have experience in jobs that are related to the touristic branch it would be an advantage for getting better tours. If you are attending to some courses by the Institute of Tourist Guiding you could come up to level four and then you would be a tourist guide around a wider geographical area, and you would have learned a lot about tour planning and management skills. You will be always learning more and if you are changing your route or your working place you will get to know so much more about them. I think that it is interesting to learn so much about new places, the culture and history and this job is a good opportunity to travel around. -M Summary “Tourismus in Deutschland boomt“ - 11.06.2013 http://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/2013_06/02/255862 This article is really professional and it is written from the government of Germany so also an official document. This article is about the development and the trend of the German tourism branches. There are many numbers and facts mentioned. It says that the tourism is a good opportunity to create new work places and Germany earns a lot of money from this branch. It is also said that more than 30 percent of the Germans are holidaying in their own country and that is quite normal to travel around Germany for the Germans. The tourism in Germany is probably going to raise even more in the next years. Especially the southern part of Germany is a favored place for spending vacations for Germans as well as for foreigners. This is probably because of the friendliest behavior to the guests as many visitors
mentioned. The government of Germany is going to do more for the tourists from overseas and make Germany as an country for visiting more interesting. -M Heike Brehmer (Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU))
Reinhard Meyer (social democratic party of Germany)
Kerstin Kassner (The Left (Germany))
- Birthdate: 1959, 5th of September in Bonn
- bithdate: 1962, 5th of November in Strassfurth - 1984-1989 in university to study economist for accountancy and statistics - today: she is a member of the German Tourism Comitee and a member of the Lower House of the German Parliament - member of the National Association Sachsen-Anhalt for the German alpine and rambling club -M
- he graduated in 1979 and was a member of the German Army til 1981 - he went to university from 1982-1989 to study political science - since the 12th of june: he is the minister of economy and work for the ferderal state SchleswigHolstein in Germany - today he is the president of the German Tourism Association -M
- bithdate: 1958, 7th of January in Radebeul - graduation in 1976 - 1981-1986 to commercial college - 1976-1991: work for tourism in Binz (also as a hotel mmanager) - today: she is a member of the German Tourism Comitee and a member of the Lower House of the German Parliament -M
Did you know?
11% of Iceland is covered with glaciers and another 30% with lava fields.
The beaches on Iceland are black
In Iceland are about 120 volcanos but only 40 gave erupted in the last 1000 years.
TOURISM IN ICELAND In the past 11 years Icelandic tourism has increased from approximately 308.768 to 969.181. It is obvious that travelers from all around the world are interested in the spectacular beauty that Iceland possesses. People can rent a car and explore the country by themselves but in Iceland there are many treacherous and dangerous roads that small rental cars can‘t handle. That‘s when the travel agencies come along and help giving the tourists an experience of a lifetime, showing them all of Icelands treasures. There are many travel agencies that offer many different kind of sightseeing for example, northern lights sightseeing, cave exploring, waterfall tours, river rafting, mounting and ice climbing and snowmobile tours. The staff is usually highly trained to watch over the tourists who are unaware of Icelands dangerous, yet beautiful nature. -G
The northern lights are often visible from this island. It is because of its northerly position
SUBJECT WORD LIST Northern lights: they are collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere Sight-seeing: A trip that you go on in order to view beautiful places. River rafting: Rafting and white water rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water.
JOB CAREERS: In the travel branch there are a few job careers. The owner of the agency has to have studied business administration in school or take special courses dedicated to it. Each travel agency possesses special equipment that suits each sightseeing tour. Most of the agencies have an online page on which you can order and plan your trip. There are numbers of travel agencies located in Iceland or approximately 240. The guide, on the other hand, will have to had learned about the nature, be good at geography, know special aid and received a lot of training in guiding the travelers. –G
WRITERS OPINION AND SUMMARY: Writers opinion. I find this subject interesting because of the massive increase of the tourism in Iceland. Also Iceland‘s nature is unique and different from almost every country on earth. The raw nature and the numbers of activities in Iceland also interest me even though I have lived here all my life. There is nothing that compares to the beauty of a clean, raw and untouched nature. It would be wonderful to show curious travelers the country and see the look on their faces as they see every hidden treasure that the nature possesses. -G Summary. It seems like that the tourism in Iceland is increasing more with every year that passes. The amounts of exciting and adventurous things to do are quite many and there is, without doubt, something interesting for everyone. If you don´t like adventurous, exciting things like river rafting or ice climbing, you can always go sightseeing around the country and visit it‘s glorious waterfalls and other treasures. –G
Ingólfur Guðbrandsson was one of the most entrepreneur Icelands on the area of tourism. He orginised trips for Icelanders around the world for decades. Ingólfur was a great musician and was also the principal of the children music school in 1956-1957.
Árni Gunnarsson is the latest CEO of the organization of tourism in Iceland. He was elected in 2008 and is the 3rd CEO of this organization.
Alfreð Elíasson was one of three founders of a airline company named Loftleiðir. The company was formally established in March 1944.