# Tourism: answers and explanations

Cambridge IELTS 1, Test 2, Reading Passage 3

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## Answer key

| Q | Answer | Proof |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 28 | iii | On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book. ... It could be said that a similar analysis can be applied to tourism. |
| 29 | v | acting as a tourist is one of the defining characteristics of being 'modern' |
| 30 | iv | the mass character of the gazes of tourists as opposed to the individual character of travel. |
| 31 | vii | finds pleasure in inauthentic contrived attractions gullibly enjoying the pseudo events |
| 32 | viii | an array of professionals has developed who attempt to reproduce ever-new objects for the tourist to look at. ... The role of the professional, therefore, is to cater for the needs and tastes of the tourists |
| 33 | NO | Tourism, holidaymaking and travel are these days more significant social phenomena than most commentators have considered. |
| 34 | YES | there are interesting parallels with the study of deviance. ... It could be said that a similar analysis can be applied to tourism. |
| 35 | NOT GIVEN | 'The journey and the stay' are by definition outside the normal places of residence and work |
| 36 | YES | People linger over these sights in a way that they would not normally do in their home environment |
| 37 | NOT GIVEN | The role of the professional, therefore, is to cater for the needs and tastes of the tourists |
| 38 | D | Tourism is a leisure activity which presupposes its opposite, namely regulated and organised work. |
| 39 | B | Such anticipation is constructed and sustained through a variety of non-tourist practices such as films |
| 40 | F | with a much greater sensitivity to visual elements of landscape or townscape than is normally found in everyday life. |
| 41 | H | the mass tourist travels in guided groups and finds pleasure in inauthentic contrived attractions |

## Why these answers are right

**28. iii.** Paragraph A admits tourism looks like a trivial subject, then argues that, as with the study of deviance, examining it can reveal significant aspects of normal societies. The paragraph defends why tourism deserves study, so the heading is iii, Justifying the study of tourism.

**29. v.** Paragraph B defines tourism: a leisure activity that presupposes organized work, a journey and a short stay away from home, and one of the defining characteristics of being modern. Describing these core features fits heading v, The essence of modern tourism.

**30. iv.** Paragraph C sets the mass character of tourists' gazes against the individual character of travel and explains that new forms of provision grew up to cope with this mass activity. That contrast between group tourism and individual travel matches heading iv.

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