旅游英语Unit 2 a-b
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Unit 2
Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
background
• The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET) is a comprehensive set of principles whose purpose is to guide stakeholders in tourism development: central and local governments, local communities, the tourism industry and its professionals, as well as visitors, both international and domestic.
• ARTICLE 5 Tourism, a beneficial activity for host countries and communities
ARTICLE 6 Obligations of stakeholders in tourism development
ARTICLE 7 Right to tourism
Language Points
• code n. set of moral principles accepted by society or a group of people
• stakeholder n. people employed at a particular sector.
• indigenous a. native
Reading A
Comprehension Questions
• What’s the foundation of tourism?
• What must the host communities and local professionals do?
• what are the things that the tourists should not do ?
•
eg, Kangaroos are ～Australian animals.
• impart v. give to
• facilitate v. make sth easy or less difficult
• willful a. on purpose or purposely
• condemn v. say that one disapproves of sth /sb.
• such --- as to
• eg. You can imitate the Americans in such a way as to learn the standard English.
• His stupidity is such as to fill me with despair.
• The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), in its substantive session of July 2001, adopted a draft resolution on the Code of Ethics and called on the UN General Assembly to give recognition to the Code. The official recognition by the UN General Assembly to the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism came on 21 December 2001, through its resolution A/RES/56/212, by which it further encouraged the World Tourism Organization to promote an effective follow-up of the Code.
• With international tourism forecast to nearly triple in volume over the next 20 years, members of the World Tourism Organization believe that the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism is needed to help minimize the negative impacts of tourism on the environment and on cultural heritage while maximizing the benefits for residents of tourism destinations.The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism is intended to be a living document. Read it. Circulate it widely. Participate in its implementation. Only with your cooperation can we safeguard the future of the tourism industry and expand the sector's contribution to economic prosperity, peace and understanding among all the nations of the world."
• The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development meeting in New York in April, 1999 endorsed the concept of the Code and requested UNWTO to seek further input from the private sector, nongovernmental organizations and labour organizations. Written comments on the code were received from more than 70 UNWTO Member States and other entities. The resulting 10 point Global Code of Ethics for Tourism - the culmination of an extensive consultative process- was approved unanimously by the UNWTO General Assembly meeting in Santiago in October 1999.
ARTICLE 3 Tourism, a factor of sustainable development
ARTICLE 4 Tourism, a user of the cultural heritage of mankind and contributor to its enhancement
ARTICE 8 Liberty of tourist movements
ARTICLE 9 Rights of the workers and entrepreneurs in the tourism industry
ARTICLE 10 Implementation of the principles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
• "The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism sets a frame of reference for the responsible and sustainable development of world tourism. It draws inspiration from many similar declarations and industry codes that have come before and it adds new thinking that reflects our changing society at the beginning of the 21st century.
ARTICLE 1 Tourism's contribution to mutual understanding and respect between peoples and societies
ARTICLE 2 Tourism as a vehicle for individual and collective fulfilment
The Code was called for in a resolution of the UNWTO General Assembly meeting in Istanbul in 1997. Over the following two years, a special committee for the preparation of the Global Code of Ethics was formed and a draft document was prepared by the Secretary-General and the legal adviser to UNWTO in consultation with UNWTO Business Council, UNWTO's Regional Commissions, and the UNWTO Executive Council.
• Points
• stall v. delay
• buck v. resist or oppose
• profile v. write or make a profile of sb/sth
• property n. piece of land and its buidings
Reading B
Questions • Why did many hotels stop
expanding at that time ? • What did Phoenix do to make
progress? • What do you think of the
future of Phoenix?
• refrain from v. keep oneself from doing sth.
• Eg. Some boys are refraining themselves from smoking.
• traffic v. trade, esp illegally or immorally
• inherent a. existing as a natural or permanent featuree includes nine articles outlining the "rules of the game" for destinations, governments, tour operators, developers, travel agents, workers and travellers themselves. The tenth article involves the redress of grievances and marks the first time that a code of this type will have a mechanism for enforcement.
Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
background
• The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET) is a comprehensive set of principles whose purpose is to guide stakeholders in tourism development: central and local governments, local communities, the tourism industry and its professionals, as well as visitors, both international and domestic.
• ARTICLE 5 Tourism, a beneficial activity for host countries and communities
ARTICLE 6 Obligations of stakeholders in tourism development
ARTICLE 7 Right to tourism
Language Points
• code n. set of moral principles accepted by society or a group of people
• stakeholder n. people employed at a particular sector.
• indigenous a. native
Reading A
Comprehension Questions
• What’s the foundation of tourism?
• What must the host communities and local professionals do?
• what are the things that the tourists should not do ?
•
eg, Kangaroos are ～Australian animals.
• impart v. give to
• facilitate v. make sth easy or less difficult
• willful a. on purpose or purposely
• condemn v. say that one disapproves of sth /sb.
• such --- as to
• eg. You can imitate the Americans in such a way as to learn the standard English.
• His stupidity is such as to fill me with despair.
• The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), in its substantive session of July 2001, adopted a draft resolution on the Code of Ethics and called on the UN General Assembly to give recognition to the Code. The official recognition by the UN General Assembly to the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism came on 21 December 2001, through its resolution A/RES/56/212, by which it further encouraged the World Tourism Organization to promote an effective follow-up of the Code.
• With international tourism forecast to nearly triple in volume over the next 20 years, members of the World Tourism Organization believe that the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism is needed to help minimize the negative impacts of tourism on the environment and on cultural heritage while maximizing the benefits for residents of tourism destinations.The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism is intended to be a living document. Read it. Circulate it widely. Participate in its implementation. Only with your cooperation can we safeguard the future of the tourism industry and expand the sector's contribution to economic prosperity, peace and understanding among all the nations of the world."
• The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development meeting in New York in April, 1999 endorsed the concept of the Code and requested UNWTO to seek further input from the private sector, nongovernmental organizations and labour organizations. Written comments on the code were received from more than 70 UNWTO Member States and other entities. The resulting 10 point Global Code of Ethics for Tourism - the culmination of an extensive consultative process- was approved unanimously by the UNWTO General Assembly meeting in Santiago in October 1999.
ARTICLE 3 Tourism, a factor of sustainable development
ARTICLE 4 Tourism, a user of the cultural heritage of mankind and contributor to its enhancement
ARTICE 8 Liberty of tourist movements
ARTICLE 9 Rights of the workers and entrepreneurs in the tourism industry
ARTICLE 10 Implementation of the principles of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
• "The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism sets a frame of reference for the responsible and sustainable development of world tourism. It draws inspiration from many similar declarations and industry codes that have come before and it adds new thinking that reflects our changing society at the beginning of the 21st century.
ARTICLE 1 Tourism's contribution to mutual understanding and respect between peoples and societies
ARTICLE 2 Tourism as a vehicle for individual and collective fulfilment
The Code was called for in a resolution of the UNWTO General Assembly meeting in Istanbul in 1997. Over the following two years, a special committee for the preparation of the Global Code of Ethics was formed and a draft document was prepared by the Secretary-General and the legal adviser to UNWTO in consultation with UNWTO Business Council, UNWTO's Regional Commissions, and the UNWTO Executive Council.
• Points
• stall v. delay
• buck v. resist or oppose
• profile v. write or make a profile of sb/sth
• property n. piece of land and its buidings
Reading B
Questions • Why did many hotels stop
expanding at that time ? • What did Phoenix do to make
progress? • What do you think of the
future of Phoenix?
• refrain from v. keep oneself from doing sth.
• Eg. Some boys are refraining themselves from smoking.
• traffic v. trade, esp illegally or immorally
• inherent a. existing as a natural or permanent featuree includes nine articles outlining the "rules of the game" for destinations, governments, tour operators, developers, travel agents, workers and travellers themselves. The tenth article involves the redress of grievances and marks the first time that a code of this type will have a mechanism for enforcement.