The document provides information about designing group tours, including factors to consider such as health, safety, and visa issues. It then gives examples of safety resources and considerations like travel alerts. The remainder discusses potential tourist interests and provides a sample 6-day tour itinerary of Hokkaido, Japan, detailing activities, sights, and transportation each day.

1. English for Tourism
U1L2

2. When you go traveling…

3. Do you prefer…
Group
tour?
or
Inde pendent
travel?

4. Group Tour Independent travel

5. Tour Design

6. Designing a tour
 If you are going to design a tour for your
clients, what are some aspects/ factors you
may take into consideration?
Talk

7. Brainstorming

8. What else?

9. • Health issues
• Vaccination, infectious diseases,
Tour Design
insurance, Medicare
• Safety issues
• Travel alerts, travel warnings ,
Travel advice (against all travel to …)
(essential travel only to…)
• Safety & Security (Crime, terrorism,
political situation, road travel… )
• Visa (visa‐exemption, landing visa)

10. Travel Alerts
 issued by Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
Against all travel to
Essential travel only to these
destinations
Travel with caution and
reconsider your need to travel to
Travel with caution
http://www.boca.gov.tw/lp.asp?ctNode=293&CtUnit=32&BaseDSD=13&mp=1

11. Stay informed about current
conditions or travel alerts…
 smarttraveller.gov.au Travel advice, Australia
 Travel advice by country UK
 Travel.state.gov USA
 Taiwan
 apan
 Travel Safety Hub ordnomads.com

12. Interests
Adventure
Beaches & Sun
Casino
Family Fun
History & Culture
Romance
Shopping
Skiing
Spa

13. Hokkaido
Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8AQTKSncYQ

14. ↖
okkaido
Tohoku
Kansai
↘ Kanto
hukoku ↖
Chubu
↖ Shikoku
Kyushu

17. Facts about Hokkaido
 Capital: Sapporo
 Region: Hokkaido
 Island: Hokkaido
 Area: 83, 453.57 km2 (km2  Square Kilometer)
 Population: 5,583,072
 Events in Hokkaido

18.  population
 populated (a.)
e.g. Taiwan is the fifteenth most densely
populated country in the world.
 density: the quantity of people in a given
area or space

20. Snow Festival
 Music, Film, Arts, Rock,…
 Week‐long, moth‐long
 One‐day, three‐day
festival
 Annual, biennial

21. Seasonal information
http://www.visit‐hokkaido.jp/kisetu/

22. Reading (p.1‐4)
 must‐see
 must‐eat
 must‐do
 must‐visit
 must‐read
 must‐try

23. About the 6‐day summer tour
 Highlights
• Scenery Spots
• Special activities
• Accommodations
• Foods

24. p.2
 panoramic view: a panoramic view allows you
to see a large area of land or water around you
 breathtaking: astonishing, impressive
 authentic: traditional or original, or very
similar to this
 complimentary: given or supplied free of
charge
 bouquet: a collection of flowers, cut and tied
together in an attractive way

25. Day 1
 Taoyuan ‐‐‐ Sapporo
 Historic Village of Hokkaido
 Sapporo Beer Museum
(the birthplace of beer in Japan)

26. Day 1
 assemble: (v.) get people together
 make by putting things together
e.g. assembly line
 sample:
(v.) try the qualities of food or drink by tasting it
(n.) a small amount of a product that is given to
people to try
 brew: make (beer) by soaking, boiling, and
fermentation

27. Day 2
 White Chocolate
Factory
 Lavender fields in
Furano
 Tomita Farm
http://www.farm‐
tomita.co.jp/en/see/
index.html
 Sounkyo

28. Day 3
 Sounkyo
 Asahikawa ( )

29. Day 3
 proceed: move ahead
 situate: locate
 preserve: to take care of a place or building in
order to prevent it from being harmed or
destroyed
e.g. beautifully/ carefully/ perfectly preserved
Chair lift 

30. Day 4
 Shiraoi Ainu Village
 Noboribetsu

31. Day 4
 glimpse: an experience that gives you an idea
of what something is like
‐‐‐glimpse of/into
 aboriginal: inhabiting or existing in a land
from the earliest times or from the arrival of
colonist; indigenous

32. Day 5
 Lake Toya
 Mt. Usu
 Nijo Fresh Seafood
 Susukino Ramen Alley
 Shopping arcade

33. Day 5
 feature:
(v.) be an a important part or aspect of sth
 delicacy: special types of food
 arcade: a covered area with stores on both
sides

34. Day 6
 Last‐minute shopping
 Flying home…

35. After you read
 How would an itinerary in winter differ from
this summer tour?
 What kinds of traveler would this itinerary be
most attractive to?

36. p. 5

37. Tips
 Use the imperative form
 Use instructive and directive verbs
 Provide some explanations about the major
attractions.

38. Read the following passage and circle the instructive
verbs /expressions, and mark the additional
explanations of an attraction. p.6
Use the MRT system to explore Taipei, the capital city.
Don't miss Chiang Kai‐shek Memorial Hall, situated in
the same area as the National Theater and National
Concert Hall. Catch a play, musical performance, or
cultural event if you have time. Go to Taipei 101, once
the tallest building in the world, as your next stop. It is
accessible via MRT, too. Shop at the night markets every
chance you get and sample some delicious local snacks,
such as fried oyster pastries, duck wings, squid‐on‐a‐
stick, and of course, pearl milk tea!

39. p.6
Use the MRT system to explore Taipei, the capital city.
Don't miss Chiang Kai‐shek Memorial Hall, situated in
the same area as the National Theater and National
Concert Hall. Catch a play, musical performance, or
cultural event if you have time. Go to Taipei 101, once
the tallest building in the world, as your next stop. It is
accessible via MRT, too. Shop at the night markets every
chance you get and sample some delicious local snacks,
such as fried oyster pastries, duck wings, squid‐on‐a‐
stick, and of course, pearl milk tea!

40. p.11
I HE RT MY CITY
Please share what you love about your
cities by completing “My City
Questionnaire”.
Adapted from National Geographic Traveler’s
I HE RT MY CITY, Intelligent Travel Blog

41. Activity 2: Write an itinerary of
your own choice p.6
 Refer to the information you collected
from “I HEART MY CITY”
Questionnaire.
 Use instructive verbs / expressions to
construct a passage about your HEART
CITY to introduce to a friend.

42. p. 7

43.  Have you ever got lost on campus?
 Have you ever asked for directions and
end up confused?
 Have you ever told a tourist the wrong
directions?

44.  Street name
 Nearby landmark
 Bus stop / MRT / railway
 What else?

45. Block

46. T‐junction

47. Roundabout
Swindon‘s Magic Roundabout, Swindon, UK

48. overpass

49. tunnel

50. Intersection

51. Traffic lights

52. Forked road

53. Directions
Asking for directions Giving directions
 How do I get to …?  The best way to go
is…
 What’s the best way
to…?  What you need to do
is…
 Where is…?
 Go…, Take…, Turn…
 Could you tell me the  If you take …, you’ll
way to…? see…

54. Preposition of movements
 Come, get, and go can be combined with
prepositions such as along, at, down, out of,
past, through, and up
 Come out of  leave, Come to  reach
 Go/ Head/ Walk past the station, then turn left.
 Go/ Head/ Walk along here for about 5 min.

55. Preposition of movements (Cont.)
 Go down this road.
 Head up the High Street until you reach the
bank.
 Turn right at the 7‐11.
 Walk towards the church but turn left before
you reach it.
 Walk to the church and cut through the
churchyard.

56. Steps
 Think of the simplest route, even if it takes a little
longer.
 Specify distance.
 Indicate turns.
 Warn them about any confusing parts of the
route.
 Mention which side of the street their destination
will be found on.
 Have them repeat the directions to you.

57. Let’s practice…
1. How can I get to
2 Where is the nearest Starbucks?
3. Could you tell me the way to train station?
 You may add destinations by yourself.

58. See the map on p.9, indicate the
following locations/ stores on your map
1. Shopping 3. Coffee shop
(Clothes, electronic 4. Bakery
products, grocery)
5. Park / Museum
2. Restaurants
6. Beverage shop
(Taiwanese,
Japanese, Italian, 7. Copy shop
Thai, American
food) 8. Gas station

59. Instruction:
 You are a first‐time visitor to NCKU.
 Each one of you will get a paper slip
with a “destination” printed on it.
 Find someone to ask for suggestions
and directions. (Please apply the
sentence patterns / phrases you
learned.)