IELTS VOCABULARY - Holidays / Travel

HOLIDAYS / TRAVEL

VOCABULARY	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Mass tourism	Mass tourism is the act of visiting a destination with large amounts of people at one time, such as Antalya and the effect that large amounts of people can have on a particular destination in terms of local economy, environment etc.	Mass tourism is a problem which needs urgent attention in particular to the environment.
Ecotourism	Holidays for people who would like to help local people and not damage the environment.  Also known as ecological tourism is responsible travel to fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas that strives to be low impact and usually small scale. It educates travellers; directly benefits the economic development and political empowerment of local communities; and fosters respect for different cultures and for human rights.	Ecotourism is a form of tourism that involves visiting natural areas.
Adjectival tourism	Adjectival tourism refers to the specialty forms of tourism that has emerged over the years, each with its own adjective. Many of these have come into common use by the tourism industry and academics examples include: medical tourism, cultural tourism, wildlife tourism and so on.	Turkey attracts medical tourists from countries in Europe and the Middle East.
Culture shock	The feeling of shock and confusion someone has when they go to a new and very different place that is very different to the way they are accustomed to.	The first few days in China was a bit of a culture shock.
Youth hostel	A cheap, simple hotel, especially for young people who are travelling. The traditional hostel format involves dormitory style accommodation.	Gap-year students and rail-trippers tend to stay at hostels as it is cheaper and a perfect place to meet other travellers.

MASS TOURISM is definitely increasing and 2012 saw a record break with 1 billion tourists travelling globally for the first time in history, most of these tourists went to European countries. MASS TOURISM is definitely getting cheaper every year and more destinations are opening.  Other forms of tourism are also increasing and what is known as ADJECTIVAL TOURISM which means each form of tourism has its own adjective such as winter tourism, pro-poor tourism, educational tourism (e.g. Erasmus), sports tourism, dark tourism, doom tourism and many more. 

For few people travelling to places outside their comfort zone could suffer from CULTURE SHOCK, but they could recover after a few days or weeks.