TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F). a. Over 50 million jobs have been lost in the tourism industry. T / F

1. TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F). a. Over 50 million jobs have been lost in the tourism industry. T / F

b. A tourism organisation said the tourism industry could shrink by 25%. T / Fc. Countries are asking people to self-quarantine for 14 weeks. T / F

d. The head of a tourist organisation said the virus won't threaten tourism. T / Fe. Ten per cent of the world's GDP comes from tourism. T / F

f. Korean Airlines is confident it will survive the coronavirus crisis. T / F

g. Qantas airlines is only putting on 25% of its international flights. T / F

h. An organisation said tourism would need 10 months to recover. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH:

1. cut

2. closing

2. head

3. significant

4. continue

5. hit

6. warned

7. crowded

8. empty

9. recover

(The words in boldare from the news article.)

a. chief

b. vacant

c. go on

d. cautioned

e. shutting

f. big

g. pick up

h. reduce

i. packed

j. impacted

GAP FILL

The coronavirus pandemic could

(1)

____________ up to 50

(1)head

million jobs worldwide in the travel and tourism industry. This is (2) ____________ to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The tourism industry could (3) ____________ by up to 25 per cent. Many people are staying at home and not travelling. Many people cannot travel as more and more countries are taking

(2)according

(3)action

(4)those

(5)cut

(4)

____________ to fight COVID-19. This action includes closing

(6) threat

borders, requiring people self-(5) ____________ for 14 days after arriving in a country, and banning flights from other countries. The (6) ____________ of the WTTC said the pandemic, "clearly

(7)

quarantine

(8)shrink

presents a significant

(7)

____________ to the industry as a

whole, to those employed within it, and to continue travelling".

(8)

____________ wishing

The tourism industry

(9)

____________ up 10 per cent of the

(9)losses

world's GDP and jobs. It is one of the industries (10) ____________ hit by the COVID-19 virus. Airlines, cruise ships and hotels have suffered big (11) ____________. Korean Air has warned that the coronavirus could threaten its

(10)recover

(11)

outbreak

(12)makes

(12)

____________. Australia's Qantas has reduced its

(13)key

international flights by nearly 25 per cent because of the

(14)hardest

(13)

____________. World-famous sites are

(14)

____________.

(15)

deserted

This could cause restaurants and cafes to go out of business as tourists stay away from crowded places. Tourism is a

(16) survival

(15)

____________ industry in Hawaii. Experts there predict that

over half of Hawaii's hotel rooms will be empty over the next few months. The WTTC said that tourism would take 10 months to

(16)

____________ after the virus.

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