Tourist Information Vocabulary 6

Advanced vocabulary for tourist information workers — comprehensive English for all visitor situations.

Vocabulary in context

At this advanced level, tourist information vocabulary covers the full range of what a knowledgeable, engaging guide or information worker needs — including the less common but important words that come up in specific contexts. Questions about architectural styles, historical periods, geographic features, cultural customs, and sensitive topics like access restrictions or areas to avoid all require precise language and good judgment about how to deliver it. This exercise builds that complete vocabulary, with a focus on the words and phrases that mark the difference between a tourist information worker who is helpful and one who is genuinely exceptional at what they do.

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Fill in each blank with the proper (best) response from the list on the right: facilities, celebrities, originally, drive, boutiques, consecutive, department store, revitalized, sacred, tomb

1. You can use this tourist card for three days. = You can use this tourist card for three days in a row.

2. This restaurant attracts many local . ( = famous people)

3. This is the largest in the country.

4. This is the emperor's . ( = where he is buried)

5. Although the church was built in 1545, it has been renovated many times since then.

6. The airport is a 20-minute from here.

7. This mountain is considered ( = holy) by many of the villagers.

8. The downtown area has been ( = cleaned up and improved) in the past 10 years, and many new bars, cafes, and restaurants have opened up.

9. Our city has two stadiums, several hockey rinks, plus other sports .

10. This street is full of . ( = small stores that sell fashionable clothes)