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Glossary Tourist Terminology

1. Acommodation: alojamiento. Place where a person temporarily staying / Place to stay in / Action of host. Ex. We are looking for holiday accommodation. 2. Agency: agencia. Place where give you all the information about organized travels. 3. Apartment: (n) apartamento. A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house. 4. Arrival: llegada. The act of arriving at a certain place. Ex. They awaited her arrival. 5. Bed and Breakfast: cama y desayuno. In the price of the bedroom is incluyed too the brekfast 6. Brochure: propaganda. Informative paper for the tourist. Ex. The hotel used brochures for its publicity. 7. Bungalows: bungalows. Small houses with one storey. 8. Bus: (n) autobus. Public transport. Ex. They are going to do the travel by bus. 9. Bus station: (n) estacin de autobuses. A terminal that serves bus passengers 10. Bus stop: parada de bus. Place where the bus has to stop. 11. Cabin: cabaa. Small hut made of wood. Ex. The Ecoposada Neblina del Bosque has amazing cabins 12. Cafeteria: Cafetera, bar. Place to drink or eat. 13. Camping site: sitio para acampar. Place where people make camping / Area where you can install your tent. Ex. The forest its a camping site for the excursionists. 14. Check in: (n) entry procedure to a hotel register / (v) Check into a hotel. 15. Check out: (n) procedure terminating the stay in a hotel. for

16. Cottage: casa rural. House of field to enjoy the rural tourism. 17. Customer information: Oficina de informacin. Ex. If you need any material you can go to the customer information. 18. Desk clerk: Receptionist. recepcionista. Person in charge of checking reservations, registering new passengers, assign rooms, distributing keys, answer the phone, contact the housekeeping staff, to provide passenger information, accept payments, in addition to being the communication bridge between the
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hotel and passengers or the local community. 19. Destination: Destino. Particular location used to vacation. Ex. Our destination is the Bahamas Island. / Purpose given to one thing / Place where someone or something is directed. 20. Double room: habitacin doble. A room with two beth or two person. 21. Ecotourism: (n) ecoturismo. Tourism involving travel to areas of natural or ecological interest, typically under the guidance of a naturalist, for the purpose of observing wildlife and learning about the environment / tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature. 22. Entrance: (n) entrada. Moving from one place to another / Space where you enter a place / Action and effect of entering a place.1 Ex. The entrance to the hotel is in front of you. 23. First class: (n) primera clase. The most luxurious and most expensive class of accommodations on a train, passenger ship, airplane, or other conveyance / The class or grade of the best or highest value, quality, etc. 2
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24. Flight: vuelo. Movement of an airplane in the air. Ex. The flight will depart in a few moments. 25. Fly- drive holiday: viaje aire tierra. Means that you contract a service of fly and car for your travel in the agency. 26. Guest: hesped. Person who stays in a hotel / a visitor received in a house, in a hotel, etc. 27. Guesthouse: casa de huspedes, pensin. A house where people from other city or country can stay / It is a house which rent some rooms. 28. Guide: (n) gua. Of tourists. Person who make a tour to explain a people from different places the culture, history or something interesting about the place where he lives or works. Ex. The student of sustainable tourism can be a guide. 29. Guide book: (n) guia turstica. A book in which appears something about tourism. 30. High season: temporada alta. Time of the year when tourism has a great movement / Season with high influx of tourists. / The part of the year with most guests. Ex. In San Juan del Sur the high season is in summer. 31. Hiking trail: Lane. sendero de caminata. Sidewalk / Narrow path formed by the passage of people and animals / Small track where people can go to walk.

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32. Holidays (GB): vacations. vacaciones. A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest or relaxation. Ex. Nicaraguan people celebrate its holidays with family / "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico". 33. Hotel: (n) hotel. An establishment that provides lodging and usually meals and other services for travelers and other paying guests. Ex. The major hotel in Estel is Hotel Don Vito. 34. Hotel room: (n) habitacin de hotel. A bedroom (usually with bath) in a hotel. 35. Hostel: (n) hostal. A supervised, inexpensive lodging place for travelers especially young travelers. (v. intr.) hosteled, hosteling, hostels; To stay at hostels while traveling. Ex. The Hostal Tomab is an excellent option for tourists in Estel. 36. Hosting: hospedaje. Lodging is given to a person in a house or a public institution. 37. House keeper: personal de mantenimiento. Member of the staff in case of hotels maintenance. 38. Lodge: casa de campo. Country house or cabin. 39. Low season: temporada baja. The part of the yaer when ther arent the most guests

40. Luggage (GB): baggage. equipaje. Object used to carry belongings when traveling / Trunk - luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage. 41. One-way ticket (US): single ticket. viaje de ida. 42. On foot: (v) a pie. To go by foot / To go on foot / Take a hike.3 43. Package deal: paquete turitico. A cluster of tourism products and services those are included in the same rate / A tour for which one pays the organizer a fixed price which includes everything (travel, hotel, food etc. Ex. It is cheaper to go on a package holiday. 44. Passenger: pasajero. Person who travel. Ex. All passengers can get off the plane! 45. Room service: servicio habitacionesThis consist employees to look after all. de that

46. Resort hotel: complejo hotelero. This is a type hotel that he has many facilities. Found in place where tourists usually go, they can enjoy of room service, security for valuables, doctor, hairdressing, shop, disco and all they can to require. Guests book in advance and generally stay for one or two weeks.4 47. Return ticket (GB): round ticket (US). viaje de ida y vuelta. Ex. I have to buy a return ticket to Spain.
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/ Person in change of organizing tourism packets. 55. Traveller: viajero. 48. Sightseeing tour: visita con gua. The activity of visiting the famous or interesting sights of a place, usually with a guide. 49. To book: (v) reservar. Ex. Id like to book a room. 50. To make a reservation: (v) reservar. Ex. Id like to make reservation, please. 51. Tourism: (n) turismo. The practice of traveling for pleasure / The business of providing tours and services for tourists. Example. Tourism is the second activity more important in the Nicaraguan economy. 52. Tourist: (n) turista. A person who travels for pleasure. Ex. In Estel there are many tourists. 53. Tourist class: clase turista. A type of class in a flight / economic class in a flight. 54. Tour operator: empresa de viajes. This name is usually applied to large travel agencies that focus on the preparation of tourist packages, developed for a large number of customers / Is the wholesale agency in tourism, i.e. which produces the products sold by retailers 56. Travel agency: (n) agencia de viajes. A business that attends to the details of transportation, itinerary, and accommodations for travelers / (n) (Business / Commerce) an agency that arranges and negotiates flights, holidays, etc., for travellers.

57. Travel agent: agente de viajes. Person who Works in a travel agency. 58. Vacation: (n) vacacin. Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure. Ex. We get two weeks of vacation every summer. (v) Spend or take a vacation. (adj) vacationless.

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