Task 9. Decide if the following statements are true or false

1. The tourist industry employs only skilled professionals.

2. The tourist industry prefers to employ women to men.

3. The sightseeing guide must get acquainted with the visitors.

4. The sightseeing guide usually presents a prepared talk.

5. The guide often has to display the qualities of a diplomat.

6. Many resorts and cruise ships employ social directors.

7. An extroverted person can’t work as a social director.

8. Prior experience in tourism is unnecessary before setting up a

travel agency.

9. Tour operators run their business in the same manner as retail travel

agents.

10. There are no courses at the university level that are concerned with

tourism.

11. Travel agents can always get help with problems such as pricing

fares or government regulations, so there is no need for them to

keep up with such matters.

12. Official and semi-official tourist bureaus employ very few people.

13. Most of the people they do employ handle complaints from the

public.

14. A sightseeing guide never has any difficult or unexpected problems

to deal with.

15. There is no advantage for a government in operation training

schools for people to fill tourist-related jobs.

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