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Reading (10 marks)

Dark Tourism

A Fine Line between Curiousity and Exploitation

Sometimes we travel to see a beautiful landscape, a precious artifact or a well-known

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concentration camp where thousands of people were gassed to death, to visit a natural
disaster zoane that we’ve seen plastered across our TV screens, or to gaze at people living
in poverty, sometimes with the intention of trying to help them.

All of these things and more have been called dark tourism. However, while some people
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are quick to say they’d never be involved in something with a name like dark tourism, the
scope is broad and you might be a dark tourist without realizing it.

The reasons for dark tourism, like the reasons we travel at all, are many and varied, but
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range somewhere between wanting to understand how other people live through
catastrophe and showing sympathy to victims.

There are many kinds of dark tourism that depend on the purposes. For Example, there is
“Grief Tourism”. Basically, you can define grief tourism as being when you travel

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somewhere to visit a scene of some tragic event. The most common examples of grief
tourism are war-related, like visiting the concentration camps and battle sites. Tourists
come to see where tragic crimes or events happened. In addition, there is “Disaster
Tourism”. In this kind of tourism Visitors follow some kind of natural disaster, such as
those visiting south-east Asia following the 2004 tsunami crisis, or people traveling to
New Orleans to see the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, are both examples of disaster
tourism. Moreover, there is “poverty Tourism”. Some people are more interested in how
the other half live: the very poor.
 A. Answer the following questions:-
1- According to the reading passage, what does “Dark Tourism” mean?
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2- What is the main reason for “Dark Tourism”?
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3- What are the different types of “Dark Tourism “?
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4- What is the main purpose for “Grief Tourism”?
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5- If you have the chance to be a “dark tourist” which kind of “Dark Tourism” will
you choose? Why?
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B. Find words from the reading passage that give you the same meanings of the
following words:-

6-countryside (para. 1)…………….

7-area (para. 1)……………….

8-kindness (para. 3)………………

9-terrible (para. 4)………………

10-great sadness (para. 4)…………………

 II. Skills

A. Match the following words in column A) with the words in column B) to form
suitable compound nouns:- ( 5 marks)

A B

1. Business………………. exposure
2. Theme………………… plan
3. Capital……………….. industry
4. Advertising…………… flow
5. TV……………………. park

Campaign

Investment

B. Define the words given in the box below and then apply them in meaningful
sentences: (5 marks)

Intangible-Outlet-negative growth-localization-external marketing

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C. Fill the gaps using the phrases given in the box: (5 marks)

You’ve probably heard of-What do I mean by- a variety of- in such a way- in addition

1- …………………to offering new ways of entertainment, the cost of these new

offers should be reasonable to attract the customers.
2- One of the very important issues that we have to bear in mind in our business plan
is that there should be …………………….designs to choose the best one for our
theme park.
3- ……………………………”external marketing” is “the service and sales skills of
people within the company”.
4- …………………………the term “service industry” before. In short, it is the
industry that provides a service rather than a product.
5- In order to satisfy the visitors, we can make the educational process part of their
entertainment. Only…………………………….the visitors don’t get bored.

D. Put the verbs between brackets in the right forms using the present simple:-
(5 marks)

1- Jack …………….(go) to work by car.

2- Thomas ……………….(study) English every Friday.
3- We……………….. (clean) our house on Sundays.
4- Lucy ……………..(watch) TV early in the morning.
5- I ……………(walk) to school everyday.
 III. Writing

Write a short paragraph of 10 lines promoting a new “Theme Park” using the
words given in the box:- (10 marks)

basic objective- marketing- attract- new customers- repeat- service industry- existing
customers- reach- increase- customer numbers- fulfill- golf course- shops- restaurants-
hotels- cinema.

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