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3.2 Listening

The document discusses the differences between "niche" holidays and "flopout" holidays. Niche holidays cater to travelers with specific interests who want alternatives to typical beach vacations. Examples of niche holidays mentioned include a Thai cooking week, a historical cruise, bird watching tours, and tours of battlefields. The document also discusses statements about various niche holidays, identifying whether each statement is true or false.

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3.2 Listening

The document discusses the differences between "niche" holidays and "flopout" holidays. Niche holidays cater to travelers with specific interests who want alternatives to typical beach vacations. Examples of niche holidays mentioned include a Thai cooking week, a historical cruise, bird watching tours, and tours of battlefields. The document also discusses statements about various niche holidays, identifying whether each statement is true or false.

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1B What is the difference between a niche holiday and a flopout holiday?

Travellers Tree The BBC radio travel show Travellers Tree starts with one of the fastest growing sectors in the holiday industry and the buzzword of the day: niche travel, for those with particular interest who are tired of flopout beach holidays.

Speakout upper intermediate students book page 35

2A Number the niche holidays in the order you hear them. Thai cooking week _____ Historical cruise _____ Bird watching _____ Tour of battlefields _____
Speakout upper intermediate students book page 35

Singing on the Nile _____ Sri Lanka for the tea lovers _____ Tour of Chernobyl and Pripyat _____

2B Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1. Niche holidays are being offered by more tour operators. 2. Alison Rice describes niche holidays as different from activity holidays. 3. Charlie Connolly thinks the best reason for going to a place is to look at nice views. 4. At the end of a singing holiday, you make a CD to sell to the local people. 5. In Chernobyl, you dont go into the nuclear reactor. 6. The school at Pripyat near Chernobyl is empty. 7. A lot of people have posted messages on the Travellers Tree messageboard. 8. A contributor, Dilly Gaffe, likes the idea of a niche holiday.
Speakout upper intermediate students book page 35

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