Tourism and tourist information are common topics in the listening test. Here's a short video that I found about the tourist centre in my own city, Manchester:
If you can't see the video, listen to the recording below:
Quick exercise:
The speaker mentions the numbers below. What do they refer to?
- 77,000
- 5.5 billion
- over 1 million
- 3rd
- over 800,000
77,000 people work in the industry
5,5 billion pounds
over 1 million international visitors
3rd most visited destination
over 800,000 pounds invested
Posted by: Allende | October 01, 2019 at 10:27
77,000 = number of people that work in tourism industry
5.5 billion pounds = amount of money spent by tourists
over 1 million = international visitors
3rd = it´s ranking in term of tourist visitors
800,000 pounds = amount invested in tourism
Posted by: MARIAM | October 01, 2019 at 10:48
77,000 people work in tourism industry
5.5 billion pounds spent by visitors
over 1 million international visitors
3rd most visited city
over 800,000 pounds invested
Posted by: Sajan | October 01, 2019 at 21:28
77 000 - number of people involved in industry
5.5 - money (yearly) spent by tourists
1m - number of intl visitors to Greater Man
3rd - 3rd most visited place
£ 800 000. - amount invested on visitor centre
Posted by: Olek K | October 02, 2019 at 02:17
77000 people work in the industry
vistor to manchester expand about £5.5 billion
over 1 million international vistor come to manchester
the 3rd most vistied destination
over £800000 invested in the center
Posted by: Trung | October 03, 2019 at 05:39
77.000 people involved in this industry
5.5 money spent by tourists
Over 1 millions tourists visited Manchester
3 rd: its rank in terms of attracting tourists
800.000 invested in building the centre
Posted by: Hang Truong | October 03, 2019 at 12:52
77,000, The number of people working in this industry
5.5 billion pounds spent by tourists
over 1 million tourists visit and come to manchester
3rd ranked destination
over 800,000 pounds invested in center
Posted by: Neo | October 04, 2019 at 03:19
77 000 people work
5.5 billion pounds spent
Over 1 million international visitors
3rd most visited
Over 800000 pounds invested
Posted by: Eleazar | October 05, 2019 at 12:37
77,000 is the number of people working in the tourist industry in Manchester.
5.5 billion is the amount of money spent by visitors to Manchester every year.
Over 1 million is the figure for international tourists to Manchester.
3rd is the rank of Manchester of the most visited destinations.
Over 800,000 is the amount of money invested in the state of art visitor center.
Posted by: PT | October 06, 2019 at 04:19
77000 work in the tourism industry
5.5 billion pounds is the amount of vistors to Manchester
Over 1 million international visitors coming to Manchester
The 3rd visited destinations .
Over 800000 pounds invested
Posted by: Do Thi Lan Anh | October 06, 2019 at 18:22
77,000 people work with in the industry
Visitors to Manchester spend 5.5 billion pounds
Over 1 million international visitors
3rd most visited destination
invested over 800,000 pounds
Posted by: Tinh | October 08, 2019 at 04:48
Lots of correct answers above!
Posted by: Simon | October 08, 2019 at 12:37