CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR
LEISURE, TRAVEL AND
TOURISM
Rawdon Wyatt
A & C Black ț London
Second Edition
First published 1995 by Peter Collin Publishing as
Check Your English Vocabulary for Hotels, Tourism and Catering Management
This second edition published 2005 by
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Reprinted 2007 by
A&C Black Publishers Ltd
38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB
© Copyright Rawdon Wyatt 2007
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced in
any form without the permission of the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue entry for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN-10 0 7136 8736 3
ISBN-13 978 0 7136 8736 1
eISBN-13: 978-1-4081-0236-7
Text computer typeset by A&C Black
Printed in the UK by Caligraving Ltd
This book is produced using paper that is made from wood grown in managed, sustainable forests.
It is natural, renewable and recyclable. The logging and manufacturing processes conform
to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.
Introduction
Who is this book for?
This book has been written for anyone working, or planning to work, in the leisure, travel

The author also made use of a large range of travel- and tourism-related websites on the
Internet, as well as holiday brochures and other information freely available from travel
agencies and tour operators.
Contents
1. Abbreviations 1: International
organisations
3. Abbreviations 2
5. Abbreviations 3: Holiday brochure
6. Accommodation types and tariffs
8. Airline terminology
10. At the airport
12. At the hotel
13. Basic foods
15. British and American English
16. Currencies
18. Documents and paperwork
20. Employment
21. Environmental and conservation
issues
23. Food issues
25. Geography and geographical
features
27. Holiday activities and equipment
29. Idioms 1
31. Idioms 2
33. In the air
35. Money matters
37. Nationalities
38. On the road / Car hire
40. On the water