Holidays and tourism in Spanish - AQALetter writing- holidays - Foundation/Higher

Holidays and tourism is a broad topic. It is important to know the basic vocabulary, to understand written and spoken information and to be able to talk and write about your own holiday experiences.

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Letter writing questions - holidays - Foundation/Higher

As well as writing about holidays, you may also need to give your opinion on tourism in general. Try to think of some advantages and disadvantages of tourism. Here are some useful phrases to get you started:

el turismo tiene muchas ventajas/desventajastourism has many advantages/disadvantages
algunos turistas se comportan malsome tourists behave badly
el turismo ayuda la economía tourism helps the economy
crea experiencias positivas it creates positive experiences
está destruyendo/mejorando la cultura y las tradicionesit is destroying/improving culture and traditions
el turismo genera empleos tourism generates employment
el turismo tiene muchas ventajas/desventajas
tourism has many advantages/disadvantages
algunos turistas se comportan mal
some tourists behave badly
el turismo ayuda la economía
tourism helps the economy
crea experiencias positivas
it creates positive experiences
está destruyendo/mejorando la cultura y las tradiciones
it is destroying/improving culture and traditions
el turismo genera empleos
tourism generates employment

Question

Try writing a message to your Spanish friend about holidays and tourism.

Tu amigo argentino/amiga argentina te manda un mensaje en una red social en el que te pregunta sobre las vacaciones y el turismo. (Your Argentinian friend sends you a message on social media in which he/she asks you about holidays and tourism.)

Escríbele un mensaje. (Write him/her a message.)

Menciona (Mention):

  • adónde fuiste de vacaciones el año pasado (where you went on holiday last year)
  • si vas de vacaciones con tu familia o con tus amigos, y tus opiniones (if you go on holiday with your family or with your friends, and your opinions)
  • cuáles serían tus vacaciones ideales (what your ideal holiday would be)
  • tu opinión del turismo (your opinion of tourism)

Escribe aproximadamente 90 palabras en español. (Write approximately 90 words in Spanish.)

Responde a todos los aspectos de la pregunta. (Answer all aspects of the question.)

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