Niche tourism. Unit 6. English for international tourism. Intermediate

3 Can you name the most famous safari park in South Africa?

Krugel National Park

Specializes in cheap package tours, huge tourist resorts, international hotel chains and attractions like Disneyland. They create economies of scale through the sale of standardized leisure packages to a mass clientele. Mass tourism has low margins in this competitive market.

Mass tourism

4 Name the first black president of South African.

Nelson Mandela

5 Which famous person was in prison on Robben Island?

Nelson Mandela

Caters for small groups of people who have a shared special interest. Because it's small-scale, small firms can exploit areas of business that the major tour operators aren't able to. It can offer one-to-one service and high levels of product knowledge. It tends to attract high spenders and so has the potential for quite high profit margins.

Niche tourism

1 What is the name of the administrative capital city of South Africa?

Pretoria - although SA is unusual in that it actually has three capital cities: Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital.

2 How many official languages are there in South Africa: 2, 6 or 11?

11