Talk about beautiful places for sightseeing in your country. Use the English vocabulary and tourism and sightseeing below, beside your own words.
English Vocabulary for Tourism and Sightseeing
| Word /phrase | Function | Meaning |
| Attraction | Noun | something interesting or enjoyable that people want to visit. |
| Castle | Noun | a large building usually with high, thick walls and towers that was built in the past to protect against attack. |
| Exhibition | Noun | a public show of something |
| What a great view! | Exclamatory statement |
used to express your interest when you see beautiful scenery. |
| Scenery/Texas
mountains are nice scenery. |
Noun/common statement |
a view of natural features (such as mountains, hills, valleys, etc.) |
| Cable car | Noun | a vehicle that hangs in the air from a cable that pulls it up and down mountains. |
| Photograph/photography | Noun | a picture made by a camera. Photo means ―light and the English suffix -graphy means either “writing” or a “field of study”. Thus, photography means ―writing with light. |
| Greenery | Noun | green leaves or plants. |
| Landscape | Noun | an area of land that has a particular quality or appearance. |
| Skyscraper | Noun | a very tall building in a city. |
| Panoramic view | Noun | a full and wide view of something. |
| Let`s go sightseeing | Common statement |
used to make a suggestion when you would like to go sightseeing with someone else. |
Tourist guide |
Noun | a person who leads or directs other people on a journey. |
| Temple | Noun | a building for worship. |
| The Grand Canyon | Noun | a large and deep valley in the U.S., in Arizona. It is said to be a very beautiful place. |
| The Statue of Liberty | Noun | A statue at the entrance to New York Harbor, a symbol of welcome to immigrants. It was a gift from France in 1886. |
| The Eiffel Tower | Noun | A wrought-iron structure erected in Paris in 1889. With a height of 984 feet (300 m), it was the tallest man-made structure for many years. |
| The Space Needle | Noun | The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest, and a symbol of Seattle. It was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World’s Fair, which drew over 2.3 million visitors, when nearly 20,000 people a day used its elevators. |
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