The Process
Travellers. Overseas travel and travelling Australians
Because of Australia's physical isolation, overseas travel has always been difficult and time consuming.
It has been a recent development for Australians to travel as much as they do today.
Isolation and our multicultural society mean that we travel to other countries for
- Business
- Education
- Holidays
- Employment
Can you think of any other reasons for overseas travel?
Travellers need to be prepared for overseas travel. When travelling overseas thing that need to be considered are:
- Visa requirements
- Vaccinations
- Local currency and exchange rates
- Language barriers
Because travel is so popular now, travel agencies are big business and there are many different types of holidays on offer....as you will discover as you plan to visit CHINA!
Tasks
- Have you been overseas? Post a message on the blog page telling about your overseas travel. Tell us where and why you travelled.
- Complete this chart by calculating the totlas for the reasons people travel and the total number of people travelling to each country. Travelling Australians...excel spreadsheet.
Using the completed chart respond to the following questions in your blog.
- What was the most popular purpose for travelling overseas?
- Where was the most popular destination for Australian travellers? Why?
- List the five most popular and five least popular destinations for business and conferences.
- Give a reason why for the most popular and least popular.
What are some of the benefits of overseas travel and visiting foreign countries? Do we benefit by experiencing other cultures? In what way?