Giving a Presentation
1. Introduce yourself
Good morning. My name is Nattamon. I am going to talk about tourism.
In particular: Can we expect visitor numbers to go on increasing?
What are the factors which have an influence on the number of tourists?
2. Introduce the topic. Today we will be talking about ………………
I am going to talk about tourism.
In particular: Can we expect visitor numbers to go on increasing?
What are the factors which have an influence on them?
3. Overview
The issues we will be discussing are ;
• A histogram showing total number of tourists visiting Thailand in millions for the years 2000- 2014
• The general trend of tourism numbers
• Factors which have a negative influence on visitor numbers
4. Stating points
In my opinion …………………
Tourism contributes up to 10% of Gross Domestic Product of Thailand. So it is an important part of the economy. The trend is one of increasing numbers over the past 15 years. This is to be expected as wealth and leisure time increase in parts of Asia. In addition to traditional visitors from Europe many now come from places like China and Russia.
I think that ……………………
Certain natural events and political actions do influence the numbers of tourists.
5. Adding more points.
I’d like to move onto ……………..
The graph shows some dips and peaks within the trend.
In 2003 there was an outbreak of SARS virus. This impacted on travel particularly in Asia. Visitor numbers dropped that year. The tsunami of December 2004 impacted on the 2005 period, again a drop in the total. Also flooding in 2011. These natural events can impact on the industry.
There are other influences
This leads me next point …………….. The economic and political situation can also have an impact.
Government should note that the world recession 2008 - 9 caused a major drop in numbers and a numbers were adversely affected during periods of political instability 2010. The coup of 2014 has led to a lack of confidence which impacted on the latest figures.
6. Summarising
To sum up ……………………
If we wish to continue to expand and protect the tourism industry there is a certain amount governments and local authorities can do. They need to be able to manage natural events efficiently when they occur. They need to be aware that instability and lack of stable democratic government can affect the confidence of foreign tourists
I’ve talked about ………………
events which affect tourism numbers.
7. Relating the beginning to the end.
To return to the original questions ……………….
I believe that whilst we should welcome a general upward trend in visitors we should not be complacent. Other South East Asian countries are also able to offer similar levels of hospitality. Therefore we should learn from events. We should do what we can to make the country stable, attractive and efficient.
So, if we look at what I said at the beginning ……………
It is possible to influence tourism numbers by making Thailand attractive and negating the negative influences of certain natural events and avoiding political instability.
8. Thank the audicnce and question.
Thank you for listening and I’m happy to answer any questions you may have.