Challenges facing the cruise ship industry IELTS Listening Answers with Explanation

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Challenges facing the cruise ship industry

Problems with overtourism
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 is one of the worst problems.
• A tourist 2.
            
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 is being introduced in some cities to reduce numbers, e.g. Barcelona.
• Bruges: action was taken to limit day trips from the nearby port because the city was becoming a ‘theme park’ (e.g. many shops were only stocking 3.
            
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 and souvenirs).
• Dubrovnik: limits the number of tourists by managing the 4.
            
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 of cruise ship arrivals.
Problems of perception
• Cruises are generally associated with the elderly.
• There is an assumption about the 
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 of cruises.
• People think there may be too many 6.
            
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Solutions
Cruise lines are attracting younger customers by:
• becoming more sustainable e.g. using hybrid engines.
• having a wide range of activities e.g. boxing, 
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 and well-being programmes.
• offering a diverse selection of food including 8.
            
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 options.
• providing reliable 9.
            
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• improving marketing on social media with high quality 10.
            
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❓ Transcript

Challenges facing the cruise ship industry

For my presentation today, I'm going to talk about some of the

issues facing the cruise ship industry, and then some ways these can

be addressed.

The cruise ship industry has partly been responsible for the effects of

overtourism in recent decades.

Overtourism occurs in places where excessive numbers of tourists cause

significant problems.

Pollution, for example, is among the greatest threats to many popular tourist destinations.

Of course, for many places, it's a difficult balance to achieve.

They want to promote their city or island as a desirable tourist

destination, but at the same time are unable to cope with thousands

of cruise ship passengers on a daily basis.

The trouble is, excessive tourism is destroying the beauty spots and places

of interest that people come to visit.

Several cities, such as Barcelona, have responded by imposing a tax, which

all visitors to the city from cruise ships have to pay.

But as it's only a couple of euros, many green campaigners think

it won't deter enough people to make any difference.

Bruges is another city which became impossible to navigate at times because

of the huge numbers of cruise passengers arriving on day trips from

the port of Zeebrugge.

The city was becoming like a theme park, with shops only catering

for tourists selling chocolate, which Belgium is famous for, and other souvenirs.

The local council took action to limit cruise passengers to a more

manageable level.

Dubrovnik had to limit the numbers of cruise ships after it became

extremely popular as a cruise ship destination when it featured in a

hugely successful TV series.

What it does now is control the timing of all cruise ship

entries to the city's port.

However, many people feel this measure does not go far enough.

Cruise ships may be unpopular in some of their destinations, but they

also have an image problem.

They've always been perceived as a safe holiday for the elderly, with

not much on offer for families or young couples.

A recent survey showed that cost is also a major factor in

putting younger groups off going on a cruise.

But what they don't realize is that compared to other types of

package holidays, cruises can actually be good value, as all activities and

drinks are often included.

And another perception is that cruises have lots of rules about what

to wear and how to behave.

But these days, most cruises are no longer very formal and behind

the times.

So what solutions are there for cruise lines to overcome some of

these problems?

How can they appeal to younger customers?

Well, one selling point is that cruise ships are becoming more sustainable.

New ships are built with hybrid engines with large batteries, which means

ships do not have to keep their engines running while docked.

Cruise lines are also designing ships specially for those in the age

range of 21 to 45.

The decor in these feels contemporary, and there are a range of

activities on board that you wouldn't find on a more traditional cruise.

There's even a boxing ring on one ship, and most offer diving expeditions.

But there's also a huge focus on well-being, with a variety

of sessions of different kinds.

Food is always a very important part of any cruise, and cruise

ships have had to radically update their menus to suit the tastes

of their younger customers.

Vegan dishes are standard, for example.

The restaurants on board have also gone paperless, with menus available on screen.

Unlike older generations who went on cruises largely to get away from

everything, younger people expect to be able to keep in touch with

friends and family.

Many people going on longer cruises also spend time working, so companies

have to guarantee Wi-Fi that can be relied upon at all

times.

My grandparents used to love looking through cruise brochures, even when they

weren't planning on going on a cruise.

Until very recently, TV ads for cruises always felt dated and aimed

at retirees.

Cruise lines have been slowed to adopt the power of social media,

but that's all changing.

Leading cruise lines now employ top agencies to produce first-rate videos

for social media channels.

It will be interesting to see whether the cruise...

🔥 Answer key (đáp án và giải thích)

Pollution

Giải thích chi tiết

❓ Câu hỏi: ________ is one of the worst problems.

🎯 Xác định loại từ cần điền:

Chỗ trống đứng ở vị trí chủ ngữ của câu, nên cần một danh từ.
Cụm phía sau là “is one of the worst problems” nên từ cần điền phải là một vấn đề/nguy cơ lớn đối với các điểm du lịch nổi tiếng.
Dựa vào tiêu đề Challenges facing the cruise ship industry, ta dự đoán đáp án sẽ là một thách thức về môi trường hoặc du lịch quá tải.

✅ Đáp án đúng: Pollution

▶️ Bắt đầu nghe ở: câu người nói giải thích về overtourism và nhắc đến significant problems ở các điểm du lịch.

☺️ Giải thích đáp án:

Trước khi nghe, xác định từ khóa quan trọng là worst problems.
Ngay sau khi giải thích về overtourism, người nói đưa ra một ví dụ cụ thể: “Pollution, for example, is among the greatest threats to many popular tourist destinations.”
worst problems = greatest threats, nên đáp án nghe được là Pollution.

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