本教材在结构上体现了系统的专业知识体系，在内容体现了最新的内容。全书共分8个单元，每单元都附有与本课内容相关的专业知识介绍，为学生和教师提供必要的知识背景。所选内容均为最近几年的内容，有助于学生了解最新发展动态，培养看问题的国际化视角。

另外，本教材还设计了多样化的练习，不仅包括阅读理解问题，还包括选词填空、难句翻译、猜词练习及讨论题，有利于学生更透彻、更深入地理解课文；练习中所选例句都是在专业语境下的语言，有助于拓展学生的阅读范围。阅读技巧被融入文章阅读和讲解之中，阅读之中设计问题，让学生带着问题阅读，提高阅读效率。

Part Ⅰ Tourism Economy

 Unit 1 It's Not Easy Skiing Green

 Unit 2 The Vacation Recession

Part Ⅱ Tourism Development

 Unit 3 Ecotourism in Guyane

 Unit 4 Tourism and Poverty

Part Ⅲ Tourism Marketing

 Unit 5 A Taste of Dubai

 Unit 6 Mexico's Tourism Turnaround

Part Ⅳ Tourism Management

 Unit 7 Your 2010 Survival Guide

 Unit 8 Event Planners Expanding Use Of Digital Marketing Tools

Part Ⅴ Tourism Culture

 Unit 9 Three Faces of Rome

 Unit 10 Scotland--Its Whiskies and Festivals

Part Ⅵ Tourism Geographic

 Unit 11 Eye on Europe:Discovering the "New" Old World

 Unit 12 Beaming Bali, Indonesia: Cycling the Balinese Path to Happiness

Part Ⅶ Tourism and Society(Tourism Impact)

 Unit 13 Searching for Shangri-La

 Unit 14 Baja, Land of Drug Wars, Tries to Draw Tourists

Part Ⅷ Tourism Organizations

 Unit 15 PATA's Bali Challenge

 Unit 16 Binding UNWTO to Concrete Measures--Climate Change and Tourism

Keys to Exercises