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The present Dictionary contains over 50 000 terms, combinations, equivalents and meanings related to the sphere of tourism and hospitality industry. The Dictionary comprises the basic terminology concerning the hotel industry, management and service of tours, business trips and excursions, study and science travelling, cruises, resort and recreation rest. Found in the Dictionary are also the terms covering some adjacent fields: economics, transport, telecommunications, insurance, medicine, history, geography, arts, culinary, etc. All the terms for the present Dictionary were chosen from the specialized literature: modern dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference books, tourist guides, respective periodicals and some other sources. The Dictionary comprises the words and expressions connected with the theme of travelling related both to American English and British English. The Dictionary has been compiled to meet the needs of specialists who work in various fields connected with tourist business and industry of hospitality, as well as of students, postgraduates, instructors and professors of the respective colleges and universities, translators of the literature for travelers. Slovar' soderzhit svyshe 50 000 terminov, sochetanij, jekvivalentov i znachenij, otnosjashhihsja k sfere turizma i industrii gostepriimstva. Slovar' prednaznachen dlja specialistov, rabotajushhih v razlichnyh oblastjah turisticheskogo biznesa i industrii gostepriimstva, a takzhe dlja studentov, aspirantov, prepodavatelej vysshih uchebnyh zavedenij i perevodchikov literatury po turizmu.