高校在培养专业的旅游管理人员和从业人员过程中必须要开设旅游英语。旅游活动本身是一种跨文化活动,也是文化传播的媒介。旅游英语课程的开展对于文化差异的消除与文化冲突的缓解起着重要作用,针对其跨文化特性要着重培养学生的跨文化意识。 Colleges and universities in the professional training of tourism management personnel and practitioners must be set up Tourism English. Tourism is itself a cross-cultural activity and a medium of cultural transmission. Tourism English curriculum plays an important role in the elimination of cultural differences and the alleviation of cultural conflicts. In view of its intercultural characteristics, it is necessary to focus on cultivating students’ intercultural awareness.