ETYMOLOGY AND FUNCTIONING OF TERMS OF THE TOURISM SPHERE

Abstract

From the second half of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century. tourism has become an integral part of society‟s life, one of the most profitable and dynamically progressing branches of the economy. For changes that took place in a society under the influence of tourism, it received the name of the socio-cultural phenomenon of the twentieth century. The emergence of tourism in leadership positions in the economy and society attracted the attention of many specialists from different fields of knowledge. Over recent years, tourism has undergone some of the greatest development, employing thousands of people, as well as the most up-to-date technologies and means of communication. The spread of tourism all over the world has encouraged the use of English in foreign countries where, due to historical, cultural and economic factors, it actually acts as a lingua franca. This great diffusion of the English language has affected the other languages, which have started borrowing a dhuge number of terms from it. For instance, words such as camping, check-in and booking, all inclusive, shop-tour, diving are commonly used in a number of languages, including Ukrainian. One of the most demanded spheres of communication is tourism. The given article outlines the main aspects of study of the English tourism terminology, in particular, the functional one. It also covers etymology of the terms “tourism” and “tourist” in historical retrospective. Tourism terminological field branch organization and its relative division into five micro fields, which are typical for tourism sphere, are being researched in the given article.