Tourism - useful links in English and Russian

'Hotel sign' photo (c) 2008, John Stavely - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

I thought it would be good to share some useful links on tourism. The links are in English and/or Russian. They can be used for translating or you can use them as a reference when you teach or study this topic in English or Russian.

1) Hotel categories according to world standards (in Russian): Категории гостиниц
2) Wikipedia also gives some info about hotel types: Гостиница. Many terms are given in English and Russian, especially types of rooms.

3) More hotel types in the English version of Wikipedia.
4) Glossary of hospitality / Tourism terms - all in English, with explanations.
5) This English-Russian list of hotel terms helped me to do a few translations in this field. Plus the website has more useful info about hotels and hospitality business (in Russian).
6) Glossary on the topic of tourism - in Russian, but there are English equivalents to some Russian terms.
7) This is also an interesting English-Russian glossary called "Глоссарий специальных терминов сферы туризма"/ Glossary of special terms in the sphere of tourism
8) Climate / Weather Terms Glossary - in English. I am adding this and the following link in Russian because climate is also vital for tourism :)
9) Географический словарь по теме "атмосфера и климат" - in Russian, as I said before ;)
9) An article from Wikipedia about medical tourism in English
10) Also an article on medical tourism in Wikipedia, but in Russian
10) Medical tourism glossary - in Russian
11) And this is a great Medical dictionary/glossary in English that can help if you're translating a text on medical tourism or medicine in general

Hope these resources will be helpful to you! What would you add to the list?
Have a wonderful Sunday!

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