Tourism is a challenging sector that divides statistics since businesses…
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Tourism is a challenging sector that divides statistics since businesses serve tourists, also serve local people. Therefore, it is not straightforward to estimate how much business sectors’ revenues and how many jobs are due to tourist expenditures.
Opens question #010398 in the RealPTE practice screen.
How to read it
Tourism is a challenging sector|that divides statistics‖since businesses serve tourists,|also serve local people.‖Therefore,|it is not straightforward to estimate‖how much business sectors’ revenues and how many jobs|are due to tourist expenditures.
| short pause ‖ breathe
Words to stress correctly
| expenditures | ex·PEN·di·tures | /ɪkˈspɛndətʃɚz/ |
| statistics | sta·TIS·tics | /stəˈtɪstɪks/ |
| challenging | CHAL·len·ging | /ˈtʃæləndʒɪŋ/ |
| businesses | BUSI·ness·es | /ˈbɪznəsəz/ |
| estimate | ES·ti·mate | /ˈɛstəmət/ |
37 words, aim for 14–17 seconds. No numbers. Breathe after statistics, after people and after estimate; the last chunk is one long idea, so keep it flowing.
Where marks are usually lost
Stress: sta·TIS·tics, ex·PEN·di·tures, but CHAL·len·ging, BUSI·ness·es, ES·ti·mate on the first syllable. Dropping plural endings in businesses, tourists, sectors’, revenues, jobs. Hesitating before expenditures at the very end.
General tip: the comma phrase tourists, also serve local people is odd grammar — do not stop to fix it, just read it with a short pause.
What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt
中文: 旅游业是一个难以统计划分的行业，因为为游客服务的企业同时也为当地居民服务。因此，要估算各行业的收入和就业岗位中有多少是由游客消费带来的，并不简单。
हिन्दी: पर्यटन एक चुनौतीपूर्ण क्षेत्र है जो आँकड़ों को विभाजित करता है, क्योंकि पर्यटकों की सेवा करने वाले व्यवसाय स्थानीय लोगों की भी सेवा करते हैं। इसलिए यह अनुमान लगाना सरल नहीं है कि व्यावसायिक क्षेत्रों का कितना राजस्व और कितनी नौकरियाँ पर्यटकों के खर्च के कारण हैं।
नेपाली: पर्यटन एक चुनौतीपूर्ण क्षेत्र हो जसले तथ्याङ्कलाई विभाजित गर्छ, किनभने पर्यटकलाई सेवा दिने व्यवसायहरूले स्थानीय मानिसहरूलाई पनि सेवा दिन्छन्। त्यसैले व्यावसायिक क्षेत्रहरूको कति आम्दानी र कति रोजगारी पर्यटकहरूको खर्चका कारण हो भनी अनुमान गर्नु सजिलो छैन।
Tiếng Việt: Du lịch là một ngành khó phân tách số liệu thống kê, vì các doanh nghiệp phục vụ khách du lịch cũng phục vụ người dân địa phương. Do đó, không dễ để ước tính bao nhiêu doanh thu của các ngành kinh doanh và bao nhiêu việc làm là nhờ chi tiêu của khách du lịch.
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Read Aloud format (Pearson)
| Prompt | Text up to 60 words |
|---|---|
| Preparation | 30–40 seconds |
| Time to answer | Depends on the length of the text |
| Skills assessed | Speaking |
| Scored on | Content; Pronunciation; Oral fluency |
How it is scored
- Content is scored by counting the correct words in your response.
- If you stay silent for more than 3 seconds, the recording stops.
- You can record your response only once.
Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 1: Speaking & Writing, checked 9 October 2026.