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The top international destinations in 2009 are:[1]
Rank |
Country |
International tourist arrivals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France |
74.2 million |
| 2 |  United States |
54.9 million |
| 3 |  Spain |
52.2 million |
| 4 |  China |
50.9 million |
| 5 |  Italy |
43.2 million |
| 6 |  United Kingdom |
28.0 million |
| 7 |  Turkey |
25.5 million |
| 8 |  Germany |
24.2 million |
| 9 |  Malaysia |
23.6 million |
| 10 |  Mexico |
21.5 million |
(Source: Wikipedia)
We recently got reviewed by Slapstart:
Travel Phrasebook is just that: a PDF phrasebook that will make you sound competent, perhaps even cool. You can learn 100+ professionally translated phrases in all kinds of languages, including Spanish, French, and Chinese, as well as 10 at a time in popular categories. Best of all, you can download the phrases to your laptop, iPhone, or mobile device. The phrasebooks themselves are gorgeous (screen shot below); it provides general stuff (”What time is it?” “Nice to meet you”) with Numbers, Common Questions, and Common Problems (”Why are you laughing?” Ahh…if I only had a dime for every time I had to ask that question.)
Travel Phrasebook also serves a very large and desperate market: bumbling, fanny-pack wearing (American, ahem) tourists who would rather not deeply immerse themselves in a language, but rather get a handle of the key phrases. And let’s be honest: they’re already wearing fanny packs and would look even worse reading from a thick, clumsy analog phrasebook; at least now they can look remotely cool by referring to their mobile device. (But I kid: these phrasebooks are ideal for folks of all ages and proclivities, especially young people just out of college.) And of course, sorting the phrases by category makes things even easier. For example, when you go to a restaurant, all the common phrases are in one place (”The bill please,” “I am vegetarian,” etc. I did not see “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup,” but why even put it out there, y’know?)
One phrase book is only $2.99. You can get two – and a third for free – for only $5, and all twelve for a mere $10. Not bad! Currently the phrasebooks are heavy on the Southeast Asian regions; languages include Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Malay, and Indonesian. Europe is represented by Germany, Italy, Spain, and France. What more do you need, really? (Just kidding, Belgium!)
So, from a first-time user perspective, I was instantly drawn in. I really liked the sample phrasebook, plus the iPhone/iPod screenshots. They laid it all out there, yet the layout was simple and no frills-y. And of course, the price is unbeatable. Now if only this stuff was around 10 years ago.
Many of our customers print our phrasebooks, either in A4 or in Booklet format. But did you know that you can download and view all our PDF phrasebooks on your iPhone or iPod touch devices?
Here are some screenshots of what the phrasebook looks like on an iPod touch:
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Our phrasebooks for mobile devices are available in 12 languages, and includes all the categories including Numbers, Business, Shopping, Restaurant, Entertainment and much more!
We updated the layout for our PDF phrasebooks for all 12 languages – French, German, Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Malay and Indonesian. These are designed for easy printing (A4, booklet) or viewing on your PC, laptop or portable device.
Here are some examples:
Want to print your own booklet? No problem. Just choose the booklet printing option when you print your PDF files.
Ever wondered what countries you visited in the past? Share it here!
Here is a list of countries my wife and I visited in the last 10 years:
Albania
Austria
Australia
Belgium
Cambodia
Czech Republic
Fiji
France
Germany
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Laos
Malaysia
South Korea
Spain
Thailand
Taiwan
UK
USA
Leaving on a trip to Shanghai, and taking my trusty Mandarin phrasebook with me. Expecting a lot of tourists because of the world expo, so would be a good opportunity to meet people and learn new Mandarin phrases.
Do you need phrasebooks in more languages? Please tell us and leave a comment in this blog.
I returned from a trip to Tokyo recently and tested our updated Japanese phrasebook. For myself, I prefer to print out the phrasebook on paper and carry it in my pocket. I then keep practicing the phrases I want to learn again and again. Sometimes it also helps to make notes next to the phrase – for example if there is another way to express something.
I was happy that the waiter understood me when I ordered a beer! During a business meeting I also tested some of the business phrases, and was happy to see that my Japanese counterparts understood me. They appreciate when a foreigner tries to speak their language.
Are you going to Japan? Don’t forget your Japanese phrasebook from www.travelphrasebook.com.
