Abstract
In this study, we carried out basic research on technical terms in tourism studies in order to prepare a Japanese text book for international students studying tourism. Firstly, we selected 308 basic technical terms based on the frequency of use of catchwords in 6 tourism dictionaries. Then, in view of 3 points, that is, format, word group, and semantic field, we analyzes the characteristics of these words and essential points in teaching these words. The analysis shows that the basic technical terms of tourism studies include many proper nouns and imported words. Moreover, the technical terms including "tourism" are classified into 14 semantic fields and the tourism vocabulary is characteristic in its wide semantic fields. In teaching international students, it is considered that learning Katakana technical terms, improving vocabulary in the 14 fields, and understanding the background knowledge such as Japanese culture, history and geography are important for the students.
