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m a guidebook to introduce one of the famous resorts in Britain, Cornwall, in which specific directions are given to tourists for accommodation and the ways of how to get there. Cornwall Tourist Board has 1335 approved accommodation members, of whom 568 are serviced establishments including Hotels, Pubs/Inns and Farmhouses, 582 are self-catering units, 190 are tent, touring and static caravan holiday parks. Full details on accommodation are available from our webs www.comwalltouristboard.co.uk, telephone us on (01872) 322900. This is about accommodation. How to get there? The M5 motorway links with the A30 and provides a fast easy route into Cornwall. Rail Great Western and Virgin trains run services to Cornwall. Main line stations at Liskeard, Bodmin, Par, St Austell, Truro, Redruth, Cambome, St Erth and Penzance, with branch lines to Looe, Newquay, St Ives and Falmouth. Contact 08457 484950 for further information. You can also by air or by boat. The ports of Falmouth and Fowey are stop-of points for cruise liners. Air Newquay Airport has a direct link with London Gatwick and London Stansted so is accessible from anywhere in the world. In this passage, you can know clearly the accommodation and three ways (road, sea, air) to get there. Therefore, we say, tourism English has directive function. C. The Evocative Function “The evocative function is the use of language to create certain feelings in the hearer.” (Hu Zhuangling) For the relevant organizations or operators of tourism, it is urgent to attract more people to visit the tourist destinations. Therefore, tourism English is used to evoke the tourists' feeling of desire to come to visit that place or enjoy the services they provide, of course, with pay. For example: Hangzhou is one of China’s major scenic wonders as well as a famous culture city with a long history. Hangzhou is famous for its West Lake, an area of striking beauty. Covering 5.66 square kilometers, and has such place of interest as Three Pools Mirroring the Moon. Originally a shallow bay adjoining the Qiantang River, it was gradually transformed into an inland lake by the sitting-up of the outlet. “ The West Lake is comparable with the girl Xi Zi, always charming with either light or heavy make-up”. Indeed it looks beautiful as the some beautiful poem. Some tourists want to check up the poem above, they are attracted by the beautiful words. Ⅲ.The Linguistic Features of Tourism English Identifying the features of tourism English studied is always necessary when we work on it. The distinctive features of tourism English distinguish it from the other branches of English, such as technology English, legal English and business English and so on. The paper will analyze the features from four aspects, The first is from the point of linguistics, which includes the lexical and grammatical point of view. The second is from its performative function-courtesy feature. The third is from its style and the last is from the point of the culture. It is believable that tourism English will be made clearer according to the analysis of the exterior and interior features of tourism English. A. Lexical Feature “Lexicology is the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of the vocabulary of a given language. It deals with words, their origin, development, history, formation, meaning and application” is from An Introduction to English Lexicology. (Lin Chengzhang) “Lexicon, in its most general sense, is synonymous w