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s of a society, nothing is of greater strategic importance than the language through which its beliefs are expressed and transmitted by which most interaction of its member take place.” In other words, culture is something that everybody has in his or her social life, and language is part of culture, whereas the content of culture is carried or transmitted with language. Therefore, languages always express something with culture underlying it, so does tourism English. Actually cultural background information is in most cases the most important and appealing factor to attract tourists. Many famous tourist spots and sites are remarkable for their historic buildings, events and stories happened there or special customs which has been developed in the river of history during a long period of time. And now people from every part of the world come to visit them in order to appreciate the nice scenery, acquire knowledge about history and enjoy the special customs which are so different from their own. As an important medium of the communication in international tourism, tourism English is often bound to express or deliver such cultural background information of history, geographic location or customs in living, eating, clothing and other aspects of people's social life. This feature of tourism English can be approved by the passage below which is used to introduce a famous tourist spot in London, the House of Parliament, to tourists. (1) Now more commonly known as the Houses of Parliament, the Palace of Westminster life in 1042 as a royal residence under Edward the Confessor. The major structure to survive various fires, Westminster Hall was built 1087 and 1100 and is one of the largest medieval halls in Europe with an unsupported hammer beam roof. During the 14th century the Hall housed shops and stalls selling wigs, pens and other legal equipment. The courts of law also met Thesis Applying for Master Degree of WUT there. Following a fire in 1512, Henry VIII decided to abandon the Palace and from this moment onwards it became home to the two seats of Parliament-the Commons and the Lords. Thomas More, Charles I, and those accused of trying to blow-up Parliament (1605), were all tried in Westminster Hall. The Hall suffered from yet another disastrous fire in 1534 when everything was lost except Westminster Hall and the Jewel Tower. A competition was launched to redevelop the whole site. Sir Charles Barry was responsible for the mock Gothic building that has become such a familiar landmark today and home to both the Clock Tower that houses Big Ben (the bell that chimes on the hour) and the largest clock face in the country. This feature can also be easily found in English versions used to introduce Chinese tourist spots since China is famous for its long history and amazing oriental culture which has been formed gradually during thousands of years' development of human civilization. For example: (2) It is said that the northern Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo, when he served as governor of Hangzhou, used to go to the temple with his friends and subordinates for a visit. And he is said to have handled a court case in the cold spring for the owner of a fan shop, for Su was a famous painter, calligrapher as well as a poet. (3) During the Dragon Boat Festival (which falls on the fifth day of the lunar month in May), it is a common practice to eat Zongzi, which is a rice pudding wrapped up with weed leaves. Conclusion The paper deals mainl