The present work aims at investigating the needs of second year licence tourism students at the National Superior School of Tourism (NSST) in order to design adequate English for Tourism Purposes (ETP) syllabus to learn the English language appropriate to their field of interest. A careful review of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and needs analysis literature showed that ESP courses strive for authenticity, adequacy and relevance. The study is based on analyzing the tourism students' needs, requirements, and preferences, a crucial stage in designing ESP courses, in order to offer them an...