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Title: Destination Geography


1
Destination Geography
  • Travel Tourism - Standard 1 Objective 2 - Part I

2
Travel and Tourism Questions
  • Where is it?
  • What does the destination look like?
  • How does it relate to other destinations?

3
Travel Questions cont.
  • When is the best time to go?
  • What are the local customs?
  • How do I find information?
  • Whats happening?

4
WHERE IS IT?
5
Place Names Describe
  • Geographic Features
  • Historical Events
  • An event in the background of the Original
    Inhabitants

6
Basic Tools
  • MAP
  • Geographers traditional and most valued tool.
  • ATLAS
  • An atlas is a collection of flat maps bound
    together for ease of use.

7
What is on a Map?
  • Title
  • Date
  • Author
  • Legend
  • Scale
  • Index
  • Grid
  • Surrounding Places

8
Who designs a map?
  • A CARTOGRAPHER is a MAPMAKER

9
Egocentrism
  • Putting ones own country in the center of a map!

10
GPS
  • Global Positioning System (GPS) uses radio
    signals broadcast by satellites to know where you
    are. It was developed for the military.

11
What Does the Destination Look Like?
12
H2O - Water
  • 70 of the earths surface is water.
  • Oceans in size order
  • Pacific
  • Atlantic
  • Indian
  • Artic

13
Waterfalls
  • Waterfalls attract millions of people each
    year. Some of the most popular are
  • Angel Falls Venezuela
  • Niagara Falls Canada/U.S.
  • Waterfalls in
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Yellowstone National Park

14
Islands
  • The five types of Islands
  • Barrier Islands
  • Continental Islands
  • Coral Islands
  • Tectonically formed Islands
  • Volcanic Islands

15
Deserts
  • Deserts cover 1/5 of the earth
  • The largest desert in the world is The Sahara

16
How does it relate to other destinations?
17
Tools of Measurement
  • The United States uses the English system of
    measurement.
  • The rest of the world uses the metric system.

18
WHAT TIME IS IT???
  • The invention of the telegraph and the need to
    produce train schedules nudged the world into
    standardizing time.

19
Systems of Time
  • 24-hour Clock
  • Military
  • A.M./P.M. System
  • To turn into the 24-hour clock simply add 12 to
    the number.
  • Example If it is 400 p.m. it would be 1600
    hours.

20
International Date Line
  • The International Date Line is located in
    the Pacific Ocean

21
Today is
  • There are 12 time zones West of Greenwich and 12
    to the East.
  • There always 2 calendar days in the world.
  • The date to the west of the International Date
    Line is one day later than the date to the east
    of the line.

22
  • When is the best time to go?

23
Climate vs. Weather
  • Climate is the sum of weather over a period of
    time.
  • Weather is what is happening now.

24
Weather
  • Temperature
  • Atmospheric Pressure
  • Wind
  • Humidity
  • Precipitation
  • Clouds

25
Variables Affecting Climate
  • Latitude
  • Elevation
  • Proximity to Water
  • Ocean Currents
  • Topography
  • Prevailing Winds

26
Mountain Sickness
  • Mountain Sickness is caused when you ascend to an
    elevation higher than 8,000 feet.
  • Symptoms are headaches, nausea, sleeplessness

27
Equator
  • Marks the boundary line between North and South
    Hemispheres
  • Marks reversal of the seasons

28
Seasonality
  • The peaks and valleys of demand for a
    destination and its facilities

29
Peak Season
  • High demand
  • Prices go up

30
Shoulder Season
  • Low demand
  • Few People Travel
  • Low prices

31
Something to remember
  • Price and Accessibility do not always
    correlate with physical distance between
    destinations.

32
Marketers Job
  • Even out seasonality Ideas
  • Lowering Rates
  • Schedule Special Events
  • Encourage Conventions

33
World Events
  • Positive
  • Negative
  • Affects travel and tourism
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