Transcript Time Zone Facts

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Understand how geography impacts
hospitality and tourism destinations.
Landforms
• Landforms are natural features of the landscape, natural
physical features of the earth's surface, for example:
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Valleys
Islands
Mountains
Rivers
Canyons
Glaciers
Plains
Cape
Plains
What does this represent?
Time Zone Facts
• Time Zones are a geographical world globe division of 15o each,
starting at Greenwich, in England, created to help people know
what time is it now in another part of the world.
• Nowadays it is much more a political division than geographical,
because sometimes people needs to have the same time as other
people in not-so-far locations.
• And for energy savings reasons, we have today the Daylight Savings
Time, that are also a Time Zone variation.
• International Date Line is the imaginary line is the dividing point for
two calendar days.
Time Zone Concerns for Travel
• Travel agents should explain the time zone to
their clients who will be traveling to different
parts of the world.
• Traveling to destinations in different time
zones typically alters their sleeping patterns.
Destination Time Zone and Land Form
Climate and Toursim
• Perhaps no other industry is more dependent
on climate than travel and tourism. WHY?
• From warm, sunny, beachfront resorts, to
majestic, snowy mountains, and turbulencefree flights, nearly every aspect of the industry
is better off and more profitable when the
weather is stable and predictable, and
travelers can move about safely and without
disruption.
Climate Change and Toursim
• Climate change is also predicted to result in
greater weather volatility and related risks
to infrastructure. Such as:
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Beach Erosion
Water Pollution (Man-Made)
Floods
Lack of Snow or Excess in some areas.
Destruction of Infrastructure (i.e. buildings, roads,
etc)
– In small island states and developing countries,
where tourism is a major economic activity,
any significant reduction in tourist arrivals will
have serious employment impacts and
generate further poverty.
Climate Change and Toursim
What is the Climate of your destination?
And Pollution
Hurricane Sandy
Physical Geography
https://www.google.com/maps/views/u/0/home?gl=us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnjnoSjjarg
Explore Google Earth and/or Street View
What is the Climate of your destination?
And Pollution