TPC 2 - GLOBAL TOURISM, GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE

• Geography

  The study of Earth's landscape, people, places, and environment
• Spatial terms


  Geography studies the relationships between people, places, and environments by mapping information about them into a spatial context
• Places and regions


  The identities and lives of individuals and people are rooted in particular places and in those human constructs called regions
• Physical systems


  Physical processes shape Earth's surface and interact with plant and animal life to create, sustain, and modify ecosystems
• Human systems


  People are central to geography. Human activities, settlements, and structures help shape Earth's surface, and humans compete for control of Earth's surface
• Environment and society


  The physical environment is influenced by the ways in which human societies value and use Earth's physical features and processes
• Uses of geography


  Knowledge of geography enables people to develop an understanding of the relationships between people, places, and environments over time
• Tourism


  The activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business, and other purposes
• Roles of geography in tourism

  • Product of tourism and travel motivator
  • Travel or itinerary planning
  • Types of maps
• World continents


  • North America
  • South America
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Antarctica
• Hemispheres


  The northern and southern hemispheres are split by the equator, a line across the middle. The eastern and western hemispheres are separated by the prime meridian, a line running from pole to pole
• International tourism


  Travel of residents visiting places outside their home country
• Passport


  An official and legal document issued by the government to its citizens for international travel
• Securing a Philippine passport

  1. Appear personally at the Department of Foreign Affairs

  2. Have a confirmed appointment

  3. Accomplish a printed application form

  4. Provide necessary documents
• Visa


  An endorsement issued by the consular office of the country to be visited, which allows the bearer an entry
• Travel tips
• Landform


  A natural part of the Earth's surface made by forces like water, ice, wind, and movement of the Earth's plates
• Major types of landforms

  • Mountains
  • Hills
  • Plateaus
• Other types of landforms

  • Desert
  • Valley
  • Island
  • Glaciers
• Weather


  The day-to-day conditions in a place
• Climate


  The average weather and how it changes over months to millions of years in a place
• Difference between weather and climate

  Weather is about what's happening in the air right now or over a short time, while climate is about what the air does over a long time
• Important weather signs


  • Sunny
  • Cloudy
  • Overcast
  • Thunderstorm
  • Partly sunny
  • Fog
  • Showers
  • Heavy rain
  • Rain with sun
  • Snowy
  • Partly cloudy night
  • Unknown data
  • Rain night
  • Sleet
  • Cloudy night
  • Clear night
• Wind


  Air moves from places where there's a lot of air to places where there's not much
• Anemometer


  A tool for measuring wind speed
• Temperature

  How hot or cold a place is, measured in Celsius or Fahrenheit
• Geography


  The study of Earth's landscape, people, places, and environment
• Spatial context


  Geography studies the relationships between people, places, and environments by mapping information about them into a spatial context
• Places and regions


  The identities and lives of individuals and people are rooted in particular places and in those human constructs called regions
• Physical systems


  Physical processes shape Earth's surface and interact with plant and animal life to create, sustain, and modify ecosystems
• Human systems


  People are central to geography. Human activities, settlements, and structures help shape Earth's surface, and humans compete for control of Earth's surface
• Environment and society


  The physical environment is influenced by the ways in which human societies value and use Earth's physical features and processes
• Uses of geography


  Knowledge of geography enables people to develop an understanding of the relationships between people, places, and environments over time-that is of Earth's as it was, is, and as it might be
• Tourism


  The activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business, and other purposes
• Roles of geography in tourism

  • Product of tourism and travel motivator
  • Travel or itinerary planning
  • Types of maps

  
• World continents


  • North America
  • South America
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Antarctica
• Hemispheres


  The northern and southern hemispheres are split by the equator, a line across the middle. The eastern and western hemispheres are separated by the prime meridian, a line running from pole to pole
• International tourism


  Travel of residents visiting places outside their home country
• Passport


  An official and legal document issued by the government to its citizens for international travel
• Securing a Philippine passport

  1. Appear personally at the Department of Foreign Affairs

  2. Have a confirmed appointment

  3. Accomplish a printed application form

  4. Provide necessary documents