Geography 2045A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Lunchbox, Carnival Cruise Line
3 Nov 2017
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4 core concepts are marked out of 5. Tourism infrastructure starts with transportation: massively smaller in terms that our generation can access it. Road: highways: interstates, motorways, scenic drives, the growth of mass tourism is synonymous of the growth of the highway, opposite end of highways are scenic drives, hwy 1 in cali or the sea-to-sky hwy in vancouver. Air: hubs, major hubs like atlantic, chicago, denver and dallas. If you want to go to brisbane from toronto you must pass through sydney first because it is the hub: heathrow, amsterdam, paris and frankfurt major european hubs. Cruises: ports, destination and patterns, carnival legend, w. caribbean, march 2010. Mix: supply and demand, occupancy rates, paris, london: have less supply which is why there are high prices, hotel revenue: 60% Capacity: hotel location and target market important in what the hotel provides wifi, pools, family activities.
