Geography 2144A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Varadero, Cozumel, Cayman Islands

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2144A/B
• Professor: Graham Smith

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In north america, tourism is everywhere, but relatively insignificant. Seasonality is huge in terms of defining the tourism sector: easier to sell sun and sand, tend to have longer seasons, those who do not, have shorter seasons. Fargo sucks in winter (freezing etc. : he talked about fargo as a shitty tourist place. Number and types of visitors: demographics, cancun targets college students: both singles and groups, hotels, activities, restaurants etc. are tailored it to the cultural demographic of the market, cultural origins, charleston tour (cid:862)(cid:449)he(cid:396)e a(cid:396)e you f(cid:396)o(cid:373)?(cid:863). As this (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d the a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396) di(cid:272)tates (cid:449)hat history to tell. Purpose: business, business travel is usually during the week. Sometimes people turn business into a vacation (extend trip: different gateways will attract demographics and purposes, pleasure. Friends + relatives: visiting relatives results in a very different experience. For example no rental car, no hotel, less restaurants.