Geography Points for
Hospitality and Tourism
Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Risa McCann
Map or Globe?
The best way to look at travel destinations is to
look at a globe.
Flat maps distort the world
Lines, Lines, Lines
Equator – an imaginary line drawn around the earth
equally distant from both the north and south poles
dividing the earth into northern and southern
hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude
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Hemispheres – ½ of the earth, North and South or
East and West
Latitude lines – the angular distance of a place north
or south of the Equator
Longitude lines – the angular distance of a place east
or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England
Land masses
Continents are the largest masses of land; there
are 7 continents
Islands are surrounded by water on all sides
Mountains are outcroppings of rock and soil,
some are volcanic.
Peninsulas and capes are projections of land into
water and have water on three sides of the
projection; capes are smaller
Time?
The world is divided into 24 Time Zones that tend to
parallel the longitude lines
International date line is an imaginary line that goes north
and south through the Pacific Ocean. One day is on the
east side of the line and the following day is on the west
side.
From Houston, TX traveling east to Europe time is later. 8
AM in Houston is 3 PM in Norway.
From Houston, TX traveling west to California time is
earlier. 8 AM in Houston is 5 AM in Los Angeles
Water
Oceans are the largest bodies of water all
interconnected – Atlantic, Pacific, Artic and Indian
Oceans
Seas are the next to largest body of water and are
open to or sometimes a part of an Ocean
Gulfs are large areas of water that penetrate into
land such as the Gulf of Mexico
Lakes usually have fresh water and are
surrounded by land
Rivers are large streams of water that empty into
other bodies of water
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