‘’ A tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness, is only a man in search of excellence ‘’ Max lamer 1990
The study of tourism geography is essential to the tourism industry as it illustrate ways in which man impact the environment and also how the environment influence man.
According to wiki pedia , tourism geography is that branch of science which deals with the study of travel and its impact on places
This research seek to unfold how the knowledge of the sub sectors of tourism and geography can help the tourism and hospitality industry cater to the psychological demands and purpose of travel of potential tourist
Though there are many sub sectors of tourism and geography, the sub sectors that will be my primary focus in this research are as followed:
Sub sectors of geography
Climatology, biogeography, political geography
Sub sectors of tourism
Eco tourism, sport tourism, special tourism
Sub Sectors of Geography Impact on Tourism
Climatology
In definition, climatology is the studies of climate scientifically define as weather condition average over a period of time and is the branch of the atmosphere science. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatology For many of the world, climate is the main motivation for attracting visitors; any change in climate affect the resources.
In the Caribbean region, we have a tropical climate with little variation in temperature regardless of the time of the year. Jamaica enjoy sunshine all year round with sunshine divided into dry and wet season with the last six month of the year(June - November) being the wettest and the first six months (Dec – May) being the driest. The Caribbean hurricane season begins June and end November.
With the knowledge of climatology, the tourism and hospitality industry