My fearless stream by https://padlet.com/fathmathlamya/ox04yz3lwm1u Made with the best of intentions en-us 2018-11-27 12:55:19 UTC 2018-11-27 15:20:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Geography Presentation (Week 8) fathmathlamya https://padlet.com/fathmathlamya/ox04yz3lwm1u/wish/308237107 OCEANIA - Fiji

What is the capital city of Fiji?
Suva

Question: What would their main target market be?
Answer: Adventure travelers.

-Activities to do in Fiji include hiking in the mountains, horse-riding, swimming with the sharks and manta rays.

-Infrastructure of the country was mentioned as a threat, when it should actually be under weaknesses.

- Was mentioned to be easily accessible, but if it is only accessible through New Zealand and Australia (as mentioned in the presentation), it does not make the destination very accessible.

- Mentioned there was a cultural problem when a question was asked, as there were "many Indians" (discrimination of culture)

Geography Presentation (Week 12)
SOUTH AMERICA - Bolivia

What is the capital city?
Sucre

Salar De Uyuni - A very popular tourist attraction in Bolivia, is also world's largest salt flat.

Yungas Road - Most dangerous road in the world.
When asked a question about the safety of the road, the group mentioned that the deaths are not caused by bicycling tourists, but generally by local accidents. Also mentioned that most tourists going there are escorted by tour guides.

Mountain of seven colors - Unique natural attraction, cannot be found in just any country.

Cholita Wrestling - One of the most popular events in La Paz, where women are dressed in costumes and they wrestle.

- Has their own unique traditional food such as Llajwa, Anticuco.

Strength- Various accommodation choices for people of all budgets.
Weakness- Language barrier
Opportunities- Improve language diversity
Threats- Environmental damage to natural attractions

Geography Presentation (Week 13)
AFRICA - Tunisia

Situated in North Africa, bordered by Mediterranean Sea and Sahara Desert.
99% muslim country.

Hammamet - Can camel ride in this place

Dougga Thougga - World Heritage Site

Movie "Star Wars" has made it more popular

Strength: Direct flights, many attractions (natural, man-made, historical etc)
Weakness: Political problems
Opportunities: Using more interactive services
Threats: Chances of terrorist attacks

Geography Presentation (Week 14)
MIDDLE EAST - Bahrain

- Has a lot of historical sites, even apart from the ones mentioned in the presentation slides
- Can preserve their attractions more, such as the Tree of Life where the surrounding fences do very little to protect the ancient tree.
- Quite a lot of tourism receipts, can work more on tourism promotion to reach the level of UAE and Dubai in terms of tourist arrivals and receipts.
- A unique selling point would be the pearl diving.
- Has bars and night clubs for people who may be interested in a vibrant nightlife.
- May be considered unsafe for women to travel alone, due to public harassment on the streets and sexual harassment.

One of our classmates asked whether the divers are able to keep the pearls in a case where they are lucky enough to find one, and apparently they can. However, every dive is allowed to pick only upto 60 oysters.

The presenting group talked about how women's rights were held back, on aspects such as education.

When a question was asked on how the country was working on women empowerment, the group answered that one of the country's recently newly elected brand ambassador's was a Jewish lady, which is quite a significant step for a country such as Bahrain, where majority of the people are muslims, with mostly men in higher positions when it comes to jobs.

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