TGE510S - TOURISM GEOGRAPHY - 2ND OPP - JULY 2025


TGE510S - TOURISM GEOGRAPHY - 2ND OPP - JULY 2025



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OF SCIEnCE AnDTECHnOLOGY
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ScienceasndEducation
Schoool f HumanScienceasnd
Education
Departmentof Hospitalityand
Tourism
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Private Bag13388 F: +264612079863
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E: dht@nust.na
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QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR DEGREE IN TOURISM INNOVATION & DEVELOPMENT
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07 BTID
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: TGESl0S
COURSE NAME: TOURISM GEOGRAPHY
SESSION: JULY 2025
PAPER: THEORY
DURATION: 2 HOURS
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER(S)
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
Ms U. Tjitunga
MODERATOR: MRS E. Kuwa
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF _3_ PAGES(Including this front page)

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Question 1
(5x4=20)
Weather elements play a crucial role in shaping tourism patterns and influencing traveler
preferences. Identify and explain various weather elements and how they can affect tourism?
Question 2
(5)
2.1 London is six hours ahead of Mexico. When it's 3.00 pm in London, what time is it in
Mexico?
2.2 How many time zones is the world divided into?
2.3 The ............ is at the center of the lines of 0° latitude.
2.4 As the Earth rotates on its axis, the Sun only shines on the side of the Earth that it is
facing. This means (write only correct answer:
a. it is daytime for the parts of the Earth that have the Sun shining on them
b. it is night-time for the parts of the Earth that have the Sun shining on them
2.5 What do you call the imaginary lines that divides the time zones?
Question 3
(5x4=20)
Geography is more than memorizing names and places. Geographers organize space in much
the same way that historians organize time. Critically discuss the ways in which geographers
view the world or break things down to understand particular parts of the world.
Question 4
(40)
The following questions are focused on climatic regions:
a. What are the primary factors that determine climatic regions? (5)
b. Describe the characteristics of the Tropical climatic region.
(5)
C. Explain the characteristics of the Dry climatic region.
(5)
d. What are the characteristics of the Temperate climatic region? (5)
e. Describe the Continental climatic region.
(5)
f. What are the characteristics of the Polar climatic region?
(5)
g. How do ocean currents influence climatic regions?
(5)
h. Explain how latitude affects climatic regions.
(5)
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Question 5
(5x3=15)
Explain the five different types of maps that exist in geography and cartography?
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