New Zealand airport Well.. The airport looked a little bit old, and definitely less crowded than ours. Also, the airport had lesser shops and made use of lesser technology; there was manual checking at the customs instead of scanning the passports like in Singapore.
But anyway.. We met our tourguide, Jon and driver, Paul! And off we head to Mt Eden!
It's actually a crater, if you noticed. Caused by an eruption many many many many many many years ago. You get the idea..
Magnificent Rainbow at Mt Eden (my heart melts)Well, Mt Eden has only a slight impact on tourism (including locals and overseas tourists). Majority of those who went up to Mt Eden, went to view mainly the geographical features of Mount Eden E.g. Crater, terraces.
See that pointed building in the background on the left hand side? It's the Sky Tower there! It is really a bird's eye view from the top of Mt Eden..
We then went to the CBD area of Auckland, and had our own lunch there. After that, we had a task to do. We were divided into four groups, and had to go in four different directions and walk approximately 200m away from the mid point, observing the stores along the paths we walked through at the same time.
Before we walked back to where we started, we had to do pedastrian counts; count how many people walked past where we were at, and discuss the reasons to account for the number.
CBD in New ZealandThe population is not that large, as compared to singapore's one. we found out that the Asian students, from AUT University, made up the majority of it.
The increase in technology advancement, as a result of globalisation, brings people from different and further parts of the world to New Zealand, making the country more accessible.
In New Zealand, there is a higher skilled labour avaliable. One example is the number of tour guides to inform tourists on the landscapes and the country as they are being brought around the country. They could ask questions about any doubts they have regarding anything about the country, especially students on a geography trip. This is seldom seen in less developed countries like Philippiness.
Another interesting fact would be the rural areas receives more revenue than the urban areas, due to the rearing of animals like cows, goats, sheeps. These animals serve as a major export.
We also realised that lesser tourism are seen in the CBD, although there are many shops around. Majority of the pedestrians seemed to be students and locals. This might be due to the fact that the urban areas are of the working population, and the services are mainly concentrated in the areas, thus lesser of the country's attractions are found there, instead, people travel along the countryside to see more of the country's nature sites and landscape, both for educational and leisure purposes.
In terms of transportation, the urban areas have more access to means of transport like public buses, and the rural people have lesser of them. in the countrysides, tour guides have to drive them around, or they have to own or rent a car to move around. This could be a reflection of the inequality of globalisation within a country, despite the development.
Meat like Beef, and dairy products make up the majority of the exports. As for the imports, many of the clothings in New Zealand are made in China. There is little difference between the prices of certain retail shops like The Body Shop, showing that information is quickly disseminated around the globe, another great positive impacts that globalisation bring about.
Most of the consumers are Asian-owned. for example, Chinese, Japaneses and Koreans.
In comparison of the land in New Zealand and Singapore, the land area in SIngapore is much more expensive than in New Zealand, This is due to the small land area that Singapore owned.
- Language students – learn english- Why do they choose New Zealand? Survey Students why they choose New Zealand to study in, instead of other places such as Australia and Singapore
- Ask Jon why he chose to come to Auckland all the way from Cyprus
- Survey for locals; do they know globalization, how do they think globalization has impacted their lives in terms of the jobs they have, costs of houses/cars they own
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