Monthly Archives: May 2022

Disruption to Ukraine’s Trade Patterns

Posted on May 31, 2022 by devongeography

Another topical offering from the  ‘Visual Capitalist’ site: International trade was equal to 65% of Ukraine’s GDP in 2020, totalling $102.9 billion of goods exchanged with countries around the world. In 2014, Russia’s annexation of Crimea contributed to a 30% … Continue reading →

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Exploring the Coastal Geography of Westward Ho!, North Devon

Posted on May 25, 2022 by devongeography

Westward Ho! is a north Devon seaside resort made fashionable in Victorian times. It is the only UK resort to be developed as a result of a novel (Charles Kingsley’s book of the same name), and the only UK place … Continue reading →

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The Multinational Grocery Store

Posted on May 17, 2022 by devongeography

Saw this great graphic on Twitter: The whole world grocery store is basically owned by 10 companies Thanks to: John Pompliano @JohnPompliano

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Top 100 International Tourist Destination Cities

Posted on May 16, 2022 by devongeography

According to the ‘Brilliant maps’ web site (www.brilliantmaps.com), Hong Kong is the number one tourist destination in the world. Using data from ‘Euromonitor International’ Hong Kong receives 23.7 million visitors each year. Singapore was ranked second, and Bangkok third – … Continue reading →

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Africa’s Amazing Mineral Store

Posted on May 13, 2022 by devongeography

Nearly half the world’s gold and one third of all minerals are found in Africa. Aljazeera has produced this interesting map of Africa’s natural resources: The accompanying article includes the following thought-provoking facts: In 2019, the continent produced almost 1 … Continue reading →

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New ‘Explore’ Resources from Rayburn Tours

Posted on May 12, 2022 by devongeography

As many of you will know, I work for Rayburn Tours as a Field Studies Tutor, accompanying school groups to Iceland. The company has recently launched its new ‘Explore’ section on its web site, including a range of articles, blogs … Continue reading →

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History of the World’s Population Graphic

Posted on May 11, 2022 by devongeography

In 2022 the world will likely hit the momentous milestone of a population total of eight billion. The Visual Capitalist web site recently included this excellent graphic showing how many humans have ever lived on our planet: Demographers estimate that … Continue reading →

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The Richest People in the World

Posted on May 10, 2022 by devongeography

Elon Musk has been in the news recently following his move to purchase the social media platform ‘Twitter’. Visual Capitalist provided an excellent graphic recently of ‘The World’s Richest People in 2022’: Today, the 10 richest people in the world … Continue reading →

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Geography South West Teachers’ Conference 2022

Posted on May 9, 2022 by devongeography

I missed the recent Geographical Association Conference as I was with a group in Iceland. However, I was really pleased to see that the ‘Geography South West’ web site won a ‘highly commended’ publishers award, as I have been contributing … Continue reading →

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Vexillology – The Study of Flags

Posted on May 8, 2022 by devongeography

The study of flags is called VEXILLOLOGY – from the Latin ‘vexillum’, meaning banner. Here is an interesting graphic relating to the design of flags around the world, courtesy of one of my favourite web sites, Visual Capitalist. Historically, flags … Continue reading →

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