Grade 12 Study Guides T. Holomisa, E. M. J. C schaller, D. J. Brown, B. de Klerk

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Gr12-Tourism-Study-Guide LR

5.1 Duty free goods

Duty free goods are those goods that travellers are allowed to bring into South Africa without paying customs duty or value-added tax (VAT.
5.2 Prohibited goods

Prohibited goods refer to those goods that travellers are not allowed, bylaw, to bring into South Africa such as illegal drugs.
5.3 Travel allowances

This refers to how much money a traveller is allowed to takeout of South Africa. These transactions are subject to exchange control regulations, governed by the South African Reserve Bank.

Unit 6 Time zones
1. Concepts

1.1 Timezone

The phrase timezone refers to any of the 24 longitudinal divisions of the earth's surface in which a standard time is kept, the primary division being that bisected by the Greenwich meridian. Each zone is 15° of longitude in width, with local variations, and observes a clock time one hour earlier than the zone immediately to the east. Most countries have only onetime zone, for example, South African. More than onetime zone may apply if countries extend across many degrees of longitude.
1.2 UTC (Universal Time Coordinate)

UTC is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is one of several closely related successors to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT.

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1.3 Greenwich

The 0º line of longitude passes through Greenwich in London, England. This line divides Earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres and is also known as the prime meridian.
1.4 Hemispheres

Earth is divided into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres by the equator, and the Eastern and Western Hemispheres by the Greenwich Meridian.
1.5 Equator

The equator is the 0º line of latitude. It is located at equal distance from the North and South Poles and divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

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