I guess, it's time for us to start writing about some cultural differences that we, as hotel owners, notice in the behaviour of our customers.
Here are some curious observations about usage of airconditioning.
At first one might think that travelers from the countries with colder climate (like those from Nothern Europe) may use more airconditioning here in the tropics of Jeri, and those coming from the neighbour regions, for instance, the North-East of Brazil, used to the Brazilian heat, will not need aircon at all, right? Wrong!
Tourists from countries like Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Sweden... rarely or never use the AC here.
At the same time any hotel owner in Jeri will tell you that the first thing that a Brazilian guest would do after walking into his hotel room is turning on the AC (and TV). Less chance of that if he/she is coming from the South of Brazil, where the climate is cold, similar to European. If he/she is coming from Fortaleza or Natal, the AC will be on 24x7 even if the nights are fresh like now.
I guess, it happens because in Brazil because of the hot climate the ACs are very common and used on daily basis, so, eventually people end up turining them on by simple habbit, without thinking if they really need it or not.
Here are some curious observations about usage of airconditioning.
At first one might think that travelers from the countries with colder climate (like those from Nothern Europe) may use more airconditioning here in the tropics of Jeri, and those coming from the neighbour regions, for instance, the North-East of Brazil, used to the Brazilian heat, will not need aircon at all, right? Wrong!
Tourists from countries like Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Sweden... rarely or never use the AC here.
At the same time any hotel owner in Jeri will tell you that the first thing that a Brazilian guest would do after walking into his hotel room is turning on the AC (and TV). Less chance of that if he/she is coming from the South of Brazil, where the climate is cold, similar to European. If he/she is coming from Fortaleza or Natal, the AC will be on 24x7 even if the nights are fresh like now.
I guess, it happens because in Brazil because of the hot climate the ACs are very common and used on daily basis, so, eventually people end up turining them on by simple habbit, without thinking if they really need it or not.
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