FACTORS AFFECTING LOCATION OF A CAR MANUFACTURING

BUSINESS COURSE ASSIGNMENT

Sao Paulo is a perfect location for a car manufacturing industry. It is situated on the coast of Brazil, and is near by to local resources.

The many reasons to why I have chosen Sao Paulo and why it is suitable for a car Manufacturing site are:

1. There is good access to large amounts of cheap land

2. There is access to cheap labour; Mexican immigrants and local Brazilians

3. Near natural resources; large iron and steel industry

The Amazon forest which supplies many resources , manganese, nickel, timber, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium,

4. Good transport links; the Amazon River and the coast of the Atlantic Ocean

5. Good communications; railroads in total are 28,828km, highways in total are 1,448,000km, and 3,031 airports, including inland waterways, pipelines, ports, and merchant marines

6. Near a large market; the US market

7. Near suppliers in the area; who supply rubber, good for cars

And most car manufacturing plants are located in Sao Paulo, and are subsidiaries of major foreign companies.

8. Near an open economy; the USA, so it’s easy to import materials re

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The market is excellent for tourism, Lebanon is full of attractive tourism sites, with sandy beaches and a half hour drive away skiing mountains, as well as old monuments and other tourist attractions around Lebanon, which only are minutes away. Lagos is better then the other areas in Nigeria, because it the main commercial and financial centre of the country, and people are always coming in and out for business, so it is a very good business and trade centre, with a highly skilled labour force

10. Hotels are fully equipped and exclusive. Before the war Lebanon was one of the most popular tourist areas in the world. The country is fully equipped since the British colonisation, since it was them who helped develop the country

>From the above factors, we can see how good and convenient of a location Lagos, Nigeria is to set up a textile manufacturing industry.

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FACTORS AFFECTING THE LOCATION OF A TOURIST HOTEL

LOCATION: Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanon is a country recently recovering from 15 years of civil war. There is a nice environment to live in, good international schools, hospitals, many international restaurants, good entertainment, good housing and good access to facilities

16. Oil is a huge resource, making transport very cheap and easy for consumers and producers

9. Telecommunications are very good and improving, there are mobile phones and soon a GSM network, satellite stations, computer networks, emails, faxes, Internet and radio stations

18. Located on the coast, with a very large port, import and export easily and cheaply

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