Unit 8 The tertiary sector

1. The tertiary sector Includes all activities which do no t produce material goods, but provide services for people or other economic sectors instead.

Classification of services Types of service providers Private or market services Public or non market services According to their fuction Location of services: close to consumers

2. Commerce Exchange of goods and services between producers and consumers in echange for some form of payment 2 main components Transaction Market: physical and abstract Domestic trade: within the borders of a country. It can be wholesale or retail Foreign trade: between countries. Importation and exportation are recorded in the balance of payments World Trade Organisation Trading blocks

3. Transport systems and networks Transport  activity which transfers people of goods between places Transport systems Means of transport Infrastructure Strategic sector

4. Land transport Road transport Rail transport Passengers and merchandise over short and medium distances Passengers and merchandise over short and medium distances Advantages Disadvantages Road transport Door-to-door. Flexible. Passengers and goods capacity limited. Accidents and pollution. Rail transport High capacity, safe and fast. Low levels of pollution Not always door–to-door. High construction and maintenance costs

5. Water and air transport Water transport Air transport Ships are used for the transportation of large quantities of merchandise by sea or navigable rivers. Transportation of passengers over log distances, and perishable, irgent or lightweight goods Advantages Disadvantages Water transport Large capacity and low cost Slow, and contamination of water Air transport Fast, safe, and the routes are not affected by geographical land features High costs of operation and maintenance, high price of fuel and pollution.

6. Tourism Tourist destinations: Temporary transfer of people from their place of residence to other places, for leisure purposes, for a period of mora then 24 hours and less than a year. Types: Water tourism Mountain tourism Rural tourism Other forms of tourism Tourist destinations: Europe United States