1. Unit 8
The tertiary sector

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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.

10. 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