You will be able to: Explain the term ‘tertiary economic activities’
Explain what tourism is and understand what is meant by sustainable tourism
Discuss the connections between tourism and the physical world (landscape), and tourism and transport in Ireland and abroad.
26.1 What Are Tertiary Economic Activities?
Tertiary economic activities provide services that are useful to communities and people. These activities are also known as the service sector . Examples are people working as nurses, taxi drivers or musicians.
26 Services
Service sector Tourism Tourists
Physical landscape Climate
Transport Road network
International visitors Domestic tourism Market
Primary Secondary Tertiary
Examine figure 1. Name one example of a job found in each sector. Try to think of an example for tertiary not mentioned above.
1. Employment by economic sector in Ireland, 2020 387