2.9 Assess the interrelationships between the physical world, tourism and transport.
SOL 16: Describes, illustrates, interprets, predicts and explains patterns and relationships.
Tertiary Economic Activities
Learning Intentions
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 connection between tourism and the physical landscape, and tourism and transport.
26.1 What are Tertiary
Economic Activities? Tertiary economic activities provide services that are very useful to communities and people. They are also known as the service sector.
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Primary Secondary Tertiary
Service sector Key Words
Services
1. Employment by economic sector (2017)
Examine figure 1. How many Irish people worked in the service sector in 2017?
