New Geography in Action Junior Cycle Geography 17 Tertiary Economic
Activities: Transport and tourism
In this chapter, you will learn:
about tertiary economic activities that tourism and transport are examples of service industries in the tertiary sector how tourism and transport are linked with each other and the physical world.
ICE-BREAKER ACT VITY
Think of an area you are familiar with that is popular with tourists. (a) List the reasons why tourists are attracted to this area. (b) What are the benefits of tourism to this area? (c) Is tourism causing any problems in this area? (d) List the different ways tourists could get to this area.
Tertiary economic activities Learning Intentions
In this section, you will learn: zz what tertiary economic activities are.
Tertiary economic activities involve providing services and facilities to people.
Examples of tertiary economic activities include education, law and health.
Services Facilities
Interrelationship Services:
systems or activities that supply a public need (e.g. transport, electricity, education).
Facilities:
something that the public can use such as a picnic area or a sports ground.
Tourism and transport are also tertiary economic activities. We are going to look at the interrelationships between tourism, transport and the physical world in this chapter.
Interrelationship: how things are linked with and influence each other.
: Figure 17.1 Tourists at the Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare 304
