Economic activities Flashcards
Tertiary
Tertiary economic activities involve the provision of services and facilities. In poor countries, very few people work in services. This is because people are too poor to buy services that other people provide.
As a country becomes wealthy, people demand personal services such as hair dressing, financial services such as banking and educational services for their children.
three groups of economic activities
primary, secondary and tertiary.
Jobs in each sector
Primary fishermen farmers quarry workers miners
secondary bakers tailors furniture makers assembly workers
tertiary bank workers hotel staff newsreaders shop assistant djs
Tourism regions
areas of natural beauty
regions offering recreational and sporting facilities
beaches and coastlines
cities
cities
dublin - country’s most visited city. Airports - best flight connections with EU countries
Attractions eg. museums, galleries
regions offering rec. and sporting facilities
ireland - ever increasing golf courses & links
angling very popular holiday activity
international fixtures - Croke Park, Aviva Stadium attract tourisgs
Waterways such as Shannon used for water-based activities
areas of natural beauty
ice age carved out valleys across ireland, eg. Glendalough Co. Wicklow
Areas of seclusion for peace and tranquility - Glen of Aherlow
beaches and coastlines
west, east, sough coasts noted for their beaches, eg. tramore
coastal erosion and dep. created rugged coastlines w/ spectacular features
mass tourism positives
tourists buy goods which raided money for gov eg . VAT
locals get johs, pay income tax
gov. spends money to develop imfrasturcture
mass tourism negatives
prices inc. for locals
water pollution - sewage dumped into sea
noise pollution - nightclubs/pubs
visual pollution - hotels on beach
crime bc of fights, pick pocketing
loss of cultural identity
