Tertiary Economic Activity Flashcards
What type of country has most of the population working in tertiary activities
Developed
What is tertiary economic activities
Service that people provide
What types of services are there
Leisure and tourists Personal Construction Transportation Administrative Communication Financial Repair Legal Business
Name some feature in a country that would attract tourists
Area of natural beauty
Sporting facilities
Beaches and coastline
Cities
What attracts tourists to cities
Historical buildings
Museum
Parks
Hotels
Name three major tourist destinations in Spain
Balearic Islands, canaries, Majorca,
Advantages to tourism in Spain
Provide employment in hotels, restraunts, golf clubs or other leisure clubs
Construction industry, people building apartments, houses, and other facilities.
Farmers along the coast have a large market for fresh produce
Airports have expanded and this creates even more employment
Local landowners are well paid for land sold for tourism
Disadvantages to tourism in Spain
Spanish culture is beginning to fade as so many European tourists have brought, different music, food. English pop songs and burgers etc…..
A lot of the land by the coast is built up so there are now lots of apartments over the beaches and resorts.
Pollution is a problem with waste being dropped into the Mediterranean Sea, which is a small enclosed sea.
Water is scarce in spain. Meeting demands for water for tourists and farmers is hard
Explain mass tourism
When a great number of tourists gather in the same place at the same time of year
What attracts tourists to ireland
Areas of natural beauty like the lakes of Killarney or glendalough or the burren.
Coastlines such as the cliffs of mohair or the peninsulas in cork. Or beaches
Recreational and sporting facilities such as golf courses as ireland is known for golf, water activities and also fixed matches like soccer matches in Crome park
Also cities such as Dublin, with many tourist attractions, museums the book of Kelly’s, trinity college, o Connell street , art galleries, famine statues. Or cork with the Blarney Stone
Transport in Spain
They have high speed trains and airports, there are many main roads as well.
How can mass tourism be managed
Building low rise buildings
Advertising signs are forbidden on road margins
Discreet shop fronts not using plastic or gaudy colours
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