Tertiary Economic Activity Flashcards

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What type of country has most of the population working in tertiary activities

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Developed

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What is tertiary economic activities

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Service that people provide

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What types of services are there

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Leisure and tourists 
Personal
Construction 
Transportation 
Administrative 
Communication 
Financial 
Repair 
Legal
Business
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Name some feature in a country that would attract tourists

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Area of natural beauty
Sporting facilities
Beaches and coastline
Cities

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What attracts tourists to cities

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Historical buildings
Museum
Parks
Hotels

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Name three major tourist destinations in Spain

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Balearic Islands, canaries, Majorca,

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Advantages to tourism in Spain

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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

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Disadvantages to tourism in Spain

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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

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Explain mass tourism

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When a great number of tourists gather in the same place at the same time of year

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What attracts tourists to ireland

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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

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Transport in Spain

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They have high speed trains and airports, there are many main roads as well.

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How can mass tourism be managed

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Building low rise buildings
Advertising signs are forbidden on road margins
Discreet shop fronts not using plastic or gaudy colours
Lanzorate have already started this

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