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    The document summarizes key aspects of the tertiary sector of the economy. It includes services like commerce, tourism, transport, communications, healthcare, education, and public administration. It discusses the roles of merchants in commerce who buy from producers and sell to consumers at a higher price to make a profit. It also outlines different types of retail businesses, how prices are determined by supply and demand, the purpose of advertising, and different forms of transportation, tourism, and communication.

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    THE TERTIARY SECTOR (unit 14)

    It offers services to consumers.

    It includes various areas: commerce, tourism, transport and communications

    Health and education public safety skilled professions administrative work cultural professions

    Doctor police officers mechanics secretaries writers

    Nurses fire fighters plumber bank clerks musicians

    Dentists soldiers electricians public servants actors

    Teachers security guards painters

    Sculptors

    Judicial system

    Lawyers

    Prosecutors

    Judges
    2-COMMERCE

    It’s the business of buying and selling products and services

    A merchant buys a product from a producer at a certain price

    The merchant sells the product to a consumer to a higher price

    The difference between these two prices is the merchant’s profit

    Types:

    International commerce Domestic commerce

    Between 2 or more countries inside one country

    Types of retail businesses

    Supermarkets and department stores Speciality shops

    Large businesses that sell many different products sell one type of product or service

    Outside towns and cities in the city centre or in shopping centres

    Hypermarkets
    3- PRICES, ADVERTISING AND CONSUMPTION

    PRICE

    How much a product or service costs in money.

    It depends on: supply and demand

    How much of a product or service there is to sell how much of a product or a service people want to buy

    Small supply ---------- large demand ---------- prices go up

    Large supply --------- small demand --------- prices go down

    ADVERTISING

    It tells consumers about a product or a service and encourages them to buy it

    CONSUMPTION

    We use a variety of products and services.

    Sometimes we consume more products and services than we really need

    We need to practise responsible consumption:

    Controlling our use of products and services save energy and limited resources
    4- TRANSPORT

    Types:

    Road transport rail transport air transport water transport

    Cars, buses, lorries trains ( stations) planes ( airports) cruise ships: people

    For short and medium distances carry passenger or cargo long distances cargo ships: heavy cargo over long distances

    Buses carry people and lorries deliver for short and medium distances

    goods

    5- TOURISM

    Provide us with accommodation and entertainment when we are on holiday

    Types:

    Beach tourism adventure tourism cultural tourism rural tourism ecological tourism
    6- COMMUNICATIONS

    Interpersonal communication: information to one person at a time: letters and telephones

    Mass communication: to send information to many people at once: newspapers, radio and television

    Computers: email and internet

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