The tertiary sector. Spaces and activities.
� The tertiary sector, or service industry, includes all the activities
involved in delivering services intended to meet people’s needs, or
those of other manufacturing services.
� The most important activities, in the tertiary sector, are: transport,
tourism, trade, communications, health care and education.
o These are immaterial activities, that is, they do not produce
material goods.
o They involve a low level of mechanisation.
o They are very heterogeneous (in terms of their variety and
professional qualifications)
Service classifications:
The great diversity of activities, in the tertiary sector, means that it is difficult to
classify them.
� According to who delivers them:
o Public services: provided by the State and the public administration using
money collected from taxes. The main aim is to contribute to social
welfare.
o Private services: delivered by private companies using money paid by
those who demand the service: their main aim is to earn financial profit.
� According to their function: