Service Sector: Types, Trade, and Tourism Impacts

Types of Services

Business Services: Market research, business banking services.

People Services: Health, education, culture.

Tertiary Causes of Growth

• The mechanization of production processes of primary and secondary sectors, which use little labor.
• The necessity of services in all phases of the production process: design, studies, market, distribution.
• Increasing the standard of living of the population, which causes more consumption of services.
• The state, in some countries, has as a priority to offer the whole of the citizenry a series of services that guarantee their well-being.
• The importance that research on information and communication have achieved in today's world.

Social Services: Fundamental activities are to ensure the welfare of people.

Internal Trade

It is what occurs within the borders of one country (wholesale and retail trade).

Foreign Trade

The exchange of goods and services between different countries.

Balance of Trade: The difference between the products a country sells abroad and buys in other countries. It includes both sales of domestic products abroad (exports) and product purchases in a foreign country (import).

• Negative Balance: The value of exports is less than imports.
• Positive Balance: The value of exports is greater than imports.

Trade Flows

Energy products, agricultural products, manufactured products, information, and capital.

World Trading Powers

European Union, United States, Japan, and some countries of South Asia.

Transport

Land, sea, air, river.

World Tourism Organization

Causes of Tourism Crowds in Rich Countries

• Increased free time.
• Increased purchasing power of the population.
• Improvement and lowering the cost of the means of transport.
• Ease of movement of people between countries.
• Existence of tourist agencies that organize holidays.
• Interest in knowing other cultures and other geographical areas.

Tourism Impact

Economy, social, and cultural environment.

Alternative Tourism

Tourism is a type that emerged some 25 years ago. From that time of day, there started an awareness of environmental problems and the desire to expand the range of tourist activities.