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Question
Explain the tertiary sector.
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Solution
- Tertiary activities include both production and exchange.
- The production involves the provision of services that are consumed.
- The exchange involves trade, transport, and communication facilities that are used to overcome distance.
- Tertiary jobs are called white-collar jobs.
- It includes trade, transport and communication, storage, banking, insurance, hotels, tourism, business, and government services.
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