(a) What is Transportation?
(b) Highlight four advantages of air transportation
(c) Describe five contributions of transportation to economic development
(a) What is Transportation? Transportation is the movement of people, goods and services from one place to the other
(b) Highlight four advantages of air transportation.
(i) It is very fast,
(ii) It is very comfortable
(ii) It uses direct routes
(iv) It can reach inaccessible areas with landing facilities
(v) It is used for dispatch of mails, machines and spare parts
(vi) !t is used for carrying relief materials
(vii) It can carry valuable and perishable cargo
(viii) Can carry urgently required medicare supplies in times of emergency.
(ix) No cost is incurred in establishing air routes
(x) There is no obstructions like mountains, seas, oceans, lakes and forest.
(c) Describe five contributions of transportation to economic development
(a) Used for movement of people
(b) For movement of goods and services
(c) Provision of employment opportunities
(d) Promotion of tourism
(e) Foreign exchange earning
(f) Generation of revenue to the government
(g) Enhancement of national integration
(h) Fostering of international relationship
(i) Opening up of new areas for development
(j)Access to natural resources
(k) Promotion of national and international trade
(I) Diffusion of ideas, innovations and technology.
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