commercial activities

Commercial activity:

It is also an economic activity but with two distinction.

1. It is the large scale production and distribution of goods and services. Specially interregional or between countries or on a mass level. And, these activities have a great impact on the economy and standard of living of the region that's why the activities of individual or small level activities are not included in commercial activities.

2. It must be a legal activity which follows or maintain the rules and instruction from some regulating and monitoring authorities.

Location off commercial activities:

The commercial activities are not located in a void. They occupy space. It desirable to locate the activity at the most suitable place. The least cost location I.e place where the coast of collection and distribution of goods and raw material etc.is least is ideal. But political social governmental regulations competition with other commercial activities for space and other constraints do not always allow the activity to occupy the ideal location. Further we see some activities which are urban area base activities and some dominate the rural areas.

Every commercial activity enjoys two location specific  and relative. The specific  location is the exact place or the  site where the activity is located. The relative location refers to the position of the commercial activity in relation to other connected features. For example the specific location of the main cotton growing region of Punjab is in the Chaj and Rachna Doabs the area between Jhelum Chenab and that of Ravi Chenab respectively. This region is related vertically with fertile alluvial location it is close to the cotton mills Faisalabad and is well linked with Karachi port and  through  that with the worid market. Proximity to Faisalabad and linkage with Karachi port are horizontal relationship. Similarly the location of Karachi port at kemari and at the head of tidal channel through which ships enter the port is the specific location or site of Karachi port. Its relative location is brought out by its horizontal relationship with a rich and well populated hinterland back country d with world market by occean routes.