Mid Term Flashcards
Enjoying activities at your own home or anyone else’s home
Home-based leisure
A place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement
Visitor attraction
Mainly activities that involve children, these activities are tend to be fun and entertaining
Children’s play activities
The business of providing food service at a remote site or a site such as hotel, hospital, cruise ship, etc.
Catering
Include horse riding, photography, going to the zoo, etc.
Countryside recreation
Involves something outside of your home that entertains you
Arts and entertainment
Involve a physical or a sporting activity
Sports and physical recreation
Key components of the leisure industry
- home-based leisure
- Visitor attraction
- Children’s play activities
- Catering
*Countryside recreation
*Arts and entertainment
*Sports and physical recreation
Time that is not constrained by the necessities of life
Increase of discretionary time
Outdoor recreation uses complex and expensive devices in activities
Influences of technology
Many people are now concerned about improving their health, vitality and appearance through diet and exercise
Public interest in health and fitness
The process of turning leisure activities into marketable goods or services
Commodification of leisure
The need to provide recreational programs for special populations such as the mentally ill, and physically challenged
Therapeutic recreation service
Helped create a new image of feminine strength , determination, and self-confidence
New leisure roles for women
Factors promoting the growth of recreation
- increase in discretionary time
- Influences of technology
*Public interest in health and fitness
*Commodification of leisure
*Therapeutic recreation service
*New leisure role for women
