The Leisure and Recreation Industry

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The Leisure and Recreation Industry The leisure and recreation industry is an industry, which has grown and affected the economy in a big way. The industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the UK. The leisure and recreation is defined in many ways for example leisure is referred to the time spent outside employment and other essential activities such as sleeping. Recreation, where as referred to the type of activities undertaken during leisure time? The leisure and recreation industry can be described as a whole range of activities taken in people's free time. The central distinctions between the different types of leisure activities Active - this is when an activity is more demanding (for example playing a sport walking) Passive - this is when an activity undertaken is not a physical activity (for example reading, listening to music) Home based leisure is when a leisure activity is undertaken at home and non home-based leisure is when an activity involves leaving the home e.g. going to the cinema. The development of the leisure and recreation industry ====================================================== In this industry society has seen technological developments along side the changing consumer needs over the past forty years to produce today's huge consumer needs demands for leisure and recreation products and services. However in the 1940's people were restricted to what was available due to the war so people just undertook home based leisure activities such as reading play games listening to the radio at this time all of these activities where very popular, after the war the leisure industry began to develop. Another factor that took a toll on the industry was that people were restricted to what they could do in their leisure time. - Not many people had personal
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