This Review defines some of the areas of the leisure and recreation
market.
Introduction
The universally recognised definition of leisure and recreation is:
Leisure - is a period of time and Recreation - an activity that you
participate in during leisure time. This Review defines some of the
areas of the leisure and recreation market.
Media consumption and reading; listening to music at home
Gardening and do-it-yourself (DIY)
Sports and keeping fit
Catering (eating and drinking outside the home) and gambling
Cinema, theatre, museums and 'the arts'
Tourist attractions and short breaks (although long holidays or any
trips abroad have been excluded).
There are many more which could be added to this list. Shown below are
things, which are pivotal factors within the leisure and recreation
industry. They can either generate large sums of money or cause the
industry to lose money, depending on what changes occur in these
subsections. For example if there is an increase in disposable income
and leisure time the recreation industry will benefit from this as
people will want to do something in their spare time and with more of
a disposable income they will be able to spend more.
There are many defining factors, which influence trends in the leisure
and recreation business, many of which are mentioned below in detail.
Increase in leisure time
The amount of leisure time available to the majority of people in the
UK increased steadily up to the early 1970s, but has levelled off
since then. It is estimated that by the early 1970s 19% of the year
was spent at leisure by the UK population. The main reasons were
increasing amounts of paid annual holiday entitlement, and a gradual
reduction in the working hours for the majority of workers. Since the
1970s other factors have had a greater influence on the availability
of time for leisure pursuits, such as:
· Flexible work patterns and/or shift work for many workers
· Wide spread use of labour-saving devices
· Increasing numbers of unemployed and retired in the population
42% of all free time is now in the hands of adults who spend none of
their time in paid employment, these people are either unemployed,
part-time workers, retired or children.
There has been a major increase in the time available for leisure for
people in full time work since 1971, and it is not predicted to change
much between 1996-2001, which it has not the trend has continued.
However the percentage of part-time workers inside the UK workforce
will have doubled by 2001, this is prediction has occurred as the
amount of part time workers within the UK has risen by over 50%.
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