Tourism, Sport, Leisure, And Recreation

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Tourism, Sport, Leisure, And Recreation
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Definitions

• Leisure any freely chosen activity or experience
  that takes place in non-work time.
• Recreation a leisure-time activity undertaken
  voluntarily and for enjoyment. It includes
  individual pursuits, organised outings and
  events, and non-paid (non-professional) sports.
• Sport a physical activity involving events and
  competitions at the national and international
  scale with professional participants.

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Definitions

• Tourism traval away from home for at least one
  night for the purpose of leisure. This definition
  excludes day trips, some of which may be
  international trips.
• Ecotourism tourism focusing on the natural
  environment and local communities.
• Heritage Tourism tourism based on a historic
  legacy (landscape feature, historic building, or
  event) as its major attraction.
• Sustainable Tourism tourism that conserves
  primary tourist resources and supports the
  livlihoods and culture of local people.

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Definitions

• Mass Tourism an organised form of large-scale
  tourism, in which travel, accommodation, and
  meals are booked and paid for in advance.
• Leakage refers to the money that escapes from
  a tourist destination and makes its way to other
  countries via airline companies, hotel companies,
  Multinational Corporations, and Food Importers
  etc.

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Definitions

• Carrying Capacity refers to the maximum number
  of visitors or participants that a site or an
  event can satisfy at one time.
• Environmental Carrying Capacity the maximum
  number before the local environment becomes
  damaged.
• Perceptual Carrying Capacity the maximum number
  before a specific group of visitors considers the
  levels of impact, such as noise, to be excessive.
  For example, young mountain-bikers may be more
  crowd-tolerant than elderly walkers.

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Difficulties

• There are many difficulties in applying these
  definitions.
• For example, definitions of sport, leisure, and
  recreation overlap, and participation in them may
  be simultaneous.
• Some may play golf or go go swimming or skiing
  while they are on holiday.

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Activity

• Using A2 Geography P266-268, answer the following
  questions
• Distinguish the difference between Recreation and
  Tourism.
• Why are the distinctions between Recreation and
  Tourism, and Business and Tourism often blurred?
• Make a labelled and annotated sketch to show the
  differences between Leisure, Recreation, and
  Tourism.