Geography 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Commodification, Media Culture, Decision-Making
24 Jan 2017
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Leisure: the time available to an individual when work, sleep & other basic needs have been met (i. e. free time, play time) The very young, retired, (cid:449)ealthy, those (cid:449)ho don(cid:859)t need to work. Men spent 14 minutes less per day on paid work and related activities in 2010 than in. 1998, amount of time women spent on such activities remained stable. The gap between the sexes continued to narrow. We are becoming more active in out leisure time, males slightly more active than females. The british have more leisure time than canadians. Leisure varies over time: 1900: average work week 53 hours, 1999: average work week 42 hours. Recreation: activities willingly performed after discharging of employment duties & social obligations (what one willingly does during leisure time) Tourism: temporary movement to destinations outside normal home & work place, the activities undertaken during the stay, and the facilities created to cater to their needs.
