[RECR 270] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (228 pages long!)

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Recreation and Parks Management
• Course: RECR 270
• Professor: Kelli Mc Crea

Document Summary

A brief history of commercial rec & tourism: 235 mil. jobs (8. 1% of all employment), . 75 trillion in spending (9. 2% of gdp), additional $ in local commercial rec/restaurants* Early travel & commercial rec: invention of $ = beginnings of modern era travel. Primarily for war/business purposes: egyptian, assyrian, babylonian rec= hunting, horse racing, wrestling, boozing, archery, music, dancing, drama* 100 day-long sport spectacles in rome ea. yr: alexander the great. Attracted 700,000 tourists to turkey to see circus performances: romans. Used guidebooks, employee guides, souvenirs, graffiti: seaside resorts/spas w/medicinal waters became pop. Middle ages & the renaissance: middle ages. Nobility engaged in tournaments, gambling, feasting, entertainment: renaissance. Working class= soccer, prizefights, cockfights, bear baiting. Pleasure gardens= modern day amusement parks: bakken near copenhagen 1583-today* 212 day round the world tour= greatest accomplishment. 19 th century commercial rec & tourism: taverns/inns built along stagecoach lines. Enterprising innkeepers provide festivals, contest, cult. events: urban areas= tennis, boxing, cockfighting, drinking, 1800s.