... type of activities undertaken for enjoyment or relaxation during a person's leisure time.leasiur3 can be a number of things like reading, sport, cinema, going to the pub, or just hobbies in general below shows the money spent on some leisure activities in 1993 and 2003 in billions of pounds. Activity 1993 2003 Reading £5.34 £6.65 Home and Entertaining £10.85 £18.06 House and garden £7.57 £13.07 Hobbies and pastimes £5.79 £8.76 Total Home-Based Leisure £29.55 £46.53 Activity 1993 2003 Eating and drinking £22.25 £39.54 Local Entertaining £2.95 £5.05 Gambling £3.45 £7.45 Active Sport £4.40 £6.67 Holidays in the UK and sight seeing £7.34 £10.88 Holidays overseas £13.65 £29.23 Total away-from-home leisure £78.43 £132.59 2003 2004 2004Total all leisure spending £107.99 £179.12 Assignment 2 The development of the leisure and recreation industry Socio-economic and technological developments , together with changing consumer needs have combined to produce today's huge consumer demand for leisure and recreation products and services this is down to many different factors which are explained below. * The increase in leisure time available for many in individuals Since the 1960s the UK leisure and recreation industry has experienced huge growth in the consumer spending and product development. There are many ...

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