2. Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Concept
Leisure is a measure of time and is usually used to mean the
Time left over after work, sleep, and personal and household
chores have been completed
Recreation is normally taken to mean the variety of activities
undertaken during leisure time. Basically, recreation refreshes a person’s
strength and spirit and can include activities as diverse as
watching television, or holidaying abroad.
Tourism is temporary movement of people to destinations outside
Their normal place of work and residence, the activities undertaken
During their stay in these destination and the facilities created
To cater for their need (Mathieson and Wall, 1982)
3. Leisure
The time available to an
individual when work, sleep,
and other basic needs have
been met
Pursuit engaged upon
during leisure time
Home-based
recreation
Reading,
gardening,
watching TV,
Socialization etc
Daily Leisure
Visiting theatre or
restaurant, sport
(as participant or
spectator)
socializing etc
Day trip
Visiting attraction,
picnicking etc
Tourism
Temporary movement of
people to destinations outside
their normal place of work
and residence, the activities
undertaken during their stay
in these destination and the
facilities created to cater for
their need
The recreation activity continuum
Geographical Range
Home Local Regional National
Internatio
nal
Work time
Business
travel
7. Tourist
Physical
- Relaxation
- Sun tan
- Exercise and health
- Sex
Emotional
- Nostalgia
- Romance
- Adventure
- Escapism
- Fantasy
- Spiritual fullfilment
Personal
- Visiting friends and
relatives
- Make new friends
- Need to satisfy
others
Personal
Development
- increased
knowledge
- Learning new skill
Cultural
- sight seeing
- Experience new
culture
Status
- Exclusivity
- Fashionability
- Obtaining a good
deal
- Ostentatious
spending
opportunities
8. The organized mass tourist
Low on adventurousness he/she anxious to
maintain his/her ‘environmental bubble’ on
the trip. Typically purchasing a ready-made
package tour off-the-shelf, he/she is guided
through the destination having little contact
with local culture or people
The individual mass tourist
Similar to the above but more flexibility and
scope for personal choice is built-in.
However, the tour is still organized by the
tourism industry and the environmental
bubble shields him/her from the real
experience of the destination.
The explorer
The trip is organized independently and is
looking to get off the beaten track. However,
comfortable accommodation and reliable
transport are sought and whilst the
environmental bubble as abandoned on
occasion, it is there to step into things get
tough
The drifter
All connections with the tourism industry
are spurned and the trip attempt to get as far
from home and familiarity as possible. With
no fixed itinerary, the drifter lives with the
local people, paying his way and immersing
himself in their culture
Institutionalized Tourism
Dealt with routinely by the tourism industry
– tour operator, travel agent, hoteliers and
transport operator.
Non - institutionalized Tourism
Individual travel, shunning contact with the
tourism industry except where absolutely
necessary.
Familiarity
Novelty
10. Basic Tourism System (cont’d)
Market
A Consumer behavior
approach to market demand
emphasizing both the
external and Internal
influences on travel including
the alternatives to travel,
the market inputs of
tourism suppliers, and the
process by which a buying
decision is reached
Destination
An identification of the
procedure that the
destination area should
follow to research, plan,
regulate, develop, and
service tourism activity
Marketing
An examination of the process
by which the destination area
and individual suppliers
market their products and
service to potential customers
with an emphasis on the
effective use of distribution
channels
Travel
A description and analysis of
major travel segments, travel
flows, and modes of
transportation used
