3. AS WELL AS TOURISM IT IS A VERY COMPLEX ASPECT OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
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5. LATIN WORD “ LICERE” Freedom (licence to do something) Constraint (licenced in the sense of regulated) Latin root languages: Otium - Nec-otium
6. RECREATION Original form implied RE-CREATION of a readiness to return to work
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11. REST AND RECUPERATION FROM WORK ANTIDOTE TO THE STRESSES AND STRAINS FROM A MODERN LIFE
12. You are a leisure person. What does it mean in our languages????
13. “ Leisure consists of relatively self-determined activity/experience that falls into one’s free-time roles, that is seen as leisure by participants, that is psychologically pleasant in anticipation and recollection , that potentially covers the whole range of commitment and intensity, that contains characteristic norms and constraints and that provides opportunities for recreation, personal growth and service to others” (Kaplan, 1975)
14. CONCEPTIONS OF LEISURE As residual time (unobligated, discretionary) As activities As functional (therapeutic, training) As freedom (autonomy personal development) (Haywood et al.,1995)
15. Work Stress – Routine - Obstruction to faculties Rest - Fun - Personal development Leisure (Dumazedier, 1974)
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18. Leisure is not universal or generic but rather subjective It depends of every person
20. Freedom feeling If there is not freedom feeling there is not real enjoyment Freedom of choice is also necessary otherwise it is not leisure is an obligation (Cuenca, 2000)
21. “ Silence revolution” at the end of the 90’s (sms and internet) Oral to written communication
22. Leisure trends: From a need to a right Quality of life indicator To fulfill oneself From pasive to active
26. ECONOMIC Huge business (between 25%-38% of all cosumer spending in UK) Leisure industry remains one of the few economic sector in which more employment is envisages almost everywhere It includes tourism
27. PSYCHOLOGICAL Leisure enables people to relax, refresh and literally recreate themselves so they can return, suitably restored, to other roles in their workplaces and families Leisure permits people the express desires and drives that would otherwise remain hidden and even suppressed “ Let off steam” Educative
28. SOCIAL Most leisure has a social dimension and it is therefore socially important It binds people together (families, friends, countries, cities) What can unite can also divide
29. QUALITY OF LIFE Important contributor to the quality of people’s life Paradox Although most people do not rate leisure activities as highly important (health, job and families) Contribution to life’s satisfaction
30. POLITICAL All governments become interested in leisure if only because of the functions already described. Promoting the import of tourists Social bonding, national identity Ultimate custodians of social order
