Leisure AS Assignment 1 Factors
- Created by: Jenny Robinson
- Created on: 16-09-15 16:15
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- FACTORS CAUSING THE DEMAND FOR LEISURE TO GROW
- Rising REAL incomes
- Higher income levels means more disposable and discretionary income
- With higher incomes many forms of active and passive leisure are more affordable like golf, ski-ing, horseriding, eating out and holidays
- Higher income levels means more disposable and discretionary income
- Longer Life expectancy
- Lower death rate
- People are living much longer and have more leisure time in retirement
- Popular retirement leisure activities are cruise holidays, weekend breaks, golf, swimming
- Lower birth rate
- Lower death rate
- Rising divorce rate and later marriages
- Approx 1 in 3 marriages ending in divorce
- Each divorce creates two households from one, which usually creates more leisure time for the parents if they have children
- Marriages are happening much later as people in their twenties and early thirties have different priorities such as career building, travelling and having fun!
- Rising numbers of cars owned
- Easier to access different leisure settings eg cinema and gym
- More day trips for leisure e.g. Thorpe Park or Longleat
- Massive rise in the number of households with 3 or more cars
- Less healthy society increasing the demand for fitness and exercise
- Rising obesity rates including children
- Demand for new and different sports and fitness like cycling, bootcamp and extreme sports
- Greater amounts of leisure TIME available
- The working week(legal max 48 hours)is controlled due to health and safety considerations.
- The average working week is now approx. 35 hours
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- Rising REAL incomes
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