Leisure


 * Defintions:**

//Leisure:// Any freely chosen activity or experience that takes place in non‑work time.

//Recreation:// A leisure‑time activity undertaken voluntarily and for enjoyment. It includes individual pursuits, organized outings and events, and non‑paid (non‑professional) sports.

//Resort:// A settlement where the primary function is tourism. This includes a hotel complex.

//Sport:// A physical activity involving a set of rules or customs. The activity may be competitive.

//Tourism:// Travel away from home for at least one night for the purpose of leisure. Note that this definition excludes day‑trippers. There are many possible subdivisions of tourism. Sub-groups include:
 * //ecotourism//—tourism focusing on the natural environment and local communities
 * //heritage tourism//—tourism based on a historic legacy (landscape feature, historic building or event) as its major attraction
 * //sustainable tourism//—tourism that conserves primary tourist resources and supports the livelihoods and culture of local people

//Carrying capacity:// The maximum number of visitors/participants that a site/event can satisfy at one time. It is customary to distinguish between: For example, young mountain bikers may be more crowd‑tolerant than elderly walkers.
 * ** environmental carrying capacity ** (the maximum number before the local environment becomes damaged) and
 * ** perceptual ** ** carrying ** ** capacity ** (the maximum number before a specific group of visitors considers the level of impact, such as noise, to be excessive).

//Primary tourist/recreational resources:// The pre‑existing attractions for tourism or recreation (that is, those not built specifically for the purpose), including climate, scenery, wildlife, indigenous people, cultural and heritage sites. These are distinguished from secondary tourist/recreational resources, which include accommodation, catering, entertainment and shopping.