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Professor John Richard Akana
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Having recreational time to clear ones mind and body is important. Keeping ones mind sharp and focus benefits oneself and people around you. Recreational time makes leisure days that mush more fulfilling. It is so important that the president earlier on had it added to the Declaration of Independence. We all know what it takes to run a household, imagine what it takes to run a country. Government sponsored recreation is to help citizens find ways to enjoy their free time. They want to make things like boating and driving a car accessible for people to own and operate. Another way to help people find things to do in their leisure is for them to take advantage of national parks. Lots to do and see there, fresh air and wild life to take your mind off work and de-stress. These national parks are managed and overseen by a director. Park maintenance and wildlife is not free, it can cost up to multi-billion of dollars to operate and run. There are many types of parks and recreational centers drawing in people from all over the world and size does matter. The bigger the park the more to do and see. As well as the more money that will go into ensuring it’s wilderness is preserved. Walt Disney forever changed the way we felt about going to a park. Not only did it bring our the kid in all of us but it reminded us and encouraged us that dreams do come through. Walt Disney world opened in 1971 and is still going strong today. Universal Studios owned by Time Warner is one of Disney’s biggest competitors. It is popular to movie goers. Sea World Parks and Entertainment, Hershey’s and Regional Theme Parks are also a competitor. You don’t need to pay and arm and a leg to enjoy what those parks has to offer many zoos, museums, and certain clubs have animal attractions and recreational activities. The activities are out there you just need to find the time and will to go out and explore.
Recreation is an activity for enjoyment when one is not working , the process is call bonding with family and friends. Mean while leisure is an opportunity afforded by free time to do something . Various levels of government sponsored recreation in the parks, etc. The revenue is raise from income taxes, sales taxes and property taxes. The right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness was founded by father’s of America in the Declaration of Independence . The National Park Service was founded in 1916 by congress. More than 300 million visitors go to the parks each year . There are 397 National Parks divided into 7 regions. The National Park Service budget for 2011 is $3.14 billion and employs a staff of 21,501. Boston established the first metropolitan park system in 1892. Theme Park began during the 19th in California and business grew and different attractions were added to the site. There are an abundance of theme parks located throughout the United States . Walt Disney was introduced in 1923. Walt Disney is the most popular destination resort in the world since it’s opening in 1971. The largest movie studio and theme park is Universal Hollywood . Sea World Parks and entertainment is dedicated to per serving marine life and uses innovative programs to research various wildlife dilemnas. Hersey’s started producing mass qualities of milk chocolate in 100th which lead to many product line being opened in 1907, 1908 and 1971. Regional Theme Parks was a small attraction with a Civil War theme called Rebel Rail word which opened in 1961 to the public. Legoland was owned and operated by the Lego Group. Animal attractions such as zoos are visited by 150 million people every year. The first zoo in the US was the Philadelphia zoo built in 1959. Historic Places and Sites had recorded a history to be the first visited by seven wonders of the ancient world. Historic sites are located in Egypt , Iraq , Greece, Turkey. A few of the important US historical attractions are The French Quarter in New Orleans , The Martin Luther King Jr , The Freedom Trail in Boston . Museums are of many types including general , art, science and technology , natural history, history and military. The field museum located in Chicago is a unique institution of public learning that utilizes it’s collections, researchers, exhibits and educational programs to increase public knowledge of the word. In a time before people had access to modern inventions like radio or television and books, theater was the only entertainment available. Some destinations are major attractions in themselves in countries like Greece, London, Paris and Rome. Clubs are places where members gather for social, recreational , professional and reasons. The club is like a second fraternal home but with diverse facilities and staff to a Com date the occasion. Club management and hotel management is similar , with the clubs the guests feel as if they are the owners . There are many types of clubs city, professional , social , dining, university , military , yacht , fraternal and proprietor clubs. Non commercial recreation includes voluntary organizations, campus recreation, armed forces recreation, employee recreation and recreation for special populations. Trends include an increase in all fitness activities , a rise in travel and tourism.
Based on chapter 10, we focus on Recreation, Attraction, and clubs. Recreation is defined as a new start to an old life. Anyway, recreation is a places made for ” bonding” in the outdoors for relaxation and enjoyment. Also, allows people to have fun and form lasting relationships built on the experiences they have. National parks are included as a Government sponsor recreation. National parks are protected by the National Parks Service since 1967 and it’s 397 national parks Round the country are visited more than 300million visitors. Walt Disney is the most popular public attraction destination in the world since opening it’s Dorris in 1971. There are many types of museums, including general, art, science and technology, natural history, history, and military. There are a lot of different clubs, city clubs, professional clubs, social clubs, athletic clubs, dining clubs university clubs.
Recreation and Leisure is good for the body and mind as a they are a sort of therapy in a sense that they provide a rest from stress that can accumulate from everyday life and as well provide an opportunity to bond and have together with others. That’s why the goverement uses revenue from income taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, transient occupancy taxes and other revenue to invest it and distribute it into recreational and leisure related organizations. Recreation and Leisure falls into several categories, such as national and public parks, theme parks, educational seaworld and animal attraction parks, historic places/sites, museums, performance arts theaters, destinations and clubs and non-commercial recreation.
The national parks service was founded in 1916 and currently has 397 parks and with an estimated 300+ million visitors per year. The concept of theme parks began with Knott’s berry farm in the 1920’s. Theme parks can concentrate and be either a single theme or multiple theme park. The second theme park to appear was Walt Disney World which first bloomed with its Magic Kingdom and now also holds the Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Another one is Universal Studios. Some parks are conservational and educational such as SeaWorld, Sesame Place, Discovery Cove, Busch Gardens just to name a few. The Hershey’s theme park has an interesting history as it began in the 1900’s when Hershey’s began producing its chocolates and opened a small private leisure park for its employees and then expanded and went public around 1908. Other parks are Dollywood and LEGOLAND. Animal attraction parks include zoos and aquariums. The first zoo was built in 1859. The 7 wonders(composed of 7 different sites) were the first historic sites to be visited and recorded. Other important historic sites of interest can be found in the National Register of Historic Places which is composed of 85,000 listings. Museums can be categorized under general, arts, science & technology, natural history, history and military. Theaters were very popular and began before technology entertainment was introduced(t.v & radio). And is still very popular. Clubs have a wide range from Country clubs, social, athletic, university, professional, dining, military, yacht, fraternal, and proprietary clubs. Non-commercial clubs can be voluntary organizations, campus recreation, armed- forces recreation, and employee recreation.
In Chapter 10, we learn about Recreation, Attraction and Clubs. Recreation is described as a theraputic time to relax and rejuvante one’s mind and body. There are infact many goverment-funded recreational establishments and activities. For instance, the National Parks Service was created by Congress in 1916 to conserve resources in over 80 million acres of land and become a safe place for recreation. Theme parks are popular examples of recreational environments. The Disney brand is one of the most famous, started by Waly Disney 1928 Los Angeles, California. Other additional historical sites are theaters, museums, country clubs, performance arts, dining experiences.
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In Chapter 10, we learn about Recreation, Attraction and Clubs. Recreation is described as a theraputic time to relax and rejuvante one’s mind and body. There are infact many goverment-funded recreational establishments and activities. For instance, the National Parks Service was created by Congress in 1916 to conserve resources in over 80 million acres of land (397 parks) and become a safe place for recreation for 30 million goers. Theme parks are popular examples of recreational environments. The Disney brand is one of the most famous, started by Walt Disney 1928 Los Angeles, California. More popular competitors are Universal Studios, Hershey Park and Sea World. Recreations of other forms are historical sites are theaters, museums, country clubs, performance arts, dining experiences and animal attractions which first began in 1859 and has been entertaining and educating vistitors ever since.
Recreation, Attractions, and Clubs are the topics of Chapter 10. Recreation is explained as the use of time for therapeutic refreshment of one’s body or mind. Recreation allows people to have fun and form lasting relationships built on experiences they have enjoyed together. In such, this sort of process is called bonding. Attractions are places where a lot of people would like to go to and appear at. Usually these sort of places becomes recreational activities for the people who attends there, including clubs. Clubs management can be similar to hotel management although the main difference between them is that clubs’ guests feel as if they are the owners. Almost the entire management structure of a club is managed by its members and its leaders elected by their members as well. There’s many sorts of clubs, the same way how there is many sorts of restaurants as well.
Recreation and leisure is time spent away from work in order to refresh one’s body and mind. There are many government sponsored recreations and they can be both recreational and leisure use. Government use money they get from taxes and other government provided services like MTA to build national parks all over the country. Many theme parks will have hotels near it or in it. Many theme parks like Disney , Hershey park, and sea world. These theme park provides guest with a chance to see or interact with animals or historical monuments.
Recreation is time for therapeutic refreshment of one’s body and mind and it’s important for one’s health to have leisure time. In chapter 10 we learn some of different recreation activities in country that can also have historical, cultural, geographical, and other themes. First, there are national parks which are government sponsored recreation, where the government raises special revenue from income taxes, property taxes, etc to fund these national parks. Founded by our founding fathers such as Yellow Stone Park provides recreation management; community service; and commercial recreation; tourism. Next, we list some famous theme parks such as Disney World, Hersey Park, Sea World, etc. Also featuring zoos, historical sites (ex. Great Pyramid of Giza), museums that have a huge range of possible types (ex. Art, science and technology, culture) and performing arts like theater which attracts all demographics. Lastly, clubs that vary from social clubs to university clubs where golf course is a vital activity. In the end we learn recreation promotes tourism and adventure.
Moving onto chapter 10 , talks about recreation , leisure, and wellness. Recreation is the use of time for therapeutic refreshment of one’s body or mind. Recreation is always fun for all people especially young children at Disney land. Good times and experiences are always good for friends and family to share with other. Leisure time is basically any free time you have from work or discretionary time. Government sponsored parks are all over , they are wonderful places to go for recreational use. The government uses tax money incomes taxes and property taxes to raise money for these government sponsored recreation parks. We have 397 national parks around the United States. All employees are under certain budget for the national parks management. In 1920s-1930s recreation management was offered as community service. Commercial recreation which is called eco tourism provides visitors and residents to sightseeing of many different areas. Then we have theme parks which is my favorite type of recreation. They vary from theme according to history, cultural and geography. There are plenty of theme parks in the United States. Some of these parks are Walt Disney, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney Hollywood Studios, Universal studios, Sea World parks and entertainment, Hershey’s. You also have Regional theme parks like Dollywood, LegoLand , GatorLand, Wet n’Wild. We also have animal attraction such as safari at six flags and of course there is a zoo almost everywhere u go. Bronx zoo is very popular and is highly visited. There are also historic places people like to visit such as the Great Pyramids in Egypt. This would be considered heritage tourism since older people like to travel different places around the world. There are historic places and sites to visit in United States as well such as the Monticello home of Thomas Jefferson, the French Quarter in New Orleans and the Freedom trail in Boston. We also have Museums which has quadrupled since 1950. Different types of Museums include general, art, science and technology , natural history, history and military. You could almost never run out of recreational activities to do as you could visit a performing arts center to watch a musical or a play on Broadway. Managing attractions is just like any other business they plan , organize , make decision and control the business. My favorite attraction to visit is the club there are different types of clubs, lounges restaurants. There are city clubs , professional clubs , social clubs, athletic clubs, dining clubs, university clubs, military clubs , yacht clubs , fraternal clubs, proprietary clubs. Last we offer non commercial recreation such as Voluntary organizations , campus recreation, armed forces recreation , employee recreation and recreation for special populations. Recreation is the key to happiness and joy and great for experience and memories.
Chapter 10 begins by defining recreation and leisure and later on explaining what government sponsored recreations are. It also explains when national park services was founded, by who, and it’s purpose in America. The department has made 397 national parks which are divided into seven regions and the budget for the national Park service for the year 2011 is $3.14 billion and it employs over 20,000 members in staff. The chapter later moves on to explain the beginnings of theme parks and here you learn the difference between a national Park and a theme park. Some theme parks focus on historical themes others a more modern theme of attraction. Moving into the chapter you learn about Walt Disney and the several themes inside of the park which are divided into several different parks. You also learn about regional theme parks around the world and animal attractions inside of parks which have become famous overtime. You also learn about several historic places to visit if you’d like and very important US historical attractions and museums around the world. Later on they mention clubs and the different types of clubs, where members gather for either professional meetings or social and fraternal reasons. Lastly you learn about club management and all the details that go into managing a club.
In chapter 10 , it discusses Leisure, recreation and wellness and why these things are important to have in life. Recreation allows people to have fun with each and build relationships in a non working manner. it allows you to live life with out having the pressures of work riding on you. As leisure is described as fun away from work. something you do at leisure isnt considered work and it is described as free time away from work. Government-sponsered recreation is activities that you can do that involves paying taxes for it. There are also national parks that are free around the country to experience. There are also theme parks that are part of government recreational activities that one can do on their leisure time.
There are many Recreational activities that people can do to share time with others. Theme parks, national parks, clubs, major attractions,museums just to name a few. The chapter describes in detail how to manage all of these different types of places. Its amazing how i never thought of things around me as attractions and you start to pay more attention to things once they have been pointed out to you. I enjoy walking around my city and see it more as an attraction and less as just New york city.
Chapter 10 talks about recreation, leisure, wellness and the importance of each. Recreation, the use of time for therapeutic refreshment of one’s body or mind. Leisure is described as time free from work. The government raises special revenue from recreation related activities such as automobiles and recreational vehicles, boats, motor fuels and TOT on hotel accommodations. The chapter then goes on to discuss the national parks of the United States. There are 397 national parks divided within 7 regions of the world. The National Parks Service was first founded in 1916 by congress to conserve park resources and to provide for their use. In total the National Parks Service employs 21,501 people. As part of the whole recreation and leisure movement theme parks were then created. Starting in the 1920’s in Buena Park, California. Knotts Berry Farm and Tea Room. As time went on f course more theme parks were being created and they would be more complex in the sense that there were being more things added. The roller coaster rides, and many other activities and accommodations. There are many other things to do in leisure time, there’s the zoos, museums, historical attractions such as the pyramids of Giza, the statue of Zeus at Olympia etc. basically all things that we as people need to keep ourselves going besides work. These ae the things that have been created and has been evolving in order to assist with bonding time.
The word recreation is defined as the use of time for therapeutic refreshment of one’s body or mind Recreation allows people to have fun together and form lasting relationships built on the experiences they have enjoyed together. Recreation activities include server part like Government-Sponsored Recreation, National Parks, and Theme Parks, Animal Attractions, Historic Places, Museums. Managing attractions and theme parks has many similarities to managing any business. Theme park managers use the same main management functions
Club management is similar to hotel management. The main difference between club management and hotel management is that with clubs the guests feel as if they are the owners. Another difference is that most clubs do not offer sleeping accommodations.
Chapter 10 is all based on recreation, liesure and wellness. This explains on how each of them are important. Recreation is the use of time of therapuetic refreshment of one’s body and mind. This helps in from forming long-lasting relationships in life that is fun and enjoyable. Some examples are National-Parks, Theme Parks, Animal Atrractions like Zoos, Museaums and Historic Placews to visit. Leisure is decribed at time away from work in which you can enjoy the recreation events. National Parks are divided within thee 7 regions of the world and there are 397 parks. A National park service was founded in 1916 to provide the parks with protection of it’s resources and use. Approx 22,00 are employed in thsi foundation. During the years, more parks started and were created to provide service toi visitors and more things were added to be enjoyable. Some parks are Buena Park, Knotts Berry farm and the Tea room. Some activities thatv were added were roller coasters, accomedations and activities. During your time of Liesure, you can visit the Great Pyramid of Giza, The staue of Zues in Olympia, and many more. Club Management is similiar to hotel management, but the main difference in the matter is guests feel as if they can do whatever the please and are owners and sleeping quarters are added to enjoy the expierence.
Chapter 10 is about recreation; A term that is defined as refreshment for one’s ones body or mind. It also mentions the work leisure; defined as time away from work. Recreation can build lasting relationships that are built on experiences that they have shared together.
Government- Sponsored Recreations are both intertwined yet are distinct in parks, recreations and leisure services. Government raises revenue income form income, property and sales taxes; Additionally revenue is raised on recreation-related activities automobiles & TOT(transient occupancy taxes) on hotel accommodations.
Commercial recreation provide residents and visitors with access to an area’s wilderness though guided outdoor activities. Attractions are places where people would like to go and appear. These attraction include places such as Walt Disney, Hershey, and Sea World. Club management can be similar to hotel management although the difference between the two is that in clubs guest feel as if they are owners of the place and most clubs do not offer sleeping accommodations. Management structure of a club is managed by its members and its leaders whom are elected my members.
Chapter 10 is about recreation. Recreation is a theraputic time to relax to clear ones’ mind. Recreation creates the opportunity to be free from stress built up over time from everyday life and gives the chance to do other activities with other people. Other forms of recreation are national parks created by the government in 1916. There are currently 397 parks with an estimate of over 300million visitors per year. The National Park Service was created in 1916 in order to save resources and to create recreational parks for those 300million visitors. Another form of recreation is theme parks. The government uses the money they get from taxes to build parks all over the country. Some theme big theme parks such as Disney, Hershey Park, and Dorney Park also have hotels within the park.