GEO 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gary Becker, Alfred Noble Prize, Toronto International Film Festival
4 Apr 2016
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Three components of a system: participants people engaged in recreation pursuits, facilities enormous range of stadiums, parks, etc, activities sports played, watched, interests, hobbies. *we are all driven by two recreational pursuits; one is sports, whether they watch it or engage in the activity and second, individual which calls for a case to case interest. *what we do in our spare time often seems bizarre to other people who do not share the same interests* Memphis, tennessee elvis is buried there, his music began and ended here. His old house is a great cultural hub and now is a large visitation home for the public. Turned into a remarkable tourist destination, bringing in a huge profit) Movie tourism toronto international film festival (tiff). *cities have taken great advantage for people"s interests* People enjoy going to their favourite author"s home/homeland/birth city. Key west, florida (gay area, also san francisco, providence town)
