It is the weekend you are not at work

IT is the weekend you are not at work. So what are you doing? If you are in Switzerland you might be hiking through the countryside, or if you are in the UK, you might be hiding from the raini n your local shopping centre. If you are in Japan , you are possibly travelling to see family, ori f you are in South Korea, entertaining friends. Where you live and the culture you live in affects what you choose to do with any leisure time you have.
But if we are looking at leisure, the key question is whether leisure is essentially a Western concept. Or are there differing meanings for the idea of leisure in different cultures? Some writers have highlighted the contrasting views of leisure as a route to fulfiment in Western and Eastern cultures, in otherwords, traditional Asia cultures see fulfiment as something which comes from work. In the Wes, on the other hand, there is a clear distinction between work and leisure, and westerners are more likely to associate fulfilment with leisure.
However, as well as these cultural influences on the concept of leisure, there are many factors that affect the actual leisure activities that people engage in. Things like climate, infrastructure and gender come into play in different cultures.
The idea is that people who live in places with cold or vet weather might be more likely to spend their free time indoors, for example. According to a study by the organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2009, people in France spend twice as much time eating and drinking at home and in restaurants, as people in Mixico, Others studies show that live misic and dancing events are more popular in African countries, where many populations have limited electricity supplies, compared to North America, where TV...

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