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• <br /> 'Recreation Trends: Toward <br /> The Year 2000,' A Brief Review <br /> John Kelly,recreation professor at the <br /> University of Illinois and research commission <br /> chairman for the World Leisure & Recreation <br /> Assn., has analyzed recreation data and <br /> demographics for his latest book. <br /> One section looks at "continuities and changes" <br /> in lifestyles that will affect recreation, and the <br /> "changes", of course, are more interesting. It's <br /> significant that recreation itself will continue to be <br /> important, even though time and money demands <br /> are subject to change. <br /> Among the important "changes" Kelly identifies <br /> as affecting recreation over the next 10 years are: <br /> --the growing market for recreation within the <br /> "over 50" and the "active old" age groups, <br /> • -- more diverse leisure opportunities for <br /> women,one of the fastest growing recreation <br /> markets, <br /> -- the potential of"off hour"recreation, <br /> especially for those employed in service industries, <br /> -- new technologies, and home electronic <br /> entertainments that will become more diverse and <br /> less costly, <br /> -- the importance of skills and skill <br /> enhancement, and the diversity of life and leisure <br /> styles. Many "market segments" will be identified <br /> more by their leisure styles than by economic <br /> factors. <br /> The 18 activities which are studied for <br /> participation and potential are backpacking and <br /> hiking,power boating,camping,fishing, hunting, <br /> sailing,downhill and cross country skiing, <br /> bicycling, bowling, fitness, golf,racquetball, <br /> jogging,distance running, swimming, tennis and <br /> painting. <br /> The publisher is Management Learning <br /> Laboratories, PO Box M, Station A, Champaign, <br /> IL 61820. (217) 359-5940. Price is $20.95; 170 <br /> PP• <br /> • <br />