A hotel that emphasizes room sales to leisure travelers, with food and beverage service and recreational activities.
Social Factors.—The social life of a country also has great influence on the rate of development of transportation and the kind of service made available. Cultural life requires an interchange of ideas, and the mobility of people is a requisite to this interchange and to the general sharing of cultural accomplishments. Community activities require mobility. Hence the expansion of social and recreational activities has stimulated the growth of transportation facilities and in turn it has been accelerated.
Auspices.—Many organizations in moderr society include recreation as one of their functions and provide one or more recreational facilities. Sixteen federal agencies are concerned wit! recreation for the public and their activities are coordinated by an interdepartmental committee or recreation. Several state governments also hav( such committees because of the number of theii departments active in this field. Many cities anc some counties have recreation commissions or departments. Schools, both public and private, havf large investments in recreation programs anc facilities, and provide leadership for such activities within the curriculum and on an extracurricular basis. Religious organizations hav( their youth organizations and many local congregations provide recreational facilities for theii parishioners and neighbors.
A hotel that emphasizes room sales to leisure travelers, with food and beverage service and recreational activities.