Outdoor recreational activity

recreation and their benefits

1. OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THEIR EFFECTS ON HUMAM AND ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION By W arda Irfan

2. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun"

3. Outdoor Recreational activity Outdoor recreation  refers to recreation engaged in out of doors, most commonly in natural settings. Are undertaken outside the confines of buildings Can be undertaken without the existence of any built facility or infrastructure May require large areas of land, water and air

4. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY Hunting Fishing Trapping Camping Picnicking Bicycling Horseback riding Motorcycling Operating a vehicle. Recreational activities vary from person to person.

5. Purpose of Recreation

6. TOURISM According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), tourism entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business/professional purposes. These people are called visitors.

7. IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM In total, Travel & Tourism generated US$7.6 trillion (10.2% of global GDP ). 292 million jobs in 2016, equivalent to 1 in 10 jobs in the global economy.

8. TOURISM IN PAKISTAN In 2020, the WTTC (World Travel and Tourism Council) mentioned that Pakistan’s tourism revenue was 19.4 billion US dollars and made up 7.1% of the GDP.

9. Lahore fort Lake Sinful Mukluk Badshahi mosque Moenjodaro Mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah Hawke's Bay Beach, Karachi Famous tourist destinations in Pakistan

10. TYPES OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

11. PHYSICAL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY Sports Camping Hiking Running Recreational activities like sports will develop muscular strength, agility, power, flexibility, and improve one’s health.

12. SOCIAL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES Seminars Attending parties Engaging in group activities develops social skills that will lead to the development of proper conduct and behavior and social graces.

13. CULTURAL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES Arts and craft Festivals

14. INTELLUCTUAL RECREATIONAL ACTITIVITIES Poetry Short story writing Answering puzzle Playing chess, darts Exhibition

15. VALUES DERIVED FROM RECREATION 1 . Mental Health 2. Physical Health and Growth 3. Emotional Stability 4. Social Fitness 5. Psychological Awareness

16. BENEFITS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES The benefit of participating in various recreational activities are endless 1) Be happier – feel great 2) Build family unity 3) Improve mental health 4) Control weight, look better, build strong bodies 5) Diminish chance of disease live longer 6) Reduce stress

17. BENEFITS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES 8) Promote sensitivity to cultural diversity 9) Eliminate loneliness – conquer boredom 10) Increase community pride 11) Creativity increase 12) People are able to correctly balance work and play 13) more productive 14) Better chances of being successful 15) build a lifelong positive habit

18. Outdoor recreational activities may cause some unpleasant situations Traffic Jam Ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure Adverse weather conditions (rain, wind, ice, temperature extremes) Natural disasters (storms, fire, floods) Animals and insects General environment (sharp objects, trip hazards, terrain etc.) Injuries and accidents Uncontrolled environments (public places, strangers)

19. EFFECT OF RECRATIONAL ACTIVITY ON ENVIRONMENT Common adverse effects also include: Ecological destruction disturbance of animals Trampling Erosion Wildfires litter and pollution Plastic pollution

20. EFFECTS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY ON MARINE LIFE The effect of high and selective fishing mortality cause: Water pollution size structure loss of genetic variability food web changes Lead containing fishing rods potentially causes environmental contamination.

21. CONCLUSION All work and no play makes a person not only dull but a sick, unbalanced, and unhappy individual. Outdoor recreational activities are very beneficial for human health and important for economic growth through tourism. Outdoor recreational activities may cause some disturbance in environment. Pollution Destruction of natural ecosystem

22. PREVENTIVE MEASURES Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 (Act No. XXXIV of 1997). An Act to provide for the protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of the environment, for the prevention and control of pollution, and promotion of sustainable development. Environmental management and planning is necessary for conservation of natural environment Eco-tourism Good awareness on protecting the environment 

23. REFERENCES https://www.tourism.gov.pk https ://therecreationcentre.weebly.com/negative-effects.html https:// www.wilderness.org/articles/article/outdoor-recreation-faqs https://www.moodiedavittreport.com/best-year-on-record-global-travel-tourism-grows-4-6-in-2017 https://www.parhlo.com/7-adventurous-activities-you-can-do-in-pakistan https://www.visitbritain.org/introduction-tourism https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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