Mobile leisure
Mobile Leisure, Mobile Leisure Industry, Mobile Leisure Vehicle(s) and the services which encompass and support the industry is overarching terminology which describes caravans, motorhomes, Recreational vehicles, touring, tourers and static caravans, caravan parks, holiday parks.
The term "mobile" expresses the freedom to move, as in mobile home. "Leisure", or free time, is time spent away from business, work, job hunting, domestic chores and education.
The mobile leisure industry is a growing market sector contributing over six billion pounds to the UK economy each year. ref. The NCC [1].
The Mobile Leisure industry is closely affiliated with camping and other outdoor pursuits, as all participants actively leave their everyday homes to spend time outdoors in more natural surroundings, in pursuit of activities providing enjoyment and time to relax.
Over half a million people in the UK now own a touring caravan; up to ninety-six percent of these tourers are sold and also made in Britain. There are nearly three hundred thousand static caravans (holiday homes) in the UK; many of these caravans are owned by caravan parks, of which there are two thousand sites across the UK. Furthermore, there are over one hundred and fifty thousand motorhomes in circulation across the UK, of which 70% are made in the UK.[1]
North America is the world’s biggest mobile leisure market (300,000+ units sold per year), with Europe following second, with joint estimated sales being nearly 500,000 leisure vehicles worldwide.[2]
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