Dear Mickey,
In 1955, $5.2 billion was spent on recreation (leisure services) in
the U.S., representing just 2% of the $258.8 billion in total
consumption spending. Recreation (leisure) spending has steadily
increased as a percentage of consumption spending over the last 50
years. In 2005, the $355.2 billion spent on recreation represented
4.1% of the $8,745.7 billion spent on consumption of goods and
services.
Leisure encompasses such services as hotels, amusement park
admittance, tickets to sporting events, etc.
I?ve pasted 12 years of data (1955 to 1960, 2000 to 2005), but data
from 1929 to present is available at
http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/TableView.asp#Mid.
Overall, spending on all forms of entertainment, both goods and
services, has increased in recent years. However, I was unable to find
a detailed breakdown of entertainment spending categories from 40 or
50 years ago.
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Consumption Spending 258.8 271.7 286.9 296.2 317.6 331.7
Leisure Services 5.2 5.6 5.6 5.8 6.4 6.9
Recreation as %
of Consumption 2.0% 2.1% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.1%
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Consumption Spending 6,739 7,055 7,351 7,710 8,214 8,746
Leisure Services 268.3 284.1 299.1 318 338.8 355.2
Recreation as %
of Consumption 4.0% 4.0% 4.1% 4.1% 4.1% 4.1%
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