Articles on Travel and Leisure 
Leisure is the
- time available for ease and relaxation; 'his job left him little leisure'
- freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity; 'he lacked the leisure for golf'
Leisure time came about in the late 1800s with the rise of mechanized industry. New machines made work more efficient, and the typical worker's week was cut by over twenty hours. With this new slot of time, workers took time to enjoy life by attending sporting events (such as baseball and football), watching plays (such as musical showcases and Vaudeville) and eventually, going to the movies.
Travel is the transport of people on a trip or journey. Reasons for travel include:
- Tourism travel for recreation. This may apply to the travel itself, or the travel may just be the necessary investment to arrive at a desired location.
- Visiting friends and family
- Trade
- Commuting - going to various routine activities, such as work or meetings.
- Migration travel to began life somewhere else; nomadic people do this
- Pilgrimages - travel for religious reasons.
Definition of Travel:
- change location; move, travel, or proceed; 'How fast does your new car go?'; 'We traveled from Rome to Naples by bus'; 'The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect'; 'The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell'
- undertake a journey or trip
- make a trip for pleasure
- travel upon or across; 'travel the oceans'
- the act of going from one place to another; 'he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel'
- change of location: a movement through space that changes the location of something
- undergo transportation as in a vehicle; 'We traveled North on Rte. 508'
- locomotion: self-propelled movement
- travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
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