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Glee

Glee

Birmingham, UK
16 Sep 2025 - 18 Sep 2025
GLT Show

GLT Show

Milton Keynes, UK
2 Oct 2025 - 2 Oct 2025
f.re.e

f.re.e

Munich, Germany
18 Feb 2026 - 22 Feb 2026
h + h cologne

h + h cologne

Köln, Germany
20 Mar 2026 - 22 Mar 2026

Leisure

Overview of the leisure industry

The leisure industry encompasses a range of services, including entertainment, sports, tourism, and recreation. It features places and businesses like restaurants, amusement parks, and hotels. It also encompasses amusement arcades, music venues, sports facilities, and theatres. Also, it includes facilities such as spas, gyms, and hobby workshops. As a result, the sector in the EU alone features 954,000 enterprises in its arts, entertainment, and recreation section. Also, the industry has an extensive cross-sector network. For example, it is connected to the HoReCa, entertainment, and sports sectors. The industry is also linked to the horticulture, craft, travel, and transport sectors. There are also links to the music, hobby, and art sectors. It also has connections to the real estate, wellness, and health sectors. Likewise, it links to the construction, gaming, and holiday industries.

Is the sector of high value?

As a result, the leisure industry is of high value. For example, the leisure travel market section has recently reached a value of $6.2 trillion. The sector often implements innovations and displays its latest wares. This most often occurs during annual trade expos. They attract hundreds of thousands of participants to diverse countries. These include the United Kingdom and the Federative Republic of Germany.