BENEFITS OF

OUTDOOR
RECREATION
CAMILO DIAZ LACANLALE
P.E. Teacher
FUN and PLEASURE are perhaps the immediate
answers majority who have experienced outdoor
activities. However, there is more to it that just the
FUN.

Being close to natural environment is HEALTHY.

Outdoors have positive effects on the general

wellness of an individual most especially if it is done
with regularity.

WELLNESS encompasses the general state of a

person and in the end contributes to a BETTER
QUALITY OF LIFE.
PHYSICAL HEALTH BENEFITS
• Prevents a person from having
SEDENTARY life.
• It allows people to move
• Promote cardiovascular and muscular
fitness, and improve the function of the
immune system.
• Reduced obesity
• Reduced risk of disease
• Increased life expectancy
PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL BENEFITS
• Helps people to REST, RELAX, DE-STRESS or
UNWIND, and feel REVITALIZED.
• NATURE has its own way of positively distracting
a STRESSED MIND and CALMING it down.
• Being OUTDOORS also improves our SELF-
ESTEEM, CONFIDENCE and CREATIVITY.
• There is a sense of “FEELING GOOD”
• Contribute to one’s personal and spiritual growth.
• Contributes to satisfaction in life and makes life
happier.
SOCIAL BENEFITS
• Outdoor Activities are ways for families to
become closer.
• Allows one to MEET and INTERACT with
others whose share the same passion for
outdoor recreation.
• Promotes STEWARDSHIP.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
• People who have a relaxed body and mind
tend to be more PRODUCTIVE at work.
This translates into EFFICIENCY at the
workplace.
• Slogan of the DOT “IT’S MORE FUN IN
THE PHILIPPINES”
• JOBS and other ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
SPIRITUAL BENEFITS
• Can stir up spiritual values.
• Being one with nature brings certain
calmness within a person.
• It strengthens an individual as it heals,
rejuvenates, and soothes the body and
soul.
Does one need to be
athletic to be able to
participate in outdoor
activities?
REGULAR EXERCISE
+
PROPER NUTRITION
= Physical Fitness