The phrase "amusement industry" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the sector that encompasses businesses and activities related to entertainment and leisure, such as theme parks, arcades, and other recreational facilities.
Example: "The amusement industry has seen significant growth in recent years, with new attractions opening across the country."
Alternatives: "entertainment sector" or "leisure industry".
Writer quotes from book called "The Outdoor Amusement Industry" by William F. Mangels, giving some facts on the history of amusement parks' attractions.
A couple of entrepreneurs in the zone told me they suspected that somebody in the Chinese amusement industry was dumping over-produced goods.
Many of us gravitate toward what the amusement industry calls F.E.C.'s -- family entertainment centers -- where the air smacks of manufactured confection.
The amusement industry took in $10.3 billion in 2003, Ms. Robertson said, but "it has to look at new populations and really had to be creative and clever to have people return".
"Instead of a tarnished trademark and has-been neighborhood, we have turned the corner and Coney Island is once again an industry leader in the amusement industry, which it invented," said Mr. Zigun, president of Coney Island USA, a nonprofit group which runs the annual Mardi Gras-like Mermaid Parade, as well as a sideshow with sword swallowers and fire-eaters.
Elsewhere in the amusement industry the race is on to create the ride that can go the fastest (from 0 to 100 miles per hour in just seconds!), drop the farthest (306 feet at an 81-degree angle!) or provide the greatest number of stomach-churning twists and upside-down flips (8 complete inversions, and dozens more lurching turns!).
To address shifting tastes, the broader amusement park industry will have to rewrite its operating rules, said Jerry Aldrich, the founder of Amusement Industry Consulting.
The amusement park industry urgently wants to expand profits without introducing costly new rides every summer.
In well-established markets like the United States, long-term success in the amusement ride industry depends on novelty, Mr. Andersen said.
THE Harry Potter theme park may be grabbing a lot of attention lately, but the amusement park industry has other tricks up its sleeve this year.
Mr. Elliott heads a group formed by the amusement park industry that will take all of these forces into account and then set voluntary limits on G-force.
