This study was to investigate the characteristic of leisure service in Korean society. The leisure service makes it possible to recognize the identity of leisure involvement and culture in a society. In this respect, analyzing the characteristic of le...
This study was to investigate the characteristic of leisure service in Korean society. The leisure service makes it possible to recognize the identity of leisure involvement and culture in a society. In this respect, analyzing the characteristic of leisure service plays a great role in understanding social changes and leisure culture in Korean society. Main issues were as follows: Firstly, automobile contributed to change the aspect of leisure service to mobility, personalization, and convenience. Secondly, developing internet made it possible to decrease the constraint of time and space to approach leisure information. Through this, leisure service pursuits the tendency of mobility and ubiquity. Lastly, weekly 5 days-work system has influenced leisure service to involve new leisure business and occupation. It also relates the tendency of personalization and multi-occupation in changing leisure service. In summary, The characteristic of leisure service in Korean society is manifested on the tendency of mobility, personalization, convenience, ubiquity, and multi-occupation. It may influence on the leisure involvement and culture in Korean society.