Leisure: the interpretation of the notion

The article discusses various approaches to the interpretation of the concept of «leisure industry» for the last 20-25 years. Traced the relationship of this concept with the achievements of the scientific and technological revolution. Bind «leisure industry» only one of the sectors of the recreational areas relatively recently allowed to talk about the interpretation of the term in its narrow sense. For it is the business sector at the time was, in fact, the only testing ground for all sorts of innovations in the field of leisure. A new interpretation of the concept of «leisure industry» is primarily concerned with the condition of the material - technical base of the entire field of leisure and recreation, as well as the introduction of information and computer technologies. Today hardly correct to say that the latest technical tools and the latest technology are mainly used in the commercial sector only above this sphere or cover any one population group. Scientific and technological advances are firmly in all spheres of life of the human community, including the recreational.