This study was aimed at investigating the leisure activities of visually impaired
workers by analyzing the status and preferred types of such activities. For this
purpose, the status and preferred types of leisure activities were surveyed on 115
visually impaired workers, and the analysis of frequency data was performed. The
results were as follows. First, the rate of participation of visually impaired workers in
leisure activities was shown to be high at 93.9%, and 42.6% of them were enjoying
leisure activities alone without any accompanying person, indicating that they were
substantially enthusiastic at leisure activities. Second, the most preferred types of
leisure activities among visually impaired workers were hobby/recreation such as
napping, sauna and bathing, and cultural viewing such as watching TV, musical and
play. These were mostly activities that were a passive type or could be enjoyed
alone. Therefore, a need to provide the information about the leisure facilities and
programs in a variety of ways was suggested as an implication so that visually
impaired persons could participate in more active leisure activities.