Role of tourist guide in Accessible Tourism (Tourism for special needs) [PDF]
The tour guide is considered one of the most important pillars of tourism in general and the accessible tourism in particular, as the tour guide accompanies the tourist from the moment he arrives in Egypt until the end of his visit. Accessible tourism is
Sherihan Ibrahim Ibrahim Gadallah
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TRAVELLING HABITS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES [PDF]
Accessible tourism is an under-researched area in Hungary. Based on the results of a questionnaire survey, the aim of the present study is to present several specific features of the travel demand of people with disabilities, the foremost focus being ...
Tibor GONDA
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Leveraging accessible tourism development through mega-events, and the disability-attitude gap
A B S T R A C T Able-bodied, and increasingly people with disabilities, represent a key audience for mega-events; occasions that act as crucibles where social problems endemic to host destinations can be exposed and tackled through targeted social policy.
M. Duignan +5 more
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Mobility and Sustainable Religious Tourism – Accessibility of Holy Sites
Getting to know the social and spatial conditions of the sustainable development of cultural and religious tourism seems to be an important and timeless problem, because the interest in this form of travel in Poland is not waning.
Karolina Gołębieska +2 more
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Accessibility in tourist sites in Spain: Does it really matter when choosing a destination?
This work aims to analyse and characterise accessibility in tourism —defined as the conditions for people with access needs— and its relationship with tourism performance. Accessibility is a critical concept —to be defined and measured in a rigorous way—
Ana Clara Rucci, Natalia Porto
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Lake Balaton as an accessible tourism destination – the stakeholders' perspectives
This paper discusses the situation in the emerging field of accessible tourism at the Lake Balaton destination. The main objective of the study was to explore the current situation of accessible tourism at Lake Balaton, focusing on the perspectives of ...
Zorana Medarić +3 more
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The importance of infrastructure in the development of accessible tourism
Accessible tourism is an area that has received only scant attention in Hungarian tourism research. A change in this is only visible in recent years, as a result of the work of a few researchers starting to focus on this issue. Based on the findings of a
Tibor Gonda
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ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS IN THE SECOND-TIER TOURISM CITIES OF THAILAND FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS [PDF]
This research in tourism of people with visual impairments who travel regularly in the Second-Tier Tourism Cities of Thailand used purposive sampling to study 1) behavior; 2) accessibility barriers; and 3) attraction factors. Interviews with 8 people and
Therdchai CHOIBAMROONG +1 more
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Progress in information technology and tourism management: 20 years on and 10 years after the Internet—The state of eTourism research [PDF]
This paper reviews the published articles on eTourism in the past 20 years. Using a wide variety of sources, mainly in the tourism literature, this paper comprehensively reviews and analyzes prior studies in the context of Internet applications to ...
Buhalis, Dimitrios +8 more
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Despite the growing popularity of outdoor recreation, nature is not equally accessible to everyone. In the case of persons with disabilities, access to nature remains a largely under-researched area, especially in terms of the role of private and public ...
Ioannides, Dimitri, +5 more
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