TOURISM FOR ALL-ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF INACCESSIBLE TOURISM

Hospitality and Tourism Management

Available studies suggest that disabilities of various types pose serious challenges to the normal living of people in absence of accessible environment. These substantially reduce their rights to enjoy equal in terms of opportunities particularly employment, income and holidaying. It is necessary to make the required regulations for accessible tourism understandable with reference to the approach of “Tourism for all”. Providing equipment’s for individuals having accessibility requirement (e.g. renting wheelchair, strollers for families with children and having walking sticks for the elderly). Accompanying the tour for individuals having impaired hearing by the specialists. Using environment – friendly products (wheelchairs working with solar energy and recyclable brochures and carryalls) for tourists having special requirements by agencies which are in the regions/ countries whose climatic conditions are convenient. It is normal to hear speak of tourism for all, accessible tourism for all, accessible tourism or social tourism, between other a lot of meanings. Although the term with greater repercussion is accessible tourism, the significance of accessibility has limited so much, which only associates to those beneficiaries direct, that is to say, the people with disability and greater people, there are a direct relation between increase of age and disability.

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