Angelevska-Najdeska, Katerina and Nestoroska, Ivanka (2024) Tourist destinations and accessibility - whether and how accessible they are (the case of Ohrid Lake region). In: CIET 2024 -Contemporary Issues in Economy and Technology, June 13-14, 2024, Split, Croatia.
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Tourist trips have long been part of life habits or the desire to go on vacation to a tourist destination. Although the need to travel is universal regarding change and experience, still little attention is paid to the aspects that will ensure adequate accessibility in tourist destinations for people with disabilities. Accessible destinations should enable availability, accessibility and
inclusiveness particularly to visitors with disability. And this tourism is inclusive because it provides equal access to tourist services for all people, to those with temporary or permanent disabilities, as well as families with small children or with specific medical diseases. As a concept, accessible tourism means adapted environment with tourist services and products that will be usable and accessible for all visitors. Similar to other types of tourism it enables touristswith disabilities to satisfy and fulfill their wishes, interests and demands, for which tourism services and facilities should be adapted to the needs of this tourist clientele.
Increasing the awareness about the importance of accessible tourism goes along with educated human resources for accessible tourism, and especially those who are directly involved in the process of delivering products and services to tourists. Such knowledge helps to understand different accessibility needs, depending not only on disability but also on age, mobility, sensory or communication limitations.
Providing a tourist stay with diverse content of tourist products and services by paying attention to different aspects, including accessibility, is especially important for tourist destination. The need for change among tourists with different accessible needs isn’t much different from other tourists’ needs for recreation, cultural or gastronomic experience or animation. But what differs
is that their choice for destination depends on the enabling conditions for accessibility.
In Macedonia not enough attention is paid to accessibility as a significant aspect of creating modern destinations. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the situation and opportunities for the development of accessible tourism in the Ohrid Lake region as a leading tourist region.
Key words: accessibility, special needs, accessible tourism, tourist destination, tourists with disabilities
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Economics and Business Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Other social sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality |
| Depositing User: | Prof. d-r Ivanka Nestoroska |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2024 08:27 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2024 08:27 |
| URI: | https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/10415 |
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