Accessible tourism for all - current state in the Czech business and non-business environment

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/71226401:_____/17:N0100027

Result on the web

<a href="https://dspace.tul.cz/bitstream/handle/15240/21386/EM_4_2017_12.pdf?sequence=1" target="_blank" >https://dspace.tul.cz/bitstream/handle/15240/21386/EM_4_2017_12.pdf?sequence=1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2017-4-012" target="_blank" >10.15240/tul/001/2017-4-012</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Accessible tourism for all - current state in the Czech business and non-business environment

Original language description

Tourism is a sector of remarkable economic importance. Nowadays, new ways to develop tourism are being discovered. One of them is accessibility and social policy aspects. The aim of the paper is to map the possibilities for people with physical disabilities to participate in tourism in the Czech Republic. Following the aim, the article hypothesizes the existence of an interdependence between the number of visitors and the number of accessible accommodation establishments. At the same time, a hypothesis forms that in regions with a higher share of accommodation establishments of classes **** (First Class) and ***** (Luxury) there will be a higher number of barrier-free accommodation establishments available. It assesses the situation in all administrative regions while focusing on coverage of the territory with the capacity of accommodation establishments and restaurant &amp; catering facilities, on the existence of accessible educational trails, tourist routes, and cycle routes. The article is also interested in possibilities to visit UNESCO world heritage sites. On the basis of the conducted analysis, it is possible to conclude that the situation in the Czech Republic in the area of accessible tourism is not particularly positive. The average share of barrier-free accommodation establishments in the country is 11% and 12% in restaurant&amp;catering establishments. The most accessible routes, cycle routes, etc., are found in regions with national parks or attractive natural sites, such as ýeský ráj, Krkonoše, Šumava, and ýeské Švýcarsko. The situation in the Czech Republic in the area of providing disabled people with tourism services is improving in comparison with the past.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

E+M Ekonomie a Management

ISSN

1212-3609

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

168-186

UT code for WoS article

000419822200012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85040236597