THE EMERGENCE OF ACCESSIBILITY IN RIVER CRUISE TOURISM ALONG THE DANUBE Cover Image

AZ AKADÁLYMENTESSÉG MEGJELENÉSE A SZÁLLODAHAJÓS TURIZMUSBAN A DUNA MENTÉN
THE EMERGENCE OF ACCESSIBILITY IN RIVER CRUISE TOURISM ALONG THE DANUBE

Author(s): Nikolett Pókó
Subject(s): Financial Markets, Tourism, Human Resources in Economy, Business Ethics, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Pécsi Tudományegyetem
Keywords: river cruise tourism; accessibility and disabled people in river cruise tourism; Danube;

Summary/Abstract: Good accessibility practices in tourism have already emerged, but in Hungary the sector as a whole is not yet characterised by complex accessibility, taking into account the needs of tourists with disabilities, planning tourism infrastructure and superstructure, and program offerings. Both river cruise tourism and barrier-free tourism are relatively new sectors, and the present study is an attempt for the joint study of the two sectors, their interaction, by identifying common development points. In today's economic environment, other factors influencing tourism have also changed, the structure of social groups and their economic opportunities, the development of digital devices, global intermodal transport induce new innovative solutions. Within cruise tourism, more and more attention need to be paid to accessibility in marketing and travel, which has not yet been resolved either in mass tourist destinations or in natural areas not affected by mass tourism. The wave of barrier-free tourism, which is moving larger masses in the US and third world countries, will also appear in Europe, not only in tourism in general but in the river cruise tourism as well, professional, service and infrastructural preparation is required by the new phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 6/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 103-117
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Hungarian
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