All structures, processes and systems for people with disabilities must have certain features, notably accessibility, and these features must be developed in the course of time. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate expectations of people with disabilities from tourism services thoroughly. In this context, it was tried to gather opinions related to expectations of administrators of concerned public bodies and non-governmental organisations, people with disabilities and their families. Two measurement tools were developed and used in order to gather research data, first of which is an information form with demographic information about interviewees on, and the other one contains semi-constructed interview questions. In this study, it was set that major barriers before people with disabilities for joining tourism mobility were; economical, physical and transportation related factors. It was manifested that, if the above mentioned conditions were provided, all kinds of touristic activities in the scope of accessible tourism would gratify disabled people
Engelli insanlar için hazırlanan bütün yapıların, süreçlerin ve sistemlerin başta erişebilirlik olmak üzere belirli özelliklere sahip olmaları ve bu özelliklerin zaman içerisinde geliştirilmesi gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmada, engellilerin turizm hizmetleri ile ilgili genel beklentilerinin derinlemesine değerlendirilmesi hedeflenmiştir. Bu bağlamda, ilgili kamu ve sivil toplum kuruluşları yöneticileriyle engelliler ve engelli ailelerinin beklentilerine ilişkin görüşlere ulaşma konusunda çalışma yapılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin toplanabilmesi için ilki görüşme yapılan kişilerin demografik bilgilerinin yer aldığı bilgi formu, diğeri ise yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşme sorularını içeren iki adet ölçü aracı geliştirilmiş ve kullanılmıştır. Bu çalışmada, engelli insanların turizm faaliyetine katılmasında en önemli engellerin; ekonomik, fiziki ve ulaştırma ile ilgili koşulların olduğu belirlenmiştir. Belirtilen bu koşulların sağlanması durumunda erişilebilir turizm kapsamında her türlü turizm faaliyetinin engelli insanları mutlu edebileceği ortaya konulmuştur.
ABSTRACT
All structures, processes and systems for people with disabilities must have certain features, notably accessibility, and these features must be developed in the course of time. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate expectations of people with disabilities from tourism services thoroughly. In this context, it was tried to gather opinions related to expectations of administrators of concerned public bodies and non-governmental organisations, people with disabilities and their families. Two measurement tools were developed and used in order to gather research data, first of which is an information form with demographic information about interviewees on, and the other one contains semi-constructed interview questions. In this study, it was set that major barriers before people with disabilities for joining tourism mobility were; economical, physical and transportation related factors. It was manifested that, if the above mentioned conditions were provided, all kinds of touristic activities in the scope of accessible tourism would gratify disabled people.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 28, 2015 |
Published in Issue | Year 2015 Volume: 26 Issue: 1 |