The
tourism sector is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. In an
environment of increasing competition, developing new types of tourism and
attracting more tourists in new destinations have become a serious advantage.
One of the most important types of the tourism sector is the tourism for physically
disabled individuals. The tourism for physically disabled individuals that
emerged with the engagement of physically disabled persons in touristic
activities is a brand-new tourism branch in Turkey whose infrastructure has not
been developed yet. There are more than 1 billion physically disabled persons
in the world and the tourism market of physically disabled individuals only in
Europe reached to 150 million Euros as of 2016. Silent tourism means a tourism
branch implying hearing impaired tourism. Hearing-impaired persons have been
chosen as the subject of this study since they do not require any additional
investments in travel and accommodation. The purpose of this study is to assess
the current state of supply and demand related to hearing-impaired person group
that does not require any investments in travel and accommodation and as the
target demand market hearing-impaired persons living in Europe and the USA have
been chosen. The study reveals that there is a significant number of
hearing-impaired persons in Turkey and in the world. The studies conducted in
Turkey demonstrate that there is a lack of investments in infrastructure aimed
at disabled persons in rest stops. One of the findings of this study is that
since the situation explained above does not hinder in any way tourism-oriented
at hearing-impaired persons the latter is the best-suited form of
disabled-oriented tourism for Turkey.
Sessiz Turizm Turizm Engelli Turizmi İşitme Engelli İşitme Engelli
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Konular | İşletme |
Bölüm | Araştırma Makaleleri |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 27 Şubat 2018 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 25 Eylül 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 20 |