Inclusive Tourism: Concept and Essence

Abstract

Inclusive tourism is a way of looking at tourism activities and services, involving all people, visitors and residents, in the same activities and creating dialogue, peace and human development. In turn, the dynamics of inclusive tourism is likely to depend on an economic model that reflects current trends in the personalization of the tourism offer. The aim of the research: to consider the issues of the conceptual apparatus of inclusive tourism, aspects of the formation of inclusive tourism. Research objective: to analyze the works of domestic and foreign scientists and specialists in the field of inclusive tourism, to offer the author’s definition of inclusive tourism. Research methods: analysis of normative legal documents, the method of comparative analysis and generalization, construction of own hypotheses. As a result of the study it was concluded that the analysis of the regulatory framework governing the development of tourism shows its insufficient perfection, as so far it does not reflect the development of inclusive tourism, also during the study of scientific research on this topic the author’s definition of “inclusive tourism” is given.

Keywords

• inclusive tourism
• disability
• people with disabilities