Bìznes Inform (Oct 2018)
Several Problems and Prospects of Development of Accessible Tourism and Hotel Economy in Ukraine
Abstract
The main aim of the article is analyzing the conformity of hotels and similar means of accommodation with requirements for the development of accessible tourism in Ukraine, as well as the analysis of specialized websites with information about hotels and similar accommodation facilities with a view of presence of places and/or rooms for persons with disabilities and sedentary groups of the population. The article discusses problems of development of accessible tourism in Ukraine on the example of hotel economy and their conformity with international and national requirements with a view of presence of conditions for persons with disabilities and sedentary groups of population, and also websites for reservation that act as an information intermediary between potential customers and hotels when planning a trip. The conformity of hotels with normative acts on provision of services and availability of relevant information on the websites of hotel reservation in Kharkiv region is analyzed in terms of the concept of «accessible tourism». It is concluded that the hotel segment of the tourism market has a great potential for the development of accessible tourism. In case of creation of the specified conditions for realization of accessible tourism it will be possible to increase tourist stream at the expense of tourists who earlier had no opportunity to visit Ukraine due to absence of necessary conditions that, in turn, will allow to further strengthen the integration of the Ukrainian tourism market into the global.
